They destroyed Arsenal at the Emirates. Donnaruma prevented a few goals in 2nd leg but they always held Arsenal at arms length.
Champion's League Semi Finals (with apostrophe)
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Just having Arsenal fans in common WhatsApp groups is bad enough, I'm not sure how you're living through this hell.Can't ignore it. Can't block it out. Can't run from it. Its a literal nightmare
Maybe The final would depend quite a lot on how knackered PSG and Bayern will arrive. Not meaning that Arsenal cannot win with both in full fitness form, yet we already know it won't be the case and if they have another all or nothing game, they'll be more than probably in worse shape. In this KO Cups, the fitness at these last stages it's very important
Agreed.
They’ll shithouse a 1-0 win vs. PSG or Bayern in the final. Gabriel corner after Saliba shoves the keeper over.
They’ll be the worst English European double winners of all time.
As PSG seem to be able to decide their own league fixtures and rotate quite a bit, I think they’ll be fine.
Who do we think is more likely to beat Arsenal in the final? I have a feeling PSG might be it, but I'm not sure given the injuries.
I think people on here have a very skewed memory of last year's semi final. They were much more clinical than us and Donnarumma saved their arses on multiple occasions but they did not "destroy" us
Agreed, personallyWe've literally never won it, We've only been in one final and that was 20 years ago. This is the first time we've ever won the semi final at home. Let us fecking celebrate
xG is no indicator of control. Psg always had control of that tie. It's a moot point anyway as it's a different year and it won't have any bearing on whatever happens this season.
What happened? I refuse to watch anything to do with that cnut.
I was reffering more to injuries like the Hakimi one, or worse that can happen under such stress, demand and fouls made at such high pace. Even today Alvarez didn't look fit at all just because of a midly harsh foul in a way more passive game, if they do another thriller, way worse injuries can happen, specially at this stage of the season.
Because they scored very early on and we had to chase the rest of the tie. Using that as proof they'd destroy us this year is odd. What happens if we shithouse a goal from an early set piece and then defend the rest of the final?
I stand by what I said, PSG got the lead early in the tie and never relinquished it. It wasn't a blowout by any means but it looked like they were in control overall and could probably get to another gear if Arsenal equalized. Obvious result regardless of xGs when Arsenal was the team needing to score.
I never once said that. You're making stuff up. I actually edited my post to make the point that whatever happened last.year isn't relevant to this year.
They are just the leftover fireworks that the supporters were unable to use outside Atletico's hotel...
Disgusting. I am surrounded by Arsenal fans in my daily life and this will be a nightmare if they win just one trophy let alone a double
The main reason they didn't relinquish it is because of Donnarumma. We created some good chances when they were only 1 goal ahead but just couldn't score
Yeah that's fair
Didnt watch it but apparently they had fireworks, players taking their tops off and bowing to the fans, they sacrificed a goat to Satan and also were popping the champaign like they won the World Cup.
Bayern’s draw has been Atlanta, Real and Paris. That’s a brutal draw, and tough luck for them.
Who did Arsenal draw last season again?
PSG are the much scarier opponent. I think we’d be close to 50/50 against Bayern. Paris will be comfortable favourites.
I'll buy a Bayern/PSG shirt if one of them beat those joyless cnuts in the final.
Struggled to understand why Simeone took off Alvarez? Greizmann fair enough as he's in his 30s but left Atleti for last 20 minutes with Sorloth who looked even worse than Gyokeres and Baena and Almada sort of floating around the frontline. Arsenal handled that with ease.
Arsenal will be underdogs for the final of course. I think of the two they'd rather play Bayern as their CM isn't as strong as what PSG have and while individually Diaz, Olise and Kane are all brilliant those are players the Arsenal backline played against for years in prem so there is familiarity compared to PSG.
Arsenal will be underdogs for the final of course. I think of the two they'd rather play Bayern as their CM isn't as strong as what PSG have and while individually Diaz, Olise and Kane are all brilliant those are players the Arsenal backline played against for years in prem so there is familiarity compared to PSG.
He was infiltrated to play the match, he was not trully recovered.
The main question is why Simoene tends to make a couple of great buys and later surround those with fellas like Lookman and cia. Not meaning that at some point they do their thing, that they don't have value, yet he certainly has to aime to adquire less players with higher profiles than so many fillers. Then times like this happen that your two bets plñayers are not fully fit and shyte happens.
PD1: I dunno if it's real, yet Antoine in 10 years in Aleti could not win a League or CL...it's undesrtandable to a certain point, yet such a great player with none of those titles in 10 fecking years sound odd. At least he has a WC (as an Argie the only good thing pehaps of that defeat in 2018, I really like the fella as player and character)
PD2: The kid Barrios was sorely missed this CL, when he is on, he adds quite a lot to the mid.
One nil to the Arsenal.
One nil to the Arsenal.
One nil to the Arsenaaaal, one nil to the Arsenal!
Meanwhile, other people look forward to watching their team play.
One nil to the Arsenal.
One nil to the Arsenaaaal, one nil to the Arsenal!
Meanwhile, other people look forward to watching their team play.
No matter how horrible to watch Arsenal are, now that they are past Atletico, I honestly think that they have the opportunity of a life-time to get their hands on the UCL. Especially if Bayern go through, which I think they will.
Any talk of them being obliterated by either PSG or Bayern in the final is not only premature, but in my opinion wide off the mark, no matter how much I want to see them fail because of Arteta's current, negative brand of football.
Any talk of them being obliterated by either PSG or Bayern in the final is not only premature, but in my opinion wide off the mark, no matter how much I want to see them fail because of Arteta's current, negative brand of football.
Atletico are where they are because they made Simeone the highest paid manager in the world. One of the worst “top” sides to ever exist.
I quite enjoyed the post-match, with Rooney and Sturridge both being surprisingly erudite, Walcott as good as you'd maybe expect, and the Football God that is Clarence Seedorf saying Football God things.
They showed footage of Arsenal fans outside the stadium, and in amongst all the usual knobheadery was a bloke with his son who said that Arsenal have a defence, whereas the other two teams don't. And he's right. In amongst all the congratulations for that incredible game last week, it was lost a bit that the 5-4 scoreline was in quite a good part down to some very non-elite defending. Arsenal have two very solid CBs and a keeper who can pull off the best reaction saves in the world. It's a good base for taking on anyone. I still don't think they'll win it, and I still hope Kane scores a hat-trick against them, but they won't be dicked by whoever wins through tomorrow.
Plus league-wise, Arsenal are still going. They can win the league and still be buzzed by the final. The other two had their leagues won by February, they might come slightly off the boil before the final.
Id rather they play PSG but either way, I can see them getting in front then successfully winning via counter attack.
Best case is they play PSG and leak an early goal - Arsenal chasing PSG could get ugly. Would love them smashed but wont hold me breath.
Aren't they challenging that kind of shithousery more in the CL than the PL?
I can't decide who I hate the most in world football right now - Arteta or Gabriel. One is a scummy, cheating, moaning anti-football, abuser-enabling cnut who spent billions before he got lucky enough with a shit draw and the timing of other sides in transition, the other is an absolute thug on the pitch who bizarrely gets away with antics ten times worse than what Maguire or Casemiro get sent off for. The luck to not receive cards and be sent off today, or during the game against City for the run-in, or during the umpteen corners where he manhandles players or in the box where he dives so often - it's insane.
All I know is that together, they both make the thoroughly distasteful task of supporting City for the title seem like the obvious and only choice.
All I know is that together, they both make the thoroughly distasteful task of supporting City for the title seem like the obvious and only choice.
Either PSG or Munich are miles better than Arsenal
PSG weren't even top of the league in February. And yet your statement is no less true for it
Anyways, good man Arsenal, thanks for ending their season
Not so sure with the strong defence they have
I’m hoping you win. Why not have another English club win it, plus PSG are washing like city and I really don’t want Bayern passing us up in Cups. Go win the league and win the Cup.
I can live with Arsenal winning the PL over City who are just a plastic organisation. On the other hand I hope that either PSG or Bayern can beat them. Would also be funny if City ended up with just the League Cup so will cheer on Chelsea at Wembley as well on May 16
Petition for a temporary unification with PSG, so we can combine forces to stop the triumph of shitball.
it’s still the luck of the draw if you didn’t understand. Arsenal could still have finished with a completely different draw, it’s nothing to do with finishing top. Ultimately they ended up with the easiest draw I can remember seeing. Leverkusen, Sporting and Athletico is verging on what you would have seen in previous years in the Europa league ffs, what are we arguing here?
It’s not a knock on Arsenal but you can’t argue they’ve had an unreal draw. It fell beautifully for them which wasn’t actually all down to just finishing top. They’ve had it incredible so far which is why the final will be the real test where they finally have to play a top team in a meaningful game.
Hitler to France in 1939 -
First leg xG: Arsenal 1.63 - PSG 1.16
Second leg xG: PSG 1.74 - Arsenal 2.90 (we had almost double the shot they had)
Donnaruma saved them and now he's gone.
It's partly because the Champions League is just so weak this season so you're far more likely to get an easy draw.
In previous years you'd want to avoid Juventus/Milan etc. but all the Italian teams were awful. Of the German sides only Bayern are any good, no more tough trips to Dortmund. Madrid and Barca are ok but definitely not a patch on what they were. 4 of the 6 English entrants were awful. None of the French teams put up much of a fight anymore other than PSG.
And then you've got all the other entrants from smaller leagues which put up a similar sort of challenge to when a PL club gets a Championship team in the FA cup. Put it this way, it's not like when we won it in 99 is it.