Only PSG Was Willing To Play In UCL Final – Joao Neves

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Joao Neves has blasted Arsenal’s approach in the UCL final. Recall that PSG cemented their status as the new kings of European football after defeating the Gunners in a tense Champions League final to retain their crown.

Criticizing Gunners’ game plan throughout the match, the Portuguese international suggested that only one team turned up with the intention of playing attacking football.

Neves added that he perceived a lack of ambition from Mikel Arteta’s side throughout the 120 minutes of play.

His words, “The emotion is there. It’s the second time that I’ve been the champion of Europe. It’s not even the victory that makes me happy, but playing with such teammates, staff, and management does. Coming here was the best choice I made in my life. I love everything here. We deserved it today, because PSG was the only one who wanted to play.

This year, it was different. It was more difficult, more physical. We were European champions, so we defended our title. We are in the history of PSG.

We are all happy. I want to enjoy it with my teammates now.”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.