PSG Did Not Dominate Arsenal In UCL Final – Enrique

Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique has offered a surprisingly candid assessment of his side’s Champions League final victory. He recently claimed that neither the Parisians nor Arsenal truly deserved to win the match, and fans have been reacting.

Suggesting that his team did not outclass the EPL champions during the match, Enrique admitted that his players found it incredibly difficult to break down Mikel Arteta’s disciplined setup during the first half.

The Spaniard added that the game only became easier for PSG after specific adjustments were made at half-time.

His words, “The penalty shootout? We did it the usual way to decide the penalty takers. They chose among themselves who was the freshest to take the penalty. I watched the shootout calmly. It was a very tough match, a lot of suffering. Neither team deserved to win this match. But if I analyse the season, we deserve to win our second Champions League.

We’re in a dream. Very happy… We struggled to find space. We improved in the second half. It’s difficult to overcome. We managed to get a draw. This back-to-back win was incredible. It’s time to celebrate. It’s time for a holiday. The players will now go with their national teams. We’re going to enjoy this summer, clearly, as a staff.”

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.