Former Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has claimed that the match officials were against the Gunners during their heartbreaking Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Suggesting that the referee’s second-half performance was a direct response to Arsenal’s game management in the first half, Nasri alleged that the referee clearly turned against Mikel Arteta‘s side after the interval.
Samir, however, admitted that the non-call on Madueke fell into a subjective grey area rather than being a definitive officiating blunder.
His words, “In the second period, the referee systematically whistled against Arsenal. He punished them for their time-wasting in the first half.
If he whistles the Madueke tackle for a penalty, I don’t think VAR would have cancelled it. But the fact that he didn’t whistle is not a scandal either.”
On Enrique, “He will never take an uncalculated risk. Since he found the right formula, everything is controlled. He always has a plan to catch out the opposing coach.
The first time is historic. The second is legendary.”
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.
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