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"Even the coaches of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) said we were a better team."
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta claimed Arsenal were the better team in terms of performance after losing to PSG and failing to advance to the European Champions League final.
Arsenal lost 1-2 to PSG in the second leg of the semifinals of the European Champions League at 4 a.m. on the 8th at Parc des France in Paris.
Arsenal, who lost 0-1 to PSG in the first leg of their home semifinal match, pushed hard from the beginning of the day, but failed to achieve their goal due to a series of super saves by opposing goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. The crisis came shortly after the missed chance, and he gave up consecutive goals to Fabien Ruiz in the 47th minute of the first half and Accraff Hakimi in the 25th minute of the second half. Bukayo Saka scored a comeback goal in the 31st minute of the second half, but it was not enough to turn the game around. The team fell behind to a combined score of 1-3 in Game 1, failing to advance to the Champions League final for the first time since 2006. It was a disappointing result for Arsenal, who beat Real Madrid in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals for the first time in 16 years. Arteta, who was confident that Arsenal would be a better team than PSG, drank a bitter cup of defeat.
However, after the game, Arteta said Arsenal were still better than PSG, and the PSG bench felt the same. Shortly after the European Champions League final failed, Arteta told TNT Sports that `First congratulations PSG on advancing to the final" said hello. "I'll calm myself down and evaluate it more, but the feedback I got right from the opponent's bench was that we were much better than them."
Looking at the two games, the best player on the field was the goalkeeper (Donna Lumma). The goalkeeper decided the team's victory or defeat in a tie"He evaluated the opponent's goalkeeper's good defense." Then "We played a much closer game than the result, but unfortunately, we were eliminated. I'm really proud of the players." "It should have ended 3-0 after 20 minutes. We need something more to go our way in this competition, but we didn't. We had a super-contest and both games we did a lot better over a long period of time, but we didn't get to the final and this part is bound to hurt."
Meanwhile, PSG midfielder Lee Kang-in was included in the replacement list, but he did not receive a chance as in the first leg of the semifinal. Lee Kang-in's PSG will compete with Inter Milan, which reached the final with a 7-6 victory in the first and second games after a bloody battle with Barcelona, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, at 4 a.m. on the 1st of next month.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
