Champions League Final 2026 | Sat 30th May | Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal

coolcity said:
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta speaking in his post-match press conference:

"I watched all the penalties in the Champions League this season during the last 72 hours to understand what is a penalty and what's not, and that can easily be a penalty."

Sums up their mentality. Why would you spend the last 72 hours going through penalties unless you (a) intended to attempt to win penalties during the match or (b) try to scramble through 120 minutes to reach a penalty shootout?
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So was he asked why sakas handball wasn't a penalty
They've been given all season in Europe as bernado
 
Beautiful result.

So glad Gabriel was the person to miss that penalty and to deprive Arsenal a place at the "top table"....

In the shadow of Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester City I think they may have earned the title as "the best English team never win the the European Cup"!!

What is it Lewis Skelly says.... "Stay Humble"
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Never picked up as much an anti-English vibe for a CL final as I did yesterday for this one based on what I saw at my local boozer.

They have definitely become more unpopular in recent seasons. I think their online personas being the principal cause.

I couldn’t in all good conscience say they haven’t had a great season, because winning the league makes it automatically so, but there is no way this team has earned the right to call itself great, and last night underlined that.
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Not a great team till win it back to back
That how it works these days
 
I thought Arsenal gave it a good go against a very good PSG team and the early goal made it a decent watch. Didn't bother too much with the penalties as i was knocking up a culinary delight for tea, but i did manage to see Gabriel sky his and it gave me a warm glow inside.

Burger, chips, fried egg and tomatoes.
 
stonerblue said:
I thought Arsenal gave it a good go against a very good PSG team and the early goal made it a decent watch. Didn't bother too much with the penalties as i was knocking up a culinary delight for tea, but i did manage to see Gabriel sky his and it gave me a warm glow inside.

Burger, chips, fried egg and tomatoes.
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Yep- that 24% possession and 1 shot in 120 minutes was something to behold.

Think you gave the meal a better "go".
 
Asa's left peg said:
Has anyone heard a serious explanation of why it wasn't handball by Saka?
I think I used to know what constitutes handball - now I haven't a scooby.
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www.espn.co.uk

VAR review: UCL ref got the Mendes-Madueke call right, but it was close

There were a number of controversial decisions made in Saturday's UCL final. Andy Davies breaks down each of the calls, including Nuno Mendes' challenge on Noni Madueke.
www.espn.co.uk www.espn.co.uk

According to that - Correct on-field decision by the referee and a non-intervention from VAR. Law is clear that if a player accidently plays the ball onto their own hand/arm, this is not a handball offense. The only exception to this would be if the ball goes directly into the opponent's goal, as this would be deemed an offense and the goal disallowed.

I've no clue anymore. Also I don't know if he actually kicks it before he handles it TWICE!
 
madloaf said:
www.espn.co.uk

VAR review: UCL ref got the Mendes-Madueke call right, but it was close

There were a number of controversial decisions made in Saturday's UCL final. Andy Davies breaks down each of the calls, including Nuno Mendes' challenge on Noni Madueke.
www.espn.co.uk www.espn.co.uk

According to that - Correct on-field decision by the referee and a non-intervention from VAR. Law is clear that if a player accidently plays the ball onto their own hand/arm, this is not a handball offense. The only exception to this would be if the ball goes directly into the opponent's goal, as this would be deemed an offense and the goal disallowed.

I've no clue anymore.
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Thought intention wasn’t part of handball these days?
 
bridgeno1 said:
We were playing PSG and for all their possession it wasn't like they had a ton of chances. If we'd gone toe to toe we'd have been ripped apart. We didn't lose the match (obviously apart from pens which is a lottery) so if it had gone the other way and footballers paid £200k+ a week actually manage to hit the fucking target from 12 yards then the dastardly plan might have worked.

I'd imagine heavy investment in the summer plus we are guaranteed CWC qualification unless 2 different PL sides win the CL in the next couple of years and neither of them is Arsenal or City (the 2 PL sides with the highest English coefficients).
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Bought the league now trying to buy the CL.

Thought that was “unfair”?
 
citeh94 said:
I personally think they try to be both. They’re all going on about being the victims and going through years of pain.
I, myself had an Arsenal fan tell me they’d been through a lot of pain.
To me, someone who sat there and cried and wept in May 98 as we were relegated to fucking division two.
They think they’re the victims and everyone is against them but at the same time they are the biggest and best team in London.

I’d love to see them go through the hardships we’ve been through and then see how great their fanbase is.
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I find United, Liverpool and Arsenal to be three cheeks of the same deformed arse for this. All of them go on about their painful years and it's a parade of top six finishes, cup wins and European runs. At least Villa and Newcastle (and yes us) know what a relegation feels like. Like yes if you started supporting a club expecting a league win every five years then I bet it's been a bad couple of decades, but compared to a hundred other clubs down the pyramid.
 
They might have scraped , cheated and bored everyone to a first title in 22 years , but they will never conquer europe , the club and manager doesnt have the mentiality to win Big Ears , and never will have , 2nd again OLE! OLE!
 
Mr. Shush said:
Some takeaways from the game:

Not a penalty on Madueke. The difference to me was that both of them had ahold of each other. Their arms were locked.
Two handballs missed. Not even a VAR review. Saka's handball - how was that not reviewed?
Arse fans: "this was a free game for us", "it was a luxury". This whole season they've been touting they would win 4 trophies. They've been insufferable about it.
Arse fans: "why aren't football fans in England rooting for Arsenal", "its dreadful they're cheering against us". Seriously?
Arteta ball: get a goal, then stop attacking. PSG had 75% possession; took 21 shots. In short - they tried to win the game.
Rooney: he's a fat c***. Embarrassing he said Arse were robbed.

Football was saved.
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I've never got the whinging over rival fan supporting the opposition. It's not like they had Andy Tate shouting at th PSG bus or crazy Sandra aka Brent Cesare aka Mark Goldbridge wearing a knockoff Inter shirt.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
I find United, Liverpool and Arsenal to be three cheeks of the same deformed arse for this. All of them go on about their painful years and it's a parade of top six finishes, cup wins and European runs. At least Villa and Newcastle (and yes us) know what a relegation feels like. Like yes if you started supporting a club expecting a league win every five years then I bet it's been a bad couple of decades, but compared to a hundred other clubs down the pyramid.
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It's funny when rags try to claim they have paid their dues and proved they're not glory hunters because of the last 13 years - where they have still did better than the vast majority of English clubs and won some trophies too.

They have such a lack of perspective that its lean years if they're not winning the league. The entitlement is off the chain.

Most clubs (yourselves included for times in the past, which many of you remember) never win much and if they do it's a massive bonus. They support their club as a community thing and because it's what they've been brought up with. Like Brighton have made great strides and are a fairytale story but sitll won't win the league. Ditto the other two B teams. But they are happy with that as they're happy just being a very good club and remember where they came from, so are thankful.

The three red clubs have no such sense of perspsective as most of their fans cannot remember pre 1992.
 
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