PARC DES PRINCES — Maybe next year will be theirs. Defeat in Paris condemned Arsenal to another trophyless season and for all the progress made under Mikel Arteta’s watch, the wait for major honours continues.
This squad is young enough to hurdle the final barrier each runners-up finish and semi-final loss ramps the pressure up more. Arsenal have now failed to win eight semi-finals in a row since lifting the FA Cup in 2020.
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They had three chances to level the tie in the first 10 minutes but didn’t take them. Declan Rice’s glancing header sailed wide and Gianluigi Donnarumma plunged to make two reflex saves that a man of 6ft 4ins has no right to.
PSG looked ill-prepared for the Arsenal onslaught, blown away by the red and white whirlwind. They have wilted under pressure before, but after a spell in survival mode, they sprang menacingly into attack.
Bukayo Saka misses from close range
Just minutes after pulling a goal back for Arsenal, he fires the ball over the crossbar
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The names on the back of replica shirts have Kvaratshkelia, Dembele, Doue, Barcola printed on them when once they had Neymar, Mbappe, Messi. Most of the stardust may have been brushed away but this team is well capable of creating magic.
PSG have the technical mastery and muscular acceleration to slice through teams and when Arteta and his players reflect on this night they will lament how they went behind, from a hopeful free-kick.
Thomas Partey’s misdirected header looped to Fabian who expertly manoeuvred the ball away from Gabriel Martinelli with his chest before lashing a stunning volley past Raya. Cue an eruption of noise and pyrotechnics at the doubling of an aggregate lead.
Player of the match – Fabian Ruiz
Ran the midfield and scored the all-important opener to settle Parisian nerves and dampen Arsenal spirits.
All of Arsenal’s hard work cancelled out by a sweet swish of a Spaniard’s left boot. For a spell after the goal they looked disorganised and discombobulated like an unprepared supply teacher stepping into a classroom of troublemakers.
WHAT. A. STRIKE.
Fabian Ruiz extends PSG's aggregate lead over Arsenal to 2-0 with unbelievable power and technique
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The Gunners rallied but an uphill task got steeper. PSG began to believe in their own destiny. They even began to enjoy themselves, Vitinha dancing with the ball as lovingly as though it were his wife. When Dembele started warming up the cheer was so loud it rivalled that of the opening goal.
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Read MoreRaya’s intervention merely delayed the PSG party. Within five minutes of Vitinha’s miss, Achraf Hakimi stepped up to trample over Arsenal’s dreams, curling an unstoppable finish into the far post to make it two on the night and three on aggregate.
In the PSG club shop, there was “Champions of France 2024-25” merchandise everywhere, the designs modified slightly from the year before and the year before that. How dearly they would love to add a “Champions of Europe” line.
Like Arsenal, they have never won this competition. They now have the chance to end their wait for glory first.
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