Mikel Arteta & Luis Enrique clash over Arsenal-PSG Champions League tie

McCill Artita and Luis Enrique presented different opinions about what Arsenal 2-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain earlier this season means in the context of the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The clubs, one of which will compete for the first European crown ever in the final of the next month, and have previously fulfilled in the league stage. It came in the second match, with Kay Havertz and Bocaio Saka, every record in the first half in the Emirates Stadium.

This sparked a series of four victory in the Champions League in favor of PSG, which was secured in the knockout tours at only later through successive victories over Red Bull Salzburg, Manchester City and Shattgart in the last three match.

They stormed the Ligue 1 title again and since Liverpool came out of Europe, where they took control of both legs although it still required a penalty to accomplish the mission. The quarter-finals against Aston Villa looked like a breeze at 5-1 in a total, even the closest three of that.

Nevertheless, this tendency in the second stage against Villa, the defeat against Arsenal earlier this season and failed amazingly to win any of the last two local matches, Enrique insists that his team is full of confidence.

“We beat Liverpool and won the Premier League this year. But this does not mean anything because every match is different.”

“Everyone talks about the Premier League as the best league in the world. I don’t know whether or not I agree. But we are full of trust and look forward to playing in the semi -finals.

“The game [against Arsenal] It happened on October 1, and that was seven or eight months ago. He said: “There are great differences from time to time. I reviewed the game, and I saw what extent our game came and we are now. We are a team more complete.

“Our next goal is to rewrite history and there is only one way to do this. I would like to remind you that Arsenal has not won the Champions League before, and only one of us will get the ticket to the final on the legs and I hope that Paris Saint -Germain will be.”

But when Enrique does not put any importance at the UAE meeting in the fall, ARTETA is, in addition to other games that Arsenal played this season.

“You learn a lot of every game. Go to Bernabeu [against Real Madrid] Perhaps the biggest test can be as a European team. The Gunners coach explained that this brings confidence and experience to a team that most of us have not had before.

“I take a lot of things from the game we played [against PSG]. It was very important for us because at that time, they were one of the best teams in Europe. To put yourself in this category, to this level and say: “We can compete and hit.” It was a good preparation for what will happen now.

“When you reach this stage, the difference between the two teams is not big. It is really the mentality and the situation and how we will play the game. It is only to visualize it, to be convinced, to go on this field, believing that we will strike them again.

Arsenal is seeking to reach the first Champions League final since 2006, while Paris Saint -Germain was there in 2020.

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