PSG, Arsenal Set Up Champions League Final in Budapest After 188 Games
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Updated · The New York Times · May 28
PSG, Arsenal Set Up Champions League Final in Budapest After 188 Games
15 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 28
Saturday’s final in Budapest will pit defending champions Paris Saint-Germain against Premier League winners Arsenal after a 188-game Champions League campaign.
PSG are chasing a second straight European title under Luis Enrique, while Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are seeking their first Champions League crown.
Paris enter as the side to beat after a standout knockout run, with panelists highlighting Vitinha, Joao Neves and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia among the season’s best performers.
PSG’s 5-4 first-leg win over Bayern Munich was widely picked as the competition’s best match, while Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin’s stoppage-time header ranked as the defining moment.
Predictions for the final were split, though most saw PSG’s attacking variety as the key test against an Arsenal side backed to stay competitive through defensive discipline.
Was PSG’s path to the final paved by a controversial off-pitch scheduling decision?
Can Arsenal's grit after 63 games overcome a strategically rested PSG for the title?
How did one team's Champions League success threaten to break their entire domestic league?