Champions League news

• The Guardian view on a gripping season of British football: the best may be yet to come | Editorial

  01-06-2026 20:05
  England and Scotland will both compete in a men’s World Cup this month for the first time this century. For both nations there are reasons to believeThe agonising climax to Saturday’s men’s Champions League final in Budapest will haunt the imaginations of Arsenal supporters for years to come. Penalty shootouts – a sporting version of Russian roulette – are a brutal way to lose a football match, with hope turning to despair in the time that it takes to fire a ball ov
  
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• Use crayfish to keep Hampstead Heath swimmers at bay | Brief letters

  01-06-2026 18:44
  Protect wildlife ponds | Champions League final | Avoiding Arsenal | Colonial attitudes | Nine times tableI know how to stop swimmers using the wildlife ponds on Hampstead Heath (Report, 27 May). Erect a picture of all the enormous crayfish – an invasive species – now inhabiting many of the ponds, particularly the one pictured. I certainly wouldn’t want to be swimming with them snapping at my toes.Emilia Benjamin
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• PSG now stand alongside some of Europe’s best-ever, but with caveats | Jonathan Wilson

  01-06-2026 18:00
  The origin of PSG’s largesse and the effect it’s had on their domestic game can’t be ignored, even as we appreciate the team’s stunning qualitySign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletterSince 1990, only one side had ever successfully defended the Champions League – Real Madrid, who won three in a row between 2016 and 2018. Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the final on Saturday elevates them to a new tier of the pantheon. No bad side has ever won the Europe
  
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• Arsenal v PSG had an estimated 16.2m illegal stream views in UK after not being free-to-air

  01-06-2026 17:40
  Analysts trace illegal views to 3.7m IP addresses in UKChampions League final watched legally by more than 7mArsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted an estimated 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air.Analysis conducted for the Guardian by the technology analyst Gaming Compliance International (GCI) shows there were 16.2m illegal stream views of longer than 90 seconds, traced to 3.7m unique IP addresses. The final w
  
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• Arsenal v PSG got 16.2m illegal stream views in UK after not being free-to-air

  01-06-2026 17:40
  Analysts trace illegal views to 3.7m IP addresses in UKChampions League final watched legally by more than 7mArsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted more than 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air.Analysis conducted for the Guardian by the technology analyst Gaming Compliance International (GCI) shows there were 16.2m illegal stream views of longer than 90 seconds, traced to 3.7m unique IP addresses. The final was
  
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• Football Daily | Arsenal feel the love after Arteta’s Bigger Cup masterplan falls short

  01-06-2026 17:03
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In recent weeks, there has been endless discourse on why so many people hate Arsenal. Yet, yesterday’s parade in the cultural melting pot of north London proved that plenty of people out there really, really, really love them. Due in no small part to the fact that he couldn’t head his penalty and none of his teammates were blocking the PSG goalkeeper, Gabriel Magalhães’ miss from the spot meant the Gunners came up agonis
  
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• Champions League team of the season: Lamine Yamal, Harry Kane … and a Spurs player

  01-06-2026 10:00
  To better highlight the whole field among Europe’s elite, we chose an XI that couldn’t feature more than one player from any one teamThis year we are picking a team of the season with a difference: I am allowed only one player per team. Of course, as finalists Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal have players with claims to all of these positions, so apologies to Willian Pacho and Declan Rice, among others. But what this format does allow for is an overall view of the Champions League sea
  
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• If Arsenal have made most of their resources, is this as good as it gets? | Jonathan Liew

  01-06-2026 09:00
  Thirst for renewal is strong and new players could help bridge the gap to PSG but there are no guaranteesThe greatest lie ever told about penalty shootouts is that they are a lottery. This is a recognisable and trainable footballing skill, a test not just of ball-striking and placement but research, psychology, mettle under pressure. Eberechi Eze puts the ball wide, Gabriel Magalhães sends it in the direction of the Danube: this is failure on the most brutal and unforgiving terms. But it
  
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• PSG provide perfect illusion with a model of beauty in soft-power project | Barney Ronay

  31-05-2026 21:12
  Re-enthroned Champions League-winning club should have always been this good but Qatar’s propaganda project is finally listening to an elite managerParis est mythique. There was nothing understated, no obvious shades of faux humilité about the headline in L’Équipe after Paris Saint-Germain had been re-enthroned as Champions League winners on Saturday night. Mythical. Storied. Ultimate. Yeah. But are they, though?In fairness it would be disappointingly un-Parisian not to
  
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• Arsenal progress under Arteta is clear but flaws still remain for the ultimate glory

  31-05-2026 16:21
  Penalty misses from pre-season were repeated in Budapest while summer signings could help Gunners exert more control in biggest gamesWhen it was finally over – on the night and for the club season, devastation the overriding emotion for everyone connected to Arsenal – Declan Rice wanted to go back to make the point. To last July and his club’s first pre-season game, against Milan in Singapore.Arsenal won 1-0 before the teams agreed to stage a penalty shootout. The idea was clea
  
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• Clashes in Paris after PSG win Champions League final – video

  31-05-2026 13:26
  French police clashed with rioters in the capital after Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal to win the Champions League title.Hundreds of people were detained across France, with the majority in the Paris areaFrench police arrest 780 after violent clashes as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win Continue reading...
  
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• 'We're devastated': Rice, Vitinha, Arteta and Luis Enrique on the Champions League final – video

  31-05-2026 12:13
  There were mixed emotions in Budapest after Paris Saint-Germain retained the Champions League title by beating Arsenal on penalties. Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta talked of the pain of defeat, while PSG's Vitinha called their triumph the 'ultimate dream'Arteta urges Arsenal to use Champions League final pain against PSG and ‘turn it into fuel’ Continue reading...
  
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• Champions League final 2026: PSG retain title to break Arsenal hearts – in pictures

  31-05-2026 10:35
  The best images from Budapest and beyond as, after reaching their first Champions League final in 20 years, Arsenal lost out on penalties to the defending champions Paris Saint-Germain Continue reading...
  
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• Lewis-Skelly dazzles but Arsenal endure cruel ending to thrillingly intense final | Barney Ronay

  30-05-2026 23:55
  Some struggle to love Mikel Arteta’s side but they went toe-to-toe with PSG in a gruelling, high-grade contest It always seemed likely, somehow, that Arsenal’s season was going to come down to Gabriel Magalhães and a set piece. Just not, ideally, like this.Football does love a note of dramatic irony. And while Arsenal may have lost this Champions League final on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain after three brain-mangling hours of unresolved jab, smother and counter-thrust in t
  
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• Arteta urges Arsenal to use Champions League final pain against PSG and ‘turn it into fuel’

  30-05-2026 23:11
  ‘We will have to improve to try to get a different outcome’Manager unhappy Arsenal not given extra-time penalty Mikel Arteta spoke of his heartache after a skied penalty from Gabriel Magalhães in the shootout against Paris Saint-Germain ended Arsenal’s hopes of being crowned European champions for the first time, but emphasised the need to take that pain “and turn it into fuel”.Kai Havertz’s early strike and a defensive masterclass in the first half of
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal: PSG win Champions League final on penalties – as it happened

  30-05-2026 22:12
  Eberechi Eze and Gabriel missed from the spot to give PSG victory in a gruelling final“They’ve got a wonderful group of players and a great manager in Mikel Arteta but having come so close three times on the bounce I felt these guys needed it,” Sol Campbell says of Arsenal winning the Premier League for the first time in 22 years since, in 2004, he was the cornerstone of their defence for the Invincibles. His team remained unbeaten throughout that historic league season, but th
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Arsenal (4-3 on penalties): Champions League final player ratings

  30-05-2026 22:02
  Désiré Doué inspired PSG’s fightback to win in a shootout after being stunned by early goal from a classy Kai HavertzMatvey Safonov Appeared to forget that goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands for Havertz’s strike. Didn’t get near any penalties in shootout but didn’t need to. 6 Continue reading...
  
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• Paris Saint-Germain retain Champions League as Arsenal dream dashed in shootout

  30-05-2026 21:19
  It was a showpiece that held the football world in its grip, the tension mounting exponentially, everything on the line. For Paris Saint-Germain, there was the opportunity to make it clear that this is a dynastic team; the rarity of retaining a Champions League title.For Arsenal, it was simple. Never mind the Invincibles. They stood to be immortal, a first victory in this competition to follow their first Premier League triumph since 2004. It was all set up to become the greatest season in their
  
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• Arne Slot sacked by Liverpool, Champions League final buildup: matchday live – as it happened

  30-05-2026 16:12
  Arne Slot departed Liverpool ‘with immediate effect’, while excitement mounted for PSG v Arsenal in BudapestBarney Ronay has done us a favour by reading a book on Gianni Infantino so we don’t have to. Funnily enough, I was killing time watching some World Cup preview programmes on a recent plane journey in which the Fifa president popped up dressed like someone from East 17 in their pomp. A big white coat kindathing. Here’s a more recent one of him trying to appeal to Can
  
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• When Arsenal beat PSG on their way to winning the Cup Winners’ Cup

  30-05-2026 09:00
  Arsenal relied on their brilliant defence to see off PSG in the semi-finals and frustrate Parma in the final in 1994By That 1980s Sports BlogThe Cup Winners’ Cup became a victim of the Champions League’s expansion in the late 1990s, but there could be no questioning the quality of the competition when Arsenal won it in the 1993-94 season. Real Madrid, Ajax, Parma, Torino, Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain stood in Arsenal’s way as they tried to win their first E
  
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• My Arsenal devotion began with watching them lose in a South African cinema

  30-05-2026 07:00
  As a boy in the apartheid era I saw footage of the Gunners beaten in the 1969 League Cup final – on Saturday I will attend the Champions League showpiece with my sonI fell for Arsenal in the white‑and-black world of apartheid, where television was banned as a tool of communist propaganda and the club of my dreams was 6,000 miles away and mostly invisible to me. So it feels fitting that a surreal love story that began for a small boy in South Africa in 1969 will reach a new peak on Sa
  
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• More than 150 million people will watch tonight’s Champions League final. It’s PSG v Arsenal – and most of Africa | Sean Jacobs

  30-05-2026 07:00
  Many teams have fans abroad, but the bond between the north London club and ordinary Africans is on a different level. A continent expectsIf Arsenal win the Champions League final later today, expect euphoria across Africa. Judging by the scenes after last week’s Premier League title win – their first in 22 years – the celebrations will be immense. Boisterous fans flooded city centres in Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Kampala and Lagos. In Nigeria’s Zamfara state, people celebrate
  
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• Arsenal fans use ‘trains, planes and automobiles’ in race to Budapest for Champions League final

  30-05-2026 07:00
  As flights and hotels sell out and prices soar, supporters go to great lengths to see Gunners face Paris Saint-GermainSince Arsenal’s euphoric Premier League win last week, it has been a never-ending party in much of north London (apart from in Tottenham, although they had their own cause for celebration). And with Arsenal poised to play in the Uefa Champions League final on Saturday, Gooner fever is about to spread to the continent. So it was not surprising that in Stansted’s depart
  
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• Starmer asks TNT Sports to make Champions League final free to view

  23-05-2026 18:00
  Match between PM’s favourite Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain marks first time British fans will be unable to watch final free of chargeKeir Starmer has written to broadcaster TNT Sports asking it to make next weekend’s Champions League final free to view.The move is the latest measure that appears designed to appeal directly to voters, after the government announced earlier this week that it would cut VAT on entry to some attractions – such as theme parks, zoos and museums &nda
  
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• Thursday briefing: How ​English football ​is ​pricing ​out ​its ​own ​supporters

  21-05-2026 07:44
  In today’s newsletter: Behind the packed stadiums and record revenues lies a growing tension​ of a sport thriving financially while the supporters who built it ​are increasingly ​left behindGood morning. The men’s football season is reaching the sharp end. This week, Arsenal were crowned Premier League champions and last night Aston Villa won the Uefa Europa League. The men’s Fifa World Cup is just around the corner.But fans in England are also at the sharp en
  
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• Uefa expects more viewers for Champions League final despite no free-to-air coverage

  19-05-2026 16:00
  HBO Max subscribers in the UK likely to boost numbersPresence of an English club will also have a positive effect Uefa is expecting far higher UK viewing figures for next week’s Champions League final than in recent seasons despite TNT Sport’s controversial decision not to make the game available free-to-air for the first time since the competition’s rebrand 34 years ago.An average audience of about 1 million watched the Champions League final for free on TNT’s streaming
  
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• Champions League final will not be free to watch in UK for first time in modern era

  18-05-2026 16:00
  Three European finals restricted to TNT and HBO MaxUefa understood to be unhappy with the decisionThe Champions League final will not be available to watch for free in the UK for the first time since the competition’s modern rebrand 34 years ago when Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest.The rights holder, TNT Sports, is understood to have irritated Uefa by opting to charge fans to watch all three European finals despite English clubs chasing a clean sweep of titles. Continue readin
  
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• Arteta hoping Timber will win fitness race for Champions League final

  14-05-2026 12:20
  Arsenal manager weighing up options at right-back‘We’re going to try to get him available as quickly as possible’Mikel Arteta is crossing his fingers that Jurriën Timber will have a chance of facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final as he weighs up his options at right-back.Arsenal confirmed on Tuesday that Ben White would miss the rest of the season with a knee injury that is expected to rule him out of the World Cup, although Arteta said the defender must
  
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• PSG v Arsenal: six factors that could decide the Champions League final

  07-05-2026 20:00
  Keeping Ousmane Dembélé quiet will be tough but Mikel Arteta’s side have tools to disrupt defending championsThere is no better player to watch in world football right now than Kvicha Kvaratskhelia, who manages to blend an unorthodox style with the decisive certainty of a winner. At times he was unplayable over the two legs of the semi-final with Bayern Munich and he would have crowned his showreel if, after a dazzling spin and run late in the second leg, he had beaten Manuel
  
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• Football Daily | All aboard to Budapest! PSG purr past Bayern to set up gunfight with Arsenal

  07-05-2026 16:54
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The state-owned football team it’s OK to like (and proof that sportswashing works), Paris Saint-Germain booked their place in Bigger Cup final courtesy of a draw against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Like Shaun Murphy in Monday’s night’s thrilling denouement of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, the German champions didn’t do a great deal wrong and were similarly gracious in defeat despite their
  
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• Champions League review: a punch for Arteta and are PSG and Arsenal really that different?

  07-05-2026 16:12
  The teams for the final in Budapest are set. We look at how they got there and the factors that could determine the championDestination Budapest, where Paris Saint-Germain will attempt to be the first club apart from Real Madrid to win two consecutive European Cups since Milan in 1990. Vincent Kompany’s promise of “more” from Bayern Munich after a nine-goal first leg did not materialise. PSG offered a different proposition in Wednesday’s second leg; they put on a performa
  
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• PSG set up date with Arsenal as Bayern and Kane fall short – Football Weekly podcast

  07-05-2026 13:17
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Archie Rhind-Tutt after PSG progressed past BayernRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts and join the conversation on email.On today’s podcast: Bayern and PSG didn’t provide another nine-goal thriller, as per the first leg, but it was an entertaining game in Munich as PSG progressed with a 6-5 aggregate win to the final, as the French side seek consecutive Champions League titles. As scary as PSG look, at least Arsenal fans
  
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• 'It's incredible': PSG reach consecutive Champions League finals as Bayern go out – video

  07-05-2026 03:48
  Luis Enrique was delighted after PSG advanced to the Champions League final following a 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich. His side will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest on 30 May as they bid to become the first team since Real Madrid in 2017 and 2018 to win the trophy back-to-back.Dembélé ends Bayern hopes to send PSG into final showdown with Arsenal‘Too much went against us’: Kompany laments refereeing as Bayern go out Continue reading...
  
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• Kvaratskhelia is perfect attacking scalpel for PSG’s surgical brilliance. Arsenal, beware | Barney Ronay

  07-05-2026 00:54
  Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s trickery and imagination in Munich gave a reminder of the challenge facing Arsenal in the finalWell, it was never going to be quite the same. You only get one all-time high, one first kiss, one Catcher in the Rye, one loved-up alien-ball dreamscape of a game like the first leg between these two teams.In the event Bayern Munich never really laid a glove on Paris Saint-Germain at the Allianz Arena. They trailed from the third minute to Ousmane Dembélé&rs
  
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• ‘Too much went against us’: Kompany laments refereeing as Bayern go out

  07-05-2026 00:49
  Coach unhappy with decisions in 1-1 draw with PSG‘It’s never an excuse for everything but it matters’A frustrated Vincent Kompany lamented a series of refereeing calls against his Bayern Munich side as they were pipped by Paris Saint-Germain to a place in the Champions League final against Arsenal.Harry Kane’s late equaliser at the ­Allianz Arena was not enough to ­prevent a 6-5 aggregate defeat, ­Bayern toiling for much of the night after ­Ousmane Demb&ea
  
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• Bayern Munich 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain (agg: 5-6): Champions League semi-final, second leg – as it happened

  06-05-2026 23:48
  Ousmane Dembele’s early goal sent PSG through to meet Arsenal despite a late cracker from Harry Kane“I’m a little bored with the hyperbole over the first leg,” writes Jose Mou- Tim Smith. “It’s like regular football folk have lost the run of themselves. So, I predict a dull, cagey, 0-1 with a late goal. Of course, I’ll probably be proven wrong within five minutes of kick off.”“Evening Rob,” begins Andy Gordon. “As Scott’s MB
  
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• Dembélé ends Bayern hopes to send PSG into final showdown with Arsenal

  06-05-2026 23:09
  It cannot always be a laugh a minute. This rematch between elite football’s two genuinely enthralling propositions did not veer as wildly as the previous week’s rollercoaster and, in truth, was probably never going to. What it did provide was more proof of Paris Saint-Germain’s all-round brilliance, manifested in an ability to put business and pleasure on equal pegging.They held a largely off-key Bayern Munich at arm’s length for most of the night, only allowing Harry Kan
  
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• Arsenal no longer fear falling short and now have clear sight of immortality | David Hytner

  06-05-2026 20:00
  In the space of a week the mood has changed, with positive energy replacing suffering, and two trophies are suddenly within reachIt was a soundbite designed to go viral, the kind the ex-pros in the TV studios are always looking to confect; snappy, heavy on hyperbole, bang in the moment. Thierry Henry made it pop on Tuesday night as he interviewed Bukayo Saka on CBS Sports after Arsenal had beaten Atlético Madrid to advance to the Champions League final. “We were the Invincibles. You
  
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• Fifa extends Gianluca Prestianni ban, ruling him out for World Cup games

  06-05-2026 18:56
  If in Argentina squad, Prestianni would miss two gamesBenfica winger banned for racial abuse of Vinícius JúniorPrestianni has one Argentina cap, from NovemberSign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletterFifa confirmed a global ban Wednesday for Gianluca Prestianni that will rule the Benfica winger out of two World Cup games in the United States if he is selected in Argentina’s squad.Uefa imposed a six-game ban – with three games deferred on probation – on Presti
  
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• As Griezmann exits, could this also be the end of Simeone’s era at Atlético?

  06-05-2026 18:26
  Defeat to Arsenal could usher in a period of intense change, but whether coach will stick around is an open question“I love you,” Diego Simeone said, but they only had 14 games to save the season. It was the night before Atlético Madrid faced Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final first leg in early April and the manager was sitting alongside Antoine Griezmann, unexpectedly opening up in a press conference of all places, emotion and admiration expressed publicly as th
  
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• Arsenal fans plan trips to Champions League final but face £1,500 flights or Bucharest night train

  06-05-2026 17:39
  Logistics complicated for 30 May showpiece in BudapestArsenal to receive only 16,824 official ticket allocationArsenal have had to find different ways to win this season as they pursue a Premier League and Champions League double. Their fans will now have to show similar dexterity if they hope to make it to Budapest for Uefa’s showpiece final.With direct flights from London costing up to £1,500 and the only available hotel rooms about 20 miles from the Hungarian capital, it could be
  
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• Arsenal back in the Champions League final during a week to savour | Football Weekly – video

  06-05-2026 15:31
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Paul Watson as Arsenal make a first men’s Champions League final in 20 years … and get an edge in the Premier League. Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 On today’s podcast: Arsenal reach the men’s Champions League final for the first time in 20 years, a timely-in-form Bukayo Saka with the decisive goal. They defended like we know
  
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• Arsenal players and Arteta hail 'incredible night' after reaching Champions League final – video

  06-05-2026 13:46
  Arsenal are through to the men's Champions League final for the first time in 20 years, and the second time in their history, after beating Atlético Madrid 1-0 in their semi-final second leg to secure a 2-1 aggregate victory. The team will held to Budapest in Hungary for the final at the Puskás Aréna on 30 May Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Everything can happen’: Trossard confident of Arsenal’s chances in final

  06-05-2026 13:14
  Winger insists side can overcome PSG or BayernØdegaard takes ‘massive confidence’ from semi-finalArsenal will travel to Budapest for the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich with no trace of an inferiority complex, according to Leandro Trossard, who knows that anything is possible in a one-off game.The Arsenal winger and his teammates drank in the euphoria after Tuesday night’s 1-0 home win over Atlético Madrid in the semi-final seco
  
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• ‘An incredible night’: Mikel Arteta so proud of Arsenal’s players and fans

  06-05-2026 00:44
  Saka sinks Atlético to put club in Champions League final‘We made history again together. I cannot be more proud’Mikel Arteta said he could not be prouder of Arsenal’s players and supporters after they sealed a place in the second Champions League final in the club’s history. Bukayo Saka’s goal just before half-time was enough to secure victory over Atlético Madrid in the semi-final and means Arsenal will face a formidable task against ­Bayern Muni
  
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• Arsenal see off Atlético Madrid and feel gnawing fear of failure start to fall away | Jonathan Wilson

  06-05-2026 00:18
  The newly found belief Mikel Arteta’s side have shown has now carried them into the Champions League finalThere is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Arsenal, having failed to capitalise on so many opportunities over the past few years, have suddenly and not entirely expectedly seized their chance. A week ago, their course seemed uncertain, the waters choppy; quite abruptly, the skies have cleared and, the wind in their sails, Arsenal are sailing o
  
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• Arsenal 1-0 Atlético Madrid (agg: 2-1): Champions League player ratings

  05-05-2026 23:41
  Matteo Ruggeri fails in his unenviable job of marking Bukayo Saka, who delivered when it mattered mostDavid Raya Always on his toes to launch attacks and came to Arsenal’s rescue when he was needed. 7 Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal 1-0 Atlético Madrid (agg 2-1): Champions League semi-final, second leg – as it happened

  05-05-2026 23:34
  Arsenal are in the Budapest final thanks to Bukayo Saka’s first-half goalPennant Watch. There’s nothing wrong, in and of itself, with the commemorative gift stand-in captain Bukayo Saka will hand over to his opposite number Koke. But that badge. Come on, man. Stand it next to the time-honoured Victoria Concodria Crescit crest and weep. And that’s before we get to the stratospherically sexy Art Deco A-football-C logo. Ever since that fateful rebrand, Herbert Chapman has been spi
  
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• Bukayo Saka edges Arsenal past Atlético Madrid to reach Champions League final

  05-05-2026 23:02
  Everything that Arsenal had poured into a hugely impressive Champions League campaign came down to this. It was not about more plaudits, more pride. It was purely about taking the next step, moving to the verge of history. On an increasingly frenzied night, when the ghosts of previous near misses under Mikel Arteta provided a part of the story, they made surely the boldest advance so far under their manager.When it was over, Arteta led the wildest of celebrations, the emotions spilling everywher
  
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• Arsenal v Atlético Madrid: Champions League semi-final, second leg – live

  05-05-2026 19:59
  ⚽️ Champions League news, 8pm BST kick-off (first leg: 1-1)
  ⚽️ Today’s Football Daily | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail ScottThe big news for Arsenal: Miles Lewis-Skelly is rewarded for his impressive showing in midfield against Fulham with a starting spot. His replacement of Martin Zubimendi is one of five changes from the starting line-up in Madrid: Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Leandro Trossard also start tonight, at the expense of Noni Madueke,
  
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