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Paris St Germain’s Champions League trophy parade down the Champs Elysees on Sunday will go ahead with a 100,000 fans cap despite ugly clashes with police on Saturday night.
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique said on Friday that he was “not frustrated” by the narrow advantage his side hold over Bayern Munich heading into their trip to Germany for the Champions League semifinal second leg. Last week, the two sides played out what many considered to be one of the best matches in Champions League history as the side from the French capital emerged 5-4 winners at their Parc des Princes home. “No, I’m not frustrated because it’s a unique football match for me,” Luis Enrique told reporters, despite the fact his side had led by five goals to two midway through the second period. “We won the match. But we could have drawn, and we could have lost the match, and that wouldn’t have been unfair.” Luis Enrique said the first leg was such a spectacle because of the outstanding performances of both team’s attackers, rather than any defensive shortcomings. “It was a very spectacular match because the strikers from both teams got the better of the defenders on numerous occasions, but not because they did a poor job defensively,” he explained. “No, that’s what makes this match magnificent, because the standard was incredible, especially from the strikers.” The 55-year-old praised in particular the contributions of PSG forward Ousmane Dembele and Bayern’s English center-forward Harry Kane. “The two number nines — look at how they defend.
MADRID: Julian Alvarez’s penalty secured Atletico Madrid a 1-1 draw against Arsenal in a nervy Champions League semifinal first leg clash on Wednesday. Viktor Gyokeres sent the Premier League leaders ahead from the spot just before the interval after he was fouled, but Alvarez followed suit 10 minutes into the second half after Ben White’s handball. Arsenal were upset at a late penalty decision being overturned following a VAR review when David Hancko made contact with Eberechi Eze in the area. “I’m incredibly fuming,” said Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta. “It’s a clear and very obvious penalty.” Atletico had the better for long periods but Arsenal’s solid defending helped them leave the Spanish capital in a good position to return to the Champions League final 20 years after their last appearance. “Here, you have to suffer,” Arteta told Movistar.
PARIS, France: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele scored twice each as Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich 5-4 in an epic first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday — an extraordinary encounter that was the highest-scoring match ever at this stage of the competition. The first half alone was crazy, with Harry Kane giving Bayern the lead from a penalty, only for Kvaratskhelia to equalize before Joao Neves headed the hosts in front at an enthralled Parc des Princes. Michael Olize made it 2-2, but a Dembele penalty in first-half stoppage time had the reigning champions back ahead at the interval. Kvaratskhelia, surely the standout player in this season’s Champions League, and Dembele both then scored again to have hosts PSG seemingly out of sight, only for Dayot Upamecano to pull one back before Luis Diaz made it 5-4. An unforgettable game — perhaps better even than last season’s semifinal between Inter Milan and Barcelona — leaves the tie between the continent’s two best teams of the moment wonderfully poised for next Wednesday’s return at the Allianz Arena, with a place in the final in Budapest on May 30 on the line. “I’m sure everyone who loves football really enjoyed watching that. It was a real pleasure to play in that game, the kind of game we dream of playing in as kids,” PSG captain Marquinhos told broadcaster Canal Plus. His team will be returning to Munich — scene of their 5-0 win over Inter in last year’s final — with the advantage, but Bayern will be confident they can overturn the narrow deficit at home. “We fought and we clawed and we’re back in the tie,” Kane told Amazon Prime.
LONDON: Declan Rice has urged Arsenal to embrace the weight of history in their chase for a first Champions League crown ahead of Wednesday’s semifinal trip to Atletico Madrid. The Gunners travel to the Spanish capital for the first leg looking to move a step closer to only their second Champions League final appearance. Mikel Arteta’s side have been labelled English football’s nearly men after three successive runners-up finishes in the Premier League. They have fallen short in Europe as well, losing 3-1 on aggregate to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semifinals last season and bowing out against Bayern Munich in the 2024 quarter-finals. Arsenal have never won Europe’s elite club competition, with their lone final ending in defeat against Barcelona in 2006. The Premier League has become the London club’s holy grail after their painful streak of near-misses in recent years. But lifting the Champions League for the first time would be an equally fitting riposte to those doubting the mental strength of Arteta’s men. Just seven games separate Arsenal from the club’s greatest ever season. They sit three points clear of second-placed Manchester City in the Premier League title race, with four matches to play and five for Pep Guardiola’s men. Three games remain in the Champions League if Arsenal reach the final against PSG or Bayern in Budapest on May 30. Rice wants his team-mates to prove their past experiences have made them battle-hardened for their pursuit of history. “We’ve played in tough games in the last three or four years at the highest level, so we know what to expect and what’s to come,” the midfielder said. “That’s what it’s been all season, and that’s what we want it to be toward the
MADRID: Vinicius Junior scored the winner on the night as Real Madrid beat Benfica 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, progressing 3-1 on aggregate to the last 16. It was the Brazilian forward’s superb goal which separated the teams in a first leg marred by an incident of alleged racial abuse aimed at him by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni, who denies it. Jose Mourinho’s side were still alive in the play-off round tie and took the lead early on at the Santiago Bernabeu through Rafa Silva, although Madrid’s Aurelien Tchouameni swiftly levelled. Benfica gave the record 15-time champions a rough ride but fittingly Vinicius, who never hides from the spotlight, scored on 80 minutes to effectively end the contest. It was Portuguese coach Mourinho’s first time back at the Santiago Bernabeu since he coached Real Madrid from 2010-2013, but he could not lead his team from the dug-out because of suspension. After a week dominated by the fall-out from the first leg, Vinicius lined up for Real Madrid alongside Gonzalo Garcia, who stepped in for injured French superstar Kylian Mbappe. Benfica were without banned midfielder Prestianni, after an appeal against his provisional one-game sanction was turned down earlier on Wednesday, with UEFA still investigating the incident. Madrid hung a large banner reading “no to racism” at one end, with the game played under the shadow of what happened last week in Lisbon. There were boos for Vinicius from the visiting Benfica fans and he prodded wide in the early stages, appealing in vain for a penalty as Nicolas Otamendi collided with him after he got his shot away. Benfica took a deserved lead in the 14th minute as Madrid defender Raul Asencio clumsily turned the ball toward his own goal. Bel
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