Despite his many absent absent and his 1-0 defeat, Mikel Arteta is still convinced that his Arsenal team will eliminate PSG and qualify for the Champions League final.
With almost his typical team of the moment, Arsenal lost 2-1 at home against Bournemouth on Saturday, conceding two goals on kicks stopped in the second half while Declan Rice had opened the scoring. A result that inevitably annoyed Mikel Arteta before the semi-final return of Champions League PSG/Arsenal on Wednesday evening.
“We really wanted to create a good atmosphere and a positive result would have helped us build what we wanted for Wednesday. What we have created now is a lot of rage, anger, frustration and a bad feeling in the belly. We must therefore make sure to use this for Wednesday in order to achieve a huge performance in Paris, win the match and be in the final ”said the Gunners coach on Saturday at the post-match press conference.
Arteta still cries up her 7 absent from the first leg
This weekend, Mikel Arteta also granted an interview to Sky Sports and as at his pre-match press conference against Bournemouth, the Gunners coach once again cried his 7 absent from the first leg: “I was waiting for the players to finish their warm -up before the match against PSG. I was walking in the stadium tunnel and there I saw 7 plain clothes. There was Tomiyasu, a phenomenal defender. Besides him, Calafiori, who is a holder that we have just recruited and who was absent for about 5 and a half months. Then there was Gabriel Magalhães, one of our main leaders in the locker room, the best defender. Thomas Partey, our holder as six, was also unavailable for this match. Kai Havertz, our new number number, absent for 4 months. Gabriel Jesus, which we brought back to life and who shone before injuring ourselves and which will be absent 8, 9 to 10 months I do not know. And finally Jorginho, another player with a big experience of this kind of match. So we had 7 players of this unavailable caliber and we are however where we are, which means that this team is special. »»
Arteta convinced that he can eliminate PSG
After this long tirade with a little taste of victimization, Mikel Arteta, as before the first leg, expresses his confidence to eliminate PSG and to qualify for the final of the Champions League. So when Sky Sports journalist asked her if he was confident to be able to qualify in Paris, Arteta did not hesitate to answer: “Yes of course, we will do it”.
A declaration full of insurance which is added to his little lucid post-match analysis last week and which is reminiscent of the slogan “Together we will do it” From PSG before his round of 16 return to Real Madrid in 2018. A slogan who had not succeeded in PSG, beaten on the outward journey by the Madrid. Let us wish the Gunners the same fate and a second loss of rank against PSG on Wednesday evening.
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