UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season

[Phoenix Anka]

The outcome of the match shows that the game is balanced and both teams are equal in strength because none of them could outshine the other. I don't see that penalty as a thing of luck because it was done intentionally. PSG was favored by luck because majority supported them to win the finals and that was what magnet the victory to them.

The fact is that when it comes to penalty shoot out and goal scoring psg is better than Arsenal and there is no doubt about that. The opportunity psg had to equalize through a penalty is how they got lucky because they would not have been able to break through Arsenal's defense, Arsenal were really close to winning the trophy.

PSG was having a lucky day. Before winning the penalty, they didn't create any decent chances, but after the penalty they came to their senses a bit, trying to find a second goal to finish the match without going to extra time. It didn't happen, the match went to extra time. We could say PSG won on penalties, with the penalty awarded in the 90th minute determining the winner of the match.

I don't like talking about the PSG and Arsenal final match anymore because I was really pained, I really wanted Arsenal to win the match and lift their first champions League title but PSG refused and they were lucky enough to win them in the penalties I will not blame any Arsenal player especially those that lost the penalties, all the Arsenal players put in their best some set of people were blaming Gabriel for missing the last penalty they forget that Gabriel has done very well as a defender to make sure that Arsenal reach the champions League final and also winning the premier League title blaming a player like that is not proper.

Taking a penalty is very difficult for a defender, and Gabriel had a tough experience. Also, as you said, he was a player who earned Arsenal a lot of points. Thanks to his crucial interventions, Arsenal gained points in many matches. He was perhaps one of the key players who helped them win the Premier League title. So it will remain a bad memory, but it's not fair to blame him alone. Arsenal couldn't make an impact against Paris Saint-Germain throughout the match.

[Coyster]

Arteta is gradually, strengthening the team and I believe that in no time, the team will have strong bond and become very deadly that no club outside EPL will be able to defeat them and that's when they will win the Champions League.

Lol, while he is at it, he better put a team together than can attack and stay on the offensive when they face the big teams. The whole cornerkick strategy and parking the bus like their lives depend on it can only work for a limited time. They have a huge budget, they ought to be doing more in terms of attack.

That said, Arteta has finally won the league for Arsenal after 22 years, so nobody can say he is not taking the club in the right direction. I do not like how they win, that is my personal preference and i hope they do not win the Champions League playing that way.

[Xyloo]

Arteta is gradually, strengthening the team and I believe that in no time, the team will have strong bond and become very deadly that no club outside EPL will be able to defeat them and that's when they will win the Champions League.

Lol, while he is at it, he better put a team together than can attack and stay on the offensive when they face the big teams. The whole cornerkick strategy and parking the bus like their lives depend on it can only work for a limited time. They have a huge budget, they ought to be doing more in terms of attack.

That said, Arteta has finally won the league for Arsenal after 22 years, so nobody can say he is not taking the club in the right direction. I do not like how they win, that is my personal preference and i hope they do not win the Champions League playing that way.

Actually, you're not wrong. I don't like their playing style either. We know they're very good at set pieces, and they use them very effectively. They've won many matches that way and managed to hold onto the lead. This year, Arsenal probably had the best defense in the world. Thanks to this, they managed to win many matches even if they scored few goals. They reached the Champions League final and only conceded one goal against Paris Saint-Germain, and that was a penalty. Even though the matches were boring for Arsenal, the important thing is that they won, and they did. I hope they provide more enjoyable football next year.

[LUCKMCFLY]

After Arsenal took the lead early on with a goal, they started playing defensively and their strategy worked quite well, but towards the end, PSG got a penalty due to an illegal tag by the defenders and Ousmane Dembele scored from that penalty to bring the team back to parity. If I were to discuss the entire match excluding only the penalty at the end, I would have to say that Arsenal and PSG played a great football match and a final match was what these two teams gave us. However, I feel bad for Arsenal because they had overcome many challenges to reach the final, so if they could have won the trophy, it would have been their best season, but it didn't happen. It may be a long wait to see Arsenal in the Champions League final again.

According to the coach, they didn't go on defense on their own, but PSG forced them to. However, I don't see things that way. What they showed was defending and not even leaving a player available for the counter-attack. I've never been in favor of defending a result. You can close down the game, but you can't forget the option of attacking. Attacking is what wins matches. In defense, if you're very lucky, they won't score on you, but defending is more tiring than attacking.

[Hvdv]

After Arsenal took the lead early on with a goal, they started playing defensively and their strategy worked quite well, but towards the end, PSG got a penalty due to an illegal tag by the defenders and Ousmane Dembele scored from that penalty to bring the team back to parity. If I were to discuss the entire match excluding only the penalty at the end, I would have to say that Arsenal and PSG played a great football match and a final match was what these two teams gave us. However, I feel bad for Arsenal because they had overcome many challenges to reach the final, so if they could have won the trophy, it would have been their best season, but it didn't happen. It may be a long wait to see Arsenal in the Champions League final again.

According to the coach, they didn't go on defense on their own, but PSG forced them to. However, I don't see things that way. What they showed was defending and not even leaving a player available for the counter-attack. I've never been in favor of defending a result. You can close down the game, but you can't forget the option of attacking. Attacking is what wins matches. In defense, if you're very lucky, they won't score on you, but defending is more tiring than attacking.

Completely retreating into defense was perhaps Arsenal's biggest mistake. Arsenal weren't very effective in attack. They scored early and then adopted a defensive strategy. Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, tired out the Arsenal defense with every opportunity. As a result, they found the equalizer and managed to win the championship on penalties. Arsenal, I think, aimed to take the match to penalties from the beginning, because that's how they played.

[Stormisover]

Actually I don't know on what basis you say Arsenal played well. They played defensively throughout the match and only managed to keep 28% of the ball in their favor and created only 5 shots, of which only 1 was on target. Apart from their one goal in the 6th minute of the match, Arsenal had no success in the whole match. PSG played great and the team deserved to win because they kept 72% of the ball in their favor and only 4 shots on target out of 19 shots.

Would you still say that Arsenal performed well in the Champions League final? All the fans who watched the final match will unanimously agree that PSG played great and they are a team that deserves to win the trophy even though the result was decided by penalties and they won the trophy because they deserved it.

Arsenal had very low ball possession but they did not attempt to do counter attacks in dangerous way after having a first goal. After PSG equalized the match, Arsenal players seemed to fail to flip their tactics and play more attacking, by that continuation of skew towards defense, Arsenal only waited for their second conceded goals or a defeat to come. Luckily they managed to pull PSG to penalty shootouts but they lost there and generally PSG looked more like a champion than Arsenal.

Arsenal already came very nearly to the crown and they only need one more step, but to win the trophy, next season likely they will have to compete not only with PSG but Barcelona and Bayern Munich which will possibly become stronger too. A next season in Champions League will not be easy for Arsenal and it's challenging for them to have another final match.

The worst UEFA Champions League final ever played by an English premier League team, the ball possession was really embarrassing, the short is ridiculous, like every other stats in that game from Arsenal is very embarrassing, and they think themselves the champion of England, I was even thinking maybe they will reenforce after Paris Saint Germain has equalize, I was thinking maybe they will apply a counter attack, but yet they all sat at that goal post throughout the whole game and the extra minutes, not knowing Paris Saint Germain had got a good penalty takers than them, like it's really embarrassing.

[Byebyebtc]

PSG was having a lucky day. Before winning the penalty, they didn't create any decent chances, but after the penalty they came to their senses a bit, trying to find a second goal to finish the match without going to extra time. It didn't happen, the match went to extra time. We could say PSG won on penalties, with the penalty awarded in the 90th minute determining the winner of the match.

PSG didn't win the match by luck at all, they reduced their intensity a bit because they got equalized through penalties. If they hadn't got the penalty, I still think they would have been able to score or tried to score. Because they have that skill. The result of the match could have been anything if they hadn't got the penalty, but I don't agree to accept that PSG won the match by luck. Rather, luck was on their side along with their skill. After all, penalties are also a part of the game, to get a penalty you have to get the ball inside the opponent's D-box, which is not easy for everyone. Even scoring a goal from a penalty is not easy.

I don't seem to get why people still think it was all about the penalty like penalty isn't part of the game,
PSG was clearly better than Arsenal, and it was as a result of their ability to keep possession that they where able to get a penalty,

As we all could see clearly that arsenal defence was almost impenetrable, so I do believe that to win a penalty was part of PSG's plan in Oder for them to equalise

[Xyloo]

Actually I don't know on what basis you say Arsenal played well. They played defensively throughout the match and only managed to keep 28% of the ball in their favor and created only 5 shots, of which only 1 was on target. Apart from their one goal in the 6th minute of the match, Arsenal had no success in the whole match. PSG played great and the team deserved to win because they kept 72% of the ball in their favor and only 4 shots on target out of 19 shots.

Would you still say that Arsenal performed well in the Champions League final? All the fans who watched the final match will unanimously agree that PSG played great and they are a team that deserves to win the trophy even though the result was decided by penalties and they won the trophy because they deserved it.

Arsenal had very low ball possession but they did not attempt to do counter attacks in dangerous way after having a first goal. After PSG equalized the match, Arsenal players seemed to fail to flip their tactics and play more attacking, by that continuation of skew towards defense, Arsenal only waited for their second conceded goals or a defeat to come. Luckily they managed to pull PSG to penalty shootouts but they lost there and generally PSG looked more like a champion than Arsenal.

Arsenal already came very nearly to the crown and they only need one more step, but to win the trophy, next season likely they will have to compete not only with PSG but Barcelona and Bayern Munich which will possibly become stronger too. A next season in Champions League will not be easy for Arsenal and it's challenging for them to have another final match.

The worst UEFA Champions League final ever played by an English premier League team, the ball possession was really embarrassing, the short is ridiculous, like every other stats in that game from Arsenal is very embarrassing, and they think themselves the champion of England, I was even thinking maybe they will reenforce after Paris Saint Germain has equalize, I was thinking maybe they will apply a counter attack, but yet they all sat at that goal post throughout the whole game and the extra minutes, not knowing Paris Saint Germain had got a good penalty takers than them, like it's really embarrassing.

Paris Saint-Germain players were truly professional when taking penalties. Arsenal, on the other hand, seemed poorly prepared for the penalty shootout. Arsenal, who wanted to take the match to penalties, appeared to be more defensive and focused on not losing the game. Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, tried to win the match after 90 minutes.

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Paris Saint-Germain players were truly professional when taking penalties. Arsenal, on the other hand, seemed poorly prepared for the penalty shootout. Arsenal, who wanted to take the match to penalties, appeared to be more defensive and focused on not losing the game. Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, tried to win the match after 90 minutes.

Maybe PSG players did an all round preparations with the expectation that if it gets to penalty, they will still get the edge to winning and so they prepared for penalties meanwhile Arsenal may have possibly expected everthing was going to end at most at extra time so they may not have been prepared for such ans so when they got to penalties, they were not doing as better as expected.

One thing I have always known about  PSG players is that somehow they are just better penalty takers, they know how to always find the back of the net when it has to do with penalties and so did not find it challenging with the champions league finals.

[Issa56]

I don't like talking about the PSG and Arsenal final match anymore because I was really pained, I really wanted Arsenal to win the match and lift their first champions League title but PSG refused and they were lucky enough to win them in the penalties I will not blame any Arsenal player especially those that lost the penalties, all the Arsenal players put in their best some set of people were blaming Gabriel for missing the last penalty they forget that Gabriel has done very well as a defender to make sure that Arsenal reach the champions League final and also winning the premier League title blaming a player like that is not proper.

I never wanted Arsenal to win the champions league, and they couldn’t win it, but to be honest Arsenal players played so well in the match, their defense was so strong, and it was so difficult for PSG to break, but the defensive game that Arsenal played in the match really affected them, I feel that is just the reason for their loss, they should have just tried to attack PSG, and they might have chance to score.

I never blamed any player for Arsenal loss, I never blamed Gabriel for the penalty which he missed, he played well in the match, but unfortunately he missed a penalty. Also we should know that penalty is just a luck, and Arsenal were just unlucky during the penalty shootout.

[Abu-Naim]

Paris Saint-Germain players were truly professional when taking penalties. Arsenal, on the other hand, seemed poorly prepared for the penalty shootout. Arsenal, who wanted to take the match to penalties, appeared to be more defensive and focused on not losing the game. Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, tried to win the match after 90 minutes.

Is there any professionalism in taking penalties? Both of these teams tried their best until the penalty shootout, and we know that it is a game of luck. They both played under pressure, and remember that Arsenal is more likely to be under pressure than PSG because they have won the Champions League before, since they are trying to make history, the tension will be there, and as they are not lucky, they lost on penalties.

Even PSG player missed a penalty too and the player really played well since the beginning of the match, is he not professional as he missed penalty? Let’s always say the truth regardless of the club we support.

[SmartCharpa]

PSG was having a lucky day. Before winning the penalty, they didn't create any decent chances, but after the penalty they came to their senses a bit, trying to find a second goal to finish the match without going to extra time. It didn't happen, the match went to extra time. We could say PSG won on penalties, with the penalty awarded in the 90th minute determining the winner of the match.

PSG didn't win the match by luck at all, they reduced their intensity a bit because they got equalized through penalties. If they hadn't got the penalty, I still think they would have been able to score or tried to score. Because they have that skill. The result of the match could have been anything if they hadn't got the penalty, but I don't agree to accept that PSG won the match by luck. Rather, luck was on their side along with their skill. After all, penalties are also a part of the game, to get a penalty you have to get the ball inside the opponent's D-box, which is not easy for everyone. Even scoring a goal from a penalty is not easy.

Football is all about luck, and Arsenal was unlucky during the penalty shootout. From the match i only believe that Arsenal were lucky to get an early goal into the game, it would’ve been a difficult game for them, they scored the first goal and they assumed they could defend the only goal against PSG throughout the match. Perhaps they forget that PSG isn’t the same club as the other teams they faced, PSG pressured them and they scored the equalising goal from a penalty.

If we talk about football, PSG is far better than Arsenal in the game, and they didn’t win the Champions League luck. Honestly, they deserved it, i think Arsenal was the luckiest club and reached the final by luck. From the quarterfinal, they only managed to beat their opponents with a narrow margin, and i realised that they will struggle in the final against PSG.

[Jaycoinz]

PSG was having a lucky day. Before winning the penalty, they didn't create any decent chances, but after the penalty they came to their senses a bit, trying to find a second goal to finish the match without going to extra time. It didn't happen, the match went to extra time. We could say PSG won on penalties, with the penalty awarded in the 90th minute determining the winner of the match.

PSG didn't win the match by luck at all, they reduced their intensity a bit because they got equalized through penalties. If they hadn't got the penalty, I still think they would have been able to score or tried to score. Because they have that skill. The result of the match could have been anything if they hadn't got the penalty, but I don't agree to accept that PSG won the match by luck. Rather, luck was on their side along with their skill. After all, penalties are also a part of the game, to get a penalty you have to get the ball inside the opponent's D-box, which is not easy for everyone. Even scoring a goal from a penalty is not easy.

I don't seem to get why people still think it was all about the penalty like penalty isn't part of the game,
PSG was clearly better than Arsenal, and it was as a result of their ability to keep possession that they where able to get a penalty,

As we all could see clearly that arsenal defence was almost impenetrable, so I do believe that to win a penalty was part of PSG's plan in Oder for them to equalise

The reason why many people are on about this whole issue of penalty is because penalty is a game of luck and there is no one team that is special is anyway when taking penalties, because there are so many factors that could you make you play absolutely rubbish in the game of penalties and we all saw that David raya had the upper hand when the penalty were taken in terms of saved and possibly saved made but in the end it was still the pressure that got into the arsenal players and they missed by themselves and gave the chance for PSG to win the game.

[Adams0001]

PSG was having a lucky day. Before winning the penalty, they didn't create any decent chances, but after the penalty they came to their senses a bit, trying to find a second goal to finish the match without going to extra time. It didn't happen, the match went to extra time. We could say PSG won on penalties, with the penalty awarded in the 90th minute determining the winner of the match.

Arsenal should have won the champions league but they fuckup in the game since from the first half they miss many chances in the pitch and I didn’t expect PSG will come and get the victory at last with all the effort Artete do last season he failed to win the champions league, they have try since they won the premier league trophies they didn’t finish the season trophy less like before.

Let just watch them next season and watch how they will perform or they can get the opportunity to win the trophy next time but I no that he will be very hard for arsenal to play champions league final next season. Many big club will do all there best to win. Team like Manchester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are still doing good and that is the club I think they can win next summer but let see how he goes.

[Lillominato89]

Actually I don't know on what basis you say Arsenal played well. They played defensively throughout the match and only managed to keep 28% of the ball in their favor and created only 5 shots, of which only 1 was on target. Apart from their one goal in the 6th minute of the match, Arsenal had no success in the whole match. PSG played great and the team deserved to win because they kept 72% of the ball in their favor and only 4 shots on target out of 19 shots.

Would you still say that Arsenal performed well in the Champions League final? All the fans who watched the final match will unanimously agree that PSG played great and they are a team that deserves to win the trophy even though the result was decided by penalties and they won the trophy because they deserved it.

Arsenal had very low ball possession but they did not attempt to do counter attacks in dangerous way after having a first goal. After PSG equalized the match, Arsenal players seemed to fail to flip their tactics and play more attacking, by that continuation of skew towards defense, Arsenal only waited for their second conceded goals or a defeat to come. Luckily they managed to pull PSG to penalty shootouts but they lost there and generally PSG looked more like a champion than Arsenal.

Arsenal already came very nearly to the crown and they only need one more step, but to win the trophy, next season likely they will have to compete not only with PSG but Barcelona and Bayern Munich which will possibly become stronger too. A next season in Champions League will not be easy for Arsenal and it's challenging for them to have another final match.

The worst UEFA Champions League final ever played by an English premier League team, the ball possession was really embarrassing, the short is ridiculous, like every other stats in that game from Arsenal is very embarrassing, and they think themselves the champion of England, I was even thinking maybe they will reenforce after Paris Saint Germain has equalize, I was thinking maybe they will apply a counter attack, but yet they all sat at that goal post throughout the whole game and the extra minutes, not knowing Paris Saint Germain had got a good penalty takers than them, like it's really embarrassing.

Paris Saint-Germain players were truly professional when taking penalties. Arsenal, on the other hand, seemed poorly prepared for the penalty shootout. Arsenal, who wanted to take the match to penalties, appeared to be more defensive and focused on not losing the game. Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, tried to win the match after 90 minutes.

Penalties are like a lottery: you either win or lose; there’s no middle ground.
In my view, they weren’t unprepared for the penalty shoot-out, but performance anxiety certainly played a nasty trick on them.
To draw a comparison, it’s like saying that Roberto Baggio missed his penalty in the 1994 World Cup final in the USA because he was unprepared. I don’t think that’s the case.
Obviously, Paris Saint-Germain were more clinical and confident during the shoot-out and won thanks to that mindset.

[SmartCharpa]

PSG was having a lucky day. Before winning the penalty, they didn't create any decent chances, but after the penalty they came to their senses a bit, trying to find a second goal to finish the match without going to extra time. It didn't happen, the match went to extra time. We could say PSG won on penalties, with the penalty awarded in the 90th minute determining the winner of the match.

Arsenal should have won the champions league but they fuckup in the game since from the first half they miss many chances in the pitch and I didn’t expect PSG will come and get the victory at last with all the effort Artete do last season he failed to win the champions league, they have try since they won the premier league trophies they didn’t finish the season trophy less like before.

Let just watch them next season and watch how they will perform or they can get the opportunity to win the trophy next time but I no that he will be very hard for arsenal to play champions league final next season. Many big club will do all there best to win. Team like Manchester City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are still doing good and that is the club I think they can win next summer but let see how he goes.

Arsenal didn’t create a lot of chances in the final against PSG, the first half of the game was very boring. Arsenal scored the early goal six minutes into the game, and they relaxed too much after scoring the goal. They thought PSG were like the other Premier League clubs where they can score one goal and defend the goal for the rest of the game. PSG didn’t take it easy on them, the match ended with the ball possession 75% for PSG and 25% for Arsenal.

Sure, they didn’t finish another season without a trophy, they managed to win the Premier League after 22 years of waiting. I don’t think Arsenal will still have the opportunity to win the Champions League next season, they are not playing like a team who are fighting for the Champions League, they need more motivation to improve in the Champions League next season.

[Jegileman]

Taking a penalty is very difficult for a defender, and Gabriel had a tough experience. Also, as you said, he was a player who earned Arsenal a lot of points. Thanks to his crucial interventions, Arsenal gained points in many matches. He was perhaps one of the key players who helped them win the Premier League title. So it will remain a bad memory, but it's not fair to blame him alone. Arsenal couldn't make an impact against Paris Saint-Germain throughout the match.

Arsenal were defensively minded, so there was no way that they could have had any impact on Paris Saint German who were continually putting in the pressure and effort to make sure that they score as many goals as possible. Thanks to their string defense and the likes of Gabriel in that defensive position to actually get to interceded for them and not score goals. It was an interesting final match but the luck was not on them that day.

Gabriel miss in the penalty shootout shouldn't be used against him, he’s amongst one of the teams that have brought Arsenal this far in the champions league and also won them their first premier league trophy after two decades. That alone is worthy of praising him on than actually criticizing him for the penalty miss which was not an intentional act.

[RaltcoinsB]

Taking a penalty is very difficult for a defender, and Gabriel had a tough experience. Also, as you said, he was a player who earned Arsenal a lot of points. Thanks to his crucial interventions, Arsenal gained points in many matches. He was perhaps one of the key players who helped them win the Premier League title. So it will remain a bad memory, but it's not fair to blame him alone. Arsenal couldn't make an impact against Paris Saint-Germain throughout the match.

Arsenal were defensively minded, so there was no way that they could have had any impact on Paris Saint German who were continually putting in the pressure and effort to make sure that they score as many goals as possible. Thanks to their string defense and the likes of Gabriel in that defensive position to actually get to interceded for them and not score goals. It was an interesting final match but the luck was not on them that day.

Gabriel miss in the penalty shootout shouldn't be used against him, he’s amongst one of the teams that have brought Arsenal this far in the champions league and also won them their first premier league trophy after two decades. That alone is worthy of praising him on than actually criticizing him for the penalty miss which was not an intentional act.

Every player can miss a penalty, especially forwards, who get very upset when they miss one. But when a defender misses a penalty, we criticize them very harshly. I think Gabriel is being treated unfairly. Gabriel did his best and took responsibility. Despite this, the penalty kick wasn't a goal. These things happen, the important thing is that they reached this stage. I think they will be better next year.

[Jegileman]

Every player can miss a penalty, especially forwards, who get very upset when they miss one. But when a defender misses a penalty, we criticize them very harshly. I think Gabriel is being treated unfairly. Gabriel did his best and took responsibility. Despite this, the penalty kick wasn't a goal. These things happen, the important thing is that they reached this stage. I think they will be better next year.

There is no doubt that their performance will be better than what we saw from them this season. They have improved, so we expect them to continue on that pace for now. Arsenal are still one of the favourites for the premier league title next season and also the champions league trophy too. They just need to remain consistent and dominate in any game they play. They have a good defense and also their attacking prowess isn’t that bad. As long as they can convert their chances into goal more often, I don’t think they’ll be having any problems even next season when they play in all competitions they’ve qualified to.

[KingsDen]

Paris Saint-Germain players were truly professional when taking penalties. Arsenal, on the other hand, seemed poorly prepared for the penalty shootout. Arsenal, who wanted to take the match to penalties, appeared to be more defensive and focused on not losing the game. Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, tried to win the match after 90 minutes.

Is there any professionalism in taking penalties? Both of these teams tried their best until the penalty shootout, and we know that it is a game of luck. They both played under pressure, and remember that Arsenal is more likely to be under pressure than PSG because they have won the Champions League before, since they are trying to make history, the tension will be there, and as they are not lucky, they lost on penalties.

Even PSG player missed a penalty too and the player really played well since the beginning of the match, is he not professional as he missed penalty? Let’s always say the truth regardless of the club we support.

While it's generally said that penalty shootout is a game of luck, it still doesn't take away the fact that players need to be professional when they step out to take their penalties. I've seen players miss penalties because they didn't put much effort and not because they weren't lucky. There are players who rarely keep their cool when under intense pressure during the shootouts, they rarely give their best during that moment.
Arsenal players who took their penalties struggled to maintain cool, that's why Eze missed despite sending the goalkeeper in the wrong direction. Yes, there's luck but you need to be professional for luck to shine on you.