Arsene Wenger reacted to Arsenal reaching the Champions League final by claiming the trophy belongs at the Emirates Stadium, but he admitted PSG are strong opponents.
Tuesday night’s Champions League semi-final success over Atletico Madrid was a hugely positive and significant moment for the club, but also for its former employees.
Legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gave his reaction to the Gunners’ victory after the game, calling on the team to bring the trophy “home”.
“We had to wait for 20 years, but we came back,” Wenger said to beIN SPORTS. “This time, we have to bring this trophy home. It belongs at the Emirates, without this trophy it’s not completely finished. We have to finish the job.”
Yet Wenger admitted after PSG’s aggregate victory over Bayern Munich that the Parisian side will make for tough opponents in the final later this month, particularly given their attacking quality.
“I would outline the quality of PSG who have become a really complete team with great cohesion,” Wenger said.
“They also have another extraordinary quality, and that is that any striker in this team in a one-versus-one finishes with a shot on goal and it’s unstoppable.
“They make sure the goalkeeper has to make a save and that’s a formidable quality.”
Wenger was obviously the manager to take Arsenal to their first-ever Champions League final in 2006, but an early red card to Jens Lehmann gave the team a monumental task to beat Barcelona with 10 men.
Though Sol Campbell gave the Gunners the lead, it ultimately proved impossible to hold onto it in the second half, and Barcelona came back to win 2-1.
Arsenal will be looking to put that right on May 30th, as well as to take revenge on the PSG side that eliminated them at the semi-final stage last season.
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