Don't forget Gianluigi Bannanarama 
Yeah, it's trolling. But it's also loser trolling. One to talk since Chelsea practically invented the modern Financial Fair Play violation of the 21st century and nursed off the teats of stolen Russian oligarch money.
I doubt more than 0.01% of football fans know this, but he shares a last name with Ferdinand Magellan.
It was until I moved to Portugal that I realized how the Spaniards even hijacked the great navigator's name.
But Arsenal couldn't be arsed. I think that was the point. Yes, they closed down all their opponents in the tournament. That works until it doesn't. Which is why I ultimately have more respect for the team and the coach of PSG over Arsenal's. Because PSG could play both leg 1 and leg 2 against Bayern Münich. Arsenal has one gear and one gear only. It's a great gear. But there's little else on offer when the game requires different tactics.
Thus I couldn't see Arsenal playing any other way. They benefitted from a lucky bounce off a defender and sat on it the rest of the match. They pushed a PSG with more styles of play to the brink. But in the end their monotonous, single-minded playbook cost them over time.
The TV feed I was getting from CBS, which was sufficiently Anglo-biased, kept lauding the amazing set piece capabilities of Arsenal on multiple occasions, citing their league-leading 29 set piece goals in the EPL this season. But Arsenal was so sad and pathetic to muster anything threatening that they managed only 3 corners for the entire 120 minutes.
I wouldn't say they parked the bus. But for all the whining that the high-flying PSG attack was woefully inadequate, Arsenal wasn't even trying.
And yes, the bench was particularly weak for PSG this time late in the match. Arsenal had a few game-changers on, but Barcola's touches were all wrong. Most of PSG's best threats were spent or injured.
Hakami really impressed me. Maybe not so much in direct impact, but for a guy who was doubtful on injury a couple days prior, he did his 120 minutes proudly and made a great PK. Vitinha got MoM but really should have kept one of his deep shots down, giving too much respect to Raya. Gonçalo Ramos could have been a difference maker if he found space in the box to hide in on a played ball, but he was outside of the box too often.
Raya made 3 saves, Safonov 0. Who needs Donnaruma? Raya even stopped a PK, Safonov just kind of stood in the way and waited for Arsenal players to miss. Didn't matter.
At least Mendes made a legitimate attempt out of those three, even if his run-up likely killed it for him.
I've been catching a few of the news takes. Usually the UK media like The Independent, Telegraph, or even Sky are better than this for an international final. But they all framed it "Arsenal lost" as their lead, rather than PSG won. I'm sure that's how they lead coverage of the Falklands War.
Yeah, it's trolling. But it's also loser trolling. One to talk since Chelsea practically invented the modern Financial Fair Play violation of the 21st century and nursed off the teats of stolen Russian oligarch money.
I doubt more than 0.01% of football fans know this, but he shares a last name with Ferdinand Magellan.
It was until I moved to Portugal that I realized how the Spaniards even hijacked the great navigator's name.
But Arsenal couldn't be arsed. I think that was the point. Yes, they closed down all their opponents in the tournament. That works until it doesn't. Which is why I ultimately have more respect for the team and the coach of PSG over Arsenal's. Because PSG could play both leg 1 and leg 2 against Bayern Münich. Arsenal has one gear and one gear only. It's a great gear. But there's little else on offer when the game requires different tactics.
Thus I couldn't see Arsenal playing any other way. They benefitted from a lucky bounce off a defender and sat on it the rest of the match. They pushed a PSG with more styles of play to the brink. But in the end their monotonous, single-minded playbook cost them over time.
The TV feed I was getting from CBS, which was sufficiently Anglo-biased, kept lauding the amazing set piece capabilities of Arsenal on multiple occasions, citing their league-leading 29 set piece goals in the EPL this season. But Arsenal was so sad and pathetic to muster anything threatening that they managed only 3 corners for the entire 120 minutes.
I wouldn't say they parked the bus. But for all the whining that the high-flying PSG attack was woefully inadequate, Arsenal wasn't even trying.
And yes, the bench was particularly weak for PSG this time late in the match. Arsenal had a few game-changers on, but Barcola's touches were all wrong. Most of PSG's best threats were spent or injured.
Hakami really impressed me. Maybe not so much in direct impact, but for a guy who was doubtful on injury a couple days prior, he did his 120 minutes proudly and made a great PK. Vitinha got MoM but really should have kept one of his deep shots down, giving too much respect to Raya. Gonçalo Ramos could have been a difference maker if he found space in the box to hide in on a played ball, but he was outside of the box too often.
Raya made 3 saves, Safonov 0. Who needs Donnaruma? Raya even stopped a PK, Safonov just kind of stood in the way and waited for Arsenal players to miss. Didn't matter.
At least Mendes made a legitimate attempt out of those three, even if his run-up likely killed it for him.
I've been catching a few of the news takes. Usually the UK media like The Independent, Telegraph, or even Sky are better than this for an international final. But they all framed it "Arsenal lost" as their lead, rather than PSG won. I'm sure that's how they lead coverage of the Falklands War.
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I would like you to be the speaker at my Tuz eulogy if I may so kindly ask of you? What city in Russia did you hail from again if already told to me that I forgot? I love geography, a forgotten course in the US school system. 