The conflict between former competitors from the Champions League football championship is renewed, where Arsenal meets with its French guest Paris Saint -Germain in a fiery confrontation this evening, in the first leg of the semi -finals of the championship at the Emirates Stadium.
The two teams dream of putting an end to their long suffering and finally crowning the European title.
This is the only third time and the first since 2009 that Arsenal has climbed to the semi -finals of the continental championship, while Paris Saint -Germain has been permanently in the semi -finals during the past five years, but it reached the final only once, and like Arsenal, he has never been crowning the great European title.
Arsenal Grand (5-1) won the first leg of Real Madrid, the defending champion 15 times, led the English team to qualify for the semi-finals with great confidence.
While Paris Saint-Germain almost bid farewell to the championship in front of an amazing uprising for Aston Villa in Villa Park, after his victory (3-1) back, Saint-Germain (2-0) advanced outside the homes before a villa rose in the second half and won (3-2), but that was not enough for the heart of the cuff.
After the great victory in the Santiago Bernabeu, Arsenal continued his local career with an overwhelming victory (4-0) over IPSTOC and then tied with Crystal Palace, but nevertheless his results decreased locally in recent months, which allowed Liverpool to officially win the Premier League title on Sunday.
As for Paris Saint-Germain, despite losing (1-3) against Nice Friday, which ended his hopes of ending the French league without any defeat, he has already decided the league title early this month. The French team regained its luster in 2025 after a difficult continental start marred by the fall with two clean goals against Arsenal in London last October in the league stage of the European Championship.
Arsenal coach McCle Artita leads the team in a wonderful series without any defeat in the Champions League this season (eight consecutive matches), which is the longest European series for the team in 12 consecutive games without a loss in the 2005-2006 season, and Arsenal also enters a meeting with a distinguished record, where he played 12 consecutive games without defeat in all competitions (6 wins and 6 draws).
Paris Saint -Germain must do his best to avoid facing the same fate that the riyal faced.
Saint -Germain does not know the fear in front of the English teams, as he previously overthrew two rivals of Arsenal in the English Premier League, respectively, during his continental career.
Neither Liverpool, led by Arney Slot, nor Aston Villa, led by Unai Emery, was able to keep up with Paris Saint-Germain youth and their vitality throughout the home and second legs, although the loss of Paris (2-3) against Aston Villa in the second leg proven that the French capital giant is not far from falling.
The truth is that this defeat in the “Villa Park” left its impact.
Nevertheless, the men of Luis Enrique can carry some local stumbling after ensuring the league title early, and with a tie against Nantes on April 22, the team reached a wonderful series by scoring goals in 18 consecutive games outside its home in all championships.
However, the Parisian attack collided with the hard wall of Arsenal on its last visit to the Emirates Stadium in October, when the French team lost two clean goals in the league stage, which was the defeat that extended the series of Paris victory against Arsenal to five games since their first meeting between them.
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