“Flight”, big anger after Arsenal – PSG

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Arsenal supporters were prey to a strong emotion following arbitral decisions of their semi-final go from the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain.

The tension was palpable to the Emirates Stadium and on social networks, the performance of Slavko Vinceic being questioned by the two groups of supporters on X. The Arsenal supporters felt injured after Bukayo Saka was sanctioned for a fault on Nuno Mendes for a slight push in the back. If the game had continued, the winger could have approached the goal.

Saka was then warned for rejecting the ball. However, the two groups of supporters believe that they could have obtained a penalty. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia seemed to be embarrassed by Myles Lewis-Skelly in the surface of Arsenal, while Mikel Merino saw an opportunity for the goal pushed by Joao Neves. The idle seemed to show that the Portuguese recovered the ball before entering into contact with the Arsenal midfielder.

The match between Arsenal and PSG at the Emirates Stadium was marked by controversial decisions by the referee

Vincic's performance was the main subject of conversation on X. A user, Culturecams, published:
“The referee needs half-time more than players.”

Another supporter, Bodegaacat, added: ” This referee is shocking. Mendes fell well before being touched. »»

Mabyllionaire wrote: “ The supporters of Arsenal put the referee … These types were nicknamed themselves “Dark Arts FC” and now someone does that in a match that really matters, they cannot bear it. “

Nepenthez, youtubeur fifa and supporter of Arsenal, gave his opinion: “This fucking referee. He whistles every time a PSG player is blowing on it. ”

Controversial decisions

Vincic still made fair decisions. Myles Lewis-Skelly received a yellow card rightly for several faults on Desiree Doué. Despite this, the arsenal supporters present did not praise the performance of the Serbian, flooding the Emirates' lawn with huae. Given the performance of the two teams, their anger could only be directed against one man.

Arsenal found himself led to the scoring in the fourth minute thanks to a brilliant strike from Ousmane Dembélé. This rolled strike was the fruit of an action of 27 passes by Parisians. Gianluigi Donnarumma allowed visitors to keep the advantage thanks to a precise stop on a saka shot a few minutes before the break.