David Raya remembers it like it was yesterday. Indeed, a month after the Champions League final lost with Arsenal against Paris Saint-Germain (1-1, 3-4 tab), David Raya returned to the Londoners’ evening. During an interview given to Guardianthe Gunners’ bulwark explained that the match lost on penalties in Budapest had upset him. “The thing is, when you lose a Champions League final, when you get there for the first time in twenty years and you lose on penalties, it breaks you from the inside.”the 30-year-old doorman told the British media.
Speaking to the source, the Spaniard nevertheless affirmed that his team’s progress in the competition was fabulous. “I left there with my head held high because of everything we had accomplished during the season, but I was destroyed inside because we were so, so, so close.”. Mikel Arteta’s men had won the Premier League a few days before, and it was at this precise moment that Raya wanted to put things into perspective. “The night was very hard, the following morning too. But when you arrive at the Emirates and see the fans, it lifts your morale. When you come off the bus with the Premier League trophy and you see the crowd, what it means to them, you understand what you have achieved.”. A part of happiness in this misfortune.
