Arsenal did not improve their rating on Saturday during the Champions League final. Very quickly in front thanks to a counter goal from Kai Havertz, the Gunners were then content to defend, cowering on their goal, even after Ousmane Dembélé’s equalizer shortly after the hour mark. And by seeking to gain time from the first minutes of the match, the Londoners also worsened their situation.
There have been many criticisms since Saturday and Monday, Christophe Dugarry was particularly harsh with the English champions, still in search of a first coronation in the Champions League, they who conceded to PSG their sixth defeat in a European final. Six defeats in seven attempts…
“Arsenal will remain the greatest club never to have won the Champions League. Bravo to Arsenal, but what pride, the former world champion first quipped.
Their intentions were clear from the start of the match, that is to say that damn, wow, they did nothing. At no time did they come onto the field to create anything. »
“It’s junk”
“We saw clearances, an Arsenal team which sought to gain time systematically. It was just undrinkable, unbearable, he continued. And what was almost terrible for football and the people who love it is that they almost gave the illusion that by creating and doing so little, we can win the Champions League. Because it’s not just in this match that they created so little. This has been the case for a number of matches. »
“It’s cans, added the Bordeaux resident. They came in with a huge blunder, with Arteta saying: ‘We’re going to beat them.’ I’m so happy Arsenal have him in the baba and I hope, if they want to win it one day, they start playing football. Because that’s not Arsenal! This club has a history, they are the Gunners, there is an experience, a football. They can’t play like that, it’s not possible. We can’t win the Champions League by doing stuff like that. And even if they had succeeded, it would have been a scandal. They would have won it but they would have had it in their way. »
