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The Guardian — Champions LeagueUse crayfish to keep Hampstead Heath swimmers at bay | Brief letters
Protect wildlife ponds | Champions League final | Avoiding Arsenal | Colonial attitudes | Nine times table I know how to stop swimmers using the wildlife ponds on Hampstead Heath ( Report, 27 May ). Erect a picture of all the enormous crayfish – an invasive species – now inhabiting many of the ponds, particularly the one pictured. I certainly wouldn’t want to be swimming with them snapping at my toes. Emilia Benjamin London • A cup final between clubs from London and Paris ( Paris Saint-Germain retain Champions League as Arsenal dream dashed in shootout, 30 May ) would surely have been best played in Belgium, close to both teams? Granted, it would have been harder to organise – and may have had to be a week later – but the future of humankind should not be sacrificed to finals in faraway venues. Dr Peter Emerson Belfast Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeaguePSG now stand alongside some of Europe’s best-ever, but with caveats | Jonathan Wilson
The origin of PSG’s largesse and the effect it’s had on their domestic game can’t be ignored, even as we appreciate the team’s stunning quality Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Since 1990, only one side had ever successfully defended the Champions League – Real Madrid, who won three in a row between 2016 and 2018. Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the final on Saturday elevates them to a new tier of the pantheon. No bad side has ever won the European Cup or Champions League, but only great sides have ever retained it. Arsenal pushed them much closer than Inter had in losing in the final the previous year, and there is always something slightly unsatisfying about a victory on penalties, but the quality of this PSG cannot be denied. They put six past Bayern in the semi-final – their superiority far greater than the one-goal aggregate margin would suggest. It was a similar story in the quarter-final, in which a 4-0 aggregate victory didn’t really reflect how much better they were than Liverpool. And while Chelsea may think they were slightly unlucky to lose the first leg of their last-16 tie away to PSG 5-2, the 3-0 result in the second leg was a devastating assertion of authority: three goals scored by an almost bored opponent apparently just as they felt like it. This is an extract from Soccer with Jonathan Wilson, a weekly look from the Guardian US at the game in Europe and beyond. Subscribe for free here. Have a question for Jonathan? Email soccerwithjw@theguardian.com , and he’ll answer the best in a future edition. Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeagueArsenal v PSG had an estimated 16.2m illegal stream views in UK after not being free-to-air
Analysts trace illegal views to 3.7m IP addresses in UK Champions League final watched legally by more than 7m Arsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted an estimated 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air. Analysis conducted for the Guardian by the technology analyst Gaming Compliance International (GCI) shows there were 16.2m illegal stream views of longer than 90 seconds, traced to 3.7m unique IP addresses. The final was watched legally on TNT Sports and HBO Max by more than 7 million people. Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeagueFootball Daily | Arsenal feel the love after Arteta’s Bigger Cup masterplan falls short
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! In recent weeks, there has been endless discourse on why so many people hate Arsenal. Yet, yesterday’s parade in the cultural melting pot of north London proved that plenty of people out there really, really, really love them. Due in no small part to the fact that he couldn’t head his penalty and none of his teammates were blocking the PSG goalkeeper, Gabriel Magalhães’ miss from the spot meant the Gunners came up agonisingly short in their latest bid to win Bigger Cup. That didn’t stop the thick end of a million Arsenal fans of every age, stripe and shade from making the pilgrimage to Islington to worship their vanquished heroes. With the Premier League trophy already in the bag, the general mood ratio of unbridled joy to crushing disappointment was about 75-25, a statistic many will recognise as being almost identical to the previous evening’s possession stats in the Puskas Arena. Continue reading...
BBC Sport — German BundesligaWolfsburg buy Scottish striker Hornby from Darmstadt
Scottish striker Fraser Hornby moves to Wolfsburg from Darmstadt 98 for an undisclosed fee.
The Guardian Premier LeagueJames Milner, Premier League’s appearance record holder, retires aged 40
Last of his 24 Premier League seasons was at Brighton ‘I could never have dreamed of the journey,’ he says James Milner has finally pulled down the curtain on a distinguished, record-breaking and extraordinary playing career. It involved the highly versatile 40-year-old midfielder spending 24 seasons in the Premier League and winning 61 England caps as he traversed a road that carried him from Leeds to Brighton with stops at Newcastle, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool along the way. In February, Milner, who also had a short loan at Swindon, broke the Premier League appearance record while playing for Brighton against Brentford. He ends his career having clocked up 658 top-tier games for six clubs and represented England in four major tournaments. Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeagueChampions League team of the season: Lamine Yamal, Harry Kane … and a Spurs player
To better highlight the whole field among Europe’s elite, we chose an XI that couldn’t feature more than one player from any one team This year we are picking a team of the season with a difference: I am allowed only one player per team. Of course, as finalists Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal have players with claims to all of these positions, so apologies to Willian Pacho and Declan Rice, among others. But what this format does allow for is an overall view of the Champions League season that was. *** Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeagueIf Arsenal have made most of their resources, is this as good as it gets? | Jonathan Liew
Thirst for renewal is strong and new players could help bridge the gap to PSG but there are no guarantees The greatest lie ever told about penalty shootouts is that they are a lottery. This is a recognisable and trainable footballing skill, a test not just of ball-striking and placement but research, psychology, mettle under pressure. Eberechi Eze puts the ball wide, Gabriel Magalhães sends it in the direction of the Danube: this is failure on the most brutal and unforgiving terms. But it is failure nonetheless. The second greatest lie ever told about penalties is that fortune plays no part. Any encounter decided by 10 kicks of a football will evidently be at the disproportionate mercy of random factors: the divot, the bad contact, the goalkeeper’s guesswork (and to all the preparation that goes into the process, it remains partly guesswork). That this sport – already a sport of low scores, narrow differentials and infinite variables – chooses to decide its biggest prizes on these smallest of morsels is one of its cruellest traits. Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeaguePSG provide perfect illusion with a model of beauty in soft-power project | Barney Ronay
Re-enthroned Champions League-winning club should have always been this good but Qatar’s propaganda project is finally listening to an elite manager P aris est mythique . There was nothing understated, no obvious shades of faux humilité about the headline in L’Équipe after Paris Saint-Germain had been re-enthroned as Champions League winners on Saturday night. Mythical. Storied. Ultimate. Yeah. But are they, though? In fairness it would be disappointingly un-Parisian not to consider your champion team the champions of all champions in the moment of victory. Give the people what they want. Play the hits. Nobody needs a polite Parisian waiter. Nobody wants to see an unstylish Parisian estate agent who has taken absolutely no care of his hair, or a Parisian bistro that doesn’t think it’s the VIP boarding lounge for the last arc leaving planet Earth. Hmm. Maybe there’s somewhere else more dismissive around the corner. Continue reading...
BBC Sport — Champions LeagueHundreds arrested and police injured after Champions League riots in France
Nearly 800 people were arrested after clashes with police which saw 219 people injured, including 57 police officers.
BBC Sport — Champions LeagueStick or twist for Arteta - keep to the formula or refine Arsenal style?
Arsenal are fresh from their Champions League final heartbreak but thoughts are already moving to what they need to do to improve next season.
The Guardian — Champions LeagueArsenal progress under Arteta is clear but flaws still remain for the ultimate glory
Penalty misses from pre-season were repeated in Budapest while summer signings could help Gunners exert more control in biggest games When it was finally over – on the night and for the club season, devastation the overriding emotion for everyone connected to Arsenal – Declan Rice wanted to go back to make the point. To last July and his club’s first pre-season game, against Milan in Singapore. Arsenal won 1-0 before the teams agreed to stage a penalty shootout. The idea was clear: to practise in front of a crowd because you just cannot replicate this particular aspect of the game on the training ground. Arsenal lost. Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeagueClashes in Paris after PSG win Champions League final – video
French police clashed with rioters in the capital after Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal to win the Champions League title . Hundreds of people were detained across France, with the majority in the Paris area French police arrest 780 after violent clashes as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions League'We're devastated': Rice, Vitinha, Arteta and Luis Enrique on the Champions League final – video
There were mixed emotions in Budapest after Paris Saint-Germain retained the Champions League title by beating Arsenal on penalties. Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta talked of the pain of defeat, while PSG's Vitinha called their triumph the 'ultimate dream' Arteta urges Arsenal to use Champions League final pain against PSG and ‘turn it into fuel’ Continue reading...
The Guardian — Champions LeagueChampions League final 2026: PSG retain title to break Arsenal hearts – in pictures
The best images from Budapest and beyond as, after reaching their first Champions League final in 20 years, Arsenal lost out on penalties to the defending champions Paris Saint-Germain Continue reading...
BBC Sport — Champions LeagueArsenal 'pain' will fuel fire after Champions League heartbreak
On Sunday, Arsenal will get on an open bus parade to celebrate their Premier League title less than 24 hours after their Champions League final heartbreak.
BBC Sport — Champions League'He wanted to take it' - Gabriel's first Arsenal penalty ends with heartbreak
Gabriel's first penalty for Arsenal ends in heartache as his shootout miss hands Paris St-Germain a second successive Champions League title.
The Guardian — Champions LeagueLewis-Skelly dazzles but Arsenal endure cruel ending to thrillingly intense final | Barney Ronay
Some struggle to love Mikel Arteta’s side but they went toe-to-toe with PSG in a gruelling, high-grade contest It always seemed likely, somehow, that Arsenal’s season was going to come down to Gabriel Magalhães and a set piece. Just not, ideally, like this. Football does love a note of dramatic irony. And while Arsenal may have lost this Champions League final on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain after three brain-mangling hours of unresolved jab, smother and counter-thrust in the humid green bowl of the Puskas Arena, this was also a brilliant, high-grade, dizzyingly tense game of football. Continue reading...