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Arsenal validated his qualification for the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday evening, after a new victory against Real Madrid (2-1). Mikel Arteta revealed to him what Carlo Ancelotti had told him to the final whistle.
For the first time since 2009, Arsenal will compete in the Champions League semi-finals. Winners at the Emirates Stadium (3-0), the Gunners again beat Real Madrid (2-1) this Wednesday. After the game, Mikel Arteta said what Carlo Ancelotti told him to the final whistle.
“Arsenal was superior on both games”
“Ancelotti told me that he hoped to win the Champions League and that he was happy for us,” said Mikel Arteta. In the next round, the former midfielder will find PSG, where he played in 2001-2002. In the event of qualification, the London club would play its second C1 final, after that lost in 2006 against FC Barcelona.
Before this confrontation, Mikel Arteta launched that Carlo Ancelotti “is a source of inspiration” for him. “If we are honest, even if this evening (Wednesday, editor's note) we were much better in terms of intensity, we must accept and recognize that Arsenal was superior on the two matches,” admitted Ancelotti. “They defended very well and we had difficulty finding spaces.”
Second in the first league six days before the term, Arsenal will receive PSG on April 29 for the semi-final go to the Champions League. Parisians will receive them on May 7. As a reminder, the C1 final will be contested in Munich, the Allianz Arena, on May 31.
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