The 2025\u201326 Champions League final will bring Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain together once more. It will be the fourth meeting between the two clubs in the last two years and the eighth official encounter in their history.<\/p>\n
Their first competitive tie came during the 1993\u201394 UEFA Cup Winners\u2019 Cup semifinals. The opening leg finished level and Arsenal won the second leg 1\u20130 to advance. The north London club went on to lift that competition, which remains their last European title.<\/p>\n
The most recent sequence of meetings occurred across the 2024\u201325 campaign. The sides first met in the inaugural Champions League league phase on Oct. 1, 2024 at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal won 2\u20130, with first-half goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka. Then-PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma had a difficult evening and PSG managed only an xG of 0.40. Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 was internally suspended by Luis Enrique and did not travel to London.<\/p>\n
The tie returned in the Champions League semifinals. Arsenal arrived at the first leg confident after dethroning Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, but the contest at the Emirates changed early. Four minutes in, Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 scored from a Khvicha Kvaratskhelia assist; Kvaratskhelia had joined PSG during the 2025 winter window. PSG dominated the first half and Donnarumma produced five saves to preserve the 1\u20130 advantage for the trip to Paris.<\/p>\n
Arsenal pushed for a comeback in the Parc des Princes but PSG were clinical in the second leg. Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz scored inside the opening 30 minutes to double PSG\u2019s aggregate lead. Vitinha missed a second-half penalty and three minutes later Achraf Hakimi made it 3\u20130 on aggregate. Bukayo Saka pulled one back in the 76th minute but PSG progressed. Donnarumma again impressed with three saves, including a notable stop to deny a Saka effort.<\/p>\n
PSG advanced to the final for only the second time and later defeated Inter Milan 5\u20130 to win the club\u2019s first Champions League title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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