🚨🎙️ | Simon Jordan passionately defends Arsenal and Mikel Arteta after criticism following the defeat to Paris Saint-Germain:
🗣️ “People are talking nonsense about Arsenal being too defensive against PSG. Listen, Arsenal are not as good as PSG individually, so why on earth would they open up and play into PSG’s hands?
You don’t give elite opposition the perfect game to beat you. The best chance Arsenal had was to frustrate PSG, slow them down and nullify their threats, and that’s exactly what Arteta tried to do.
PSG couldn’t even score from open play. It took a penalty against arguably the best side in world football right now.
So what exactly are people criticising Arsenal for?
If Arsenal had gone toe-to-toe with PSG playing open attacking football, PSG would’ve ripped them apart 3-0 or 4-0.
Sometimes football intelligence is understanding your level and giving yourself the best possible chance to compete.
People wanted Arsenal to play ‘brave’ football just so PSG could embarrass them for entertainment.
And the funniest part? The same people mocking Arsenal today would’ve absolutely destroyed Arteta if he opened the game up and got battered.
Arsenal weren’t cowards. They were realistic.
There’s a difference.” 😳🔥
😞💔 THE PHOTO THAT HAS HIT SO MANY FOOTBALL FANS HARD...
While his teammates celebrated the Champions League title with family, friends and unforgettable hugs, Russian goalkeeper Safonov stood alone. 🇷🇺
No smiles around him.
No one to embrace.
No one beside him in what should have been the greatest moment of his career.
And somehow, in the middle of all the celebrations, this became one of the most powerful images of the night.
⚽ Not every trophy feels the same.
💔 Not everyone lifting a cup is living their happiest moment.
Sometimes you can achieve everything on the pitch and still feel like something is missing off it.
📸 One photo.
A Champions League trophy.
A stadium full of celebrations.
And yet, all many people could see was a man standing alone.
😔 FOOTBALL CAN BE BEAUTIFUL... AND HEARTBREAKING AT THE SAME TIME.
After watching this, every Arsenal fan should apologise to Wenger for saying Wenger out🥹
All the top four finishes, all the moments we sold our big players, it was all because he had to clear the clubs debts. No oil money was there to save us, that is why Chelsea, Man United, Liverpool and Man city left us behind for all these 20+ years.
He crawled so that Arteta could walk.
Tup ur hats off to the professor 🫡🥺
🇪🇸🗣️ Ander Herrera on the harsh reality many Boca Juniors youth players face growing up in Argentina:
“Here, the kids are thinking about how they can save their family. I speak a lot with the club psychologist, and he told me that at least 85% of the boys in Boca’s academy come from families living in poverty.
He even told me about one player who sometimes misses training because he has to go and collect cardboard with his parents to help make a living.
Just imagine the pressure those kids are under to succeed and lift their families out of poverty.” 🥹🇦🇷
■Declan rice to Arsenal
Josh Kroenke looked at the price tag and said, "That's a little ahead of where I thought we'd be."
Over 100 million pounds. Arsenal had never spent anything close to that.
But Arteta kept pushing. Edu kept pushing. The whole leadership team sat in a room together.
Josh had one question.
"If we're paying that kind of money, it can't just be for talent on the pitch. Is he a leader?"
Someone said, "Talk to him for 10 seconds. You'll know."
Josh met Declan Rice.
Ten seconds later, he knew.
Arsenal broke their transfer record. Declan Rice won them the Premier League.
I know that those small number of oil money Manchester city fans are already butthurt seeing millions of Arsenal fans allover the world celebrating Arsenal's premier league title win.
Still I can't help but share this one from @njpatelz handle in insta.
https://t.co/AevtDxuihC
عائلة جوارديولا هي السبب الحقيقي ورا رحيله عن مانشستر سيتي .. مش الضغط ولا النتايج.
الراجل ده عاش 8 سنين في إنجلترا وكأنه آلة.
ماكانش بيشتغل بس.. كان عايش في الملعب والتكتيك والاجتماعات.
النتيجة؟
انفصاله عن زوجته كان بسبب إنه "مش موجود أصلاً" في البيت.
رجعوا لبعض ، لكن الموضوع فضل معلق.
وبعدين والده.. الراجل عنده 94 سنة.
جوارديولا قالها بصراحة : عايز أقعد معاه الوقت اللي باقي.
وحتى أولاده.. كانوا بيظهروا معاه فقط في لحظات التتويج.
غير كده؟ تقريباً مش موجودين في حياته.
النهاردة جوارديولا قرر يقفل الصفحة مؤقتاً.
ما قالش هيرجع يدرب امتى ، وفي الغالب هياخد بريك طويل.. يرتاح ، يرجع لعائلته ، ويعيد ترتيب أولوياته قبل أي تحدي جديد.
الخلاصة اللي محدش بيتكلم فيها:
جوارديولا فاز بكل حاجة ممكنة.. بس خسران حاجات كتير في البيت.
دلوقتي اختار إنه يربح عيلته.أحياناً أكبر قرارات المدربين الكبار مش بتكون كروية..
بتكون إنسانية