๐ English teams to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐:
๐ด Man Utd (1998-99)
๐ต Man City (2022-23)
End of list ๐ฎโ๐จ
๐จ๐๏ธ Thierry Henry on Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugalโs current midfield:
๐ฃ๏ธ โHonestly, when I look at Cristiano Ronaldo now, I feel a bit sorry for him because I think he was unlucky at international level.
This should have been Portugalโs midfield when Cristiano was still in his prime.
Imagine having this version of Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, and Joรฃo Neves behind a prime Cristiano Ronaldo.
I genuinely think Portugal would have had a 90% chance of winning the World Cup.
But letโs leave emotions aside.
At his age, Ronaldo being a guaranteed starter can be a disadvantage for the team at times, because he simply canโt do the things he used to do in his prime.
Thatโs not criticism โ thatโs just the reality of football and getting older.โ
Our pre-season schedule is set! ๐ซก
Sat 18 July: Wrexham in Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Fri 24 July: Rosenborg in Norway ๐ณ๐ด
Sat 1 Aug: Atleti in Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Sat 8 Aug: PSG in Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
Wed 12 Aug: Leeds in Dublin ๐ฎ๐ช
Sat 15 Aug: AC Milan in Wroclaw ๐ต๐ฑ
๐จ Arsenal players wanted to use some negative football tactics against PSG but got outsmarted by Luis Enrique's genius. Look at how Raya, Gabriel and Rice wasted energy trying to intimidate Vitinha and then Dembele coldly came out of nowhere to break Arsenal fans' hearts ๐๐
๐จ๐๏ธ Wayne Rooney:๐ด
"I said it before and people attacked me for it โ I'm not a fan of Mikel Arteta's style of football. Today, everyone has seen exactly what I was talking about.๐ฃ
You don't play a cup final with fear. You don't play a final looking scared to make mistakes. Finals are for brave players and brave teams.๐
Arsenal spent the whole night playing with panic, passing responsibility, and looking afraid to take risks. They did it against Manchester City and today again they did it against PSG tonight, and we've seen the same thing happen in big games before.
For all the possession and tactical talk, when the pressure is highest, they freeze. That's not the mentality of champions.
You can have all the patterns of play in the world, but if fear controls your football in a final, you'll always come up short."
Arsenal have set the record for the lowest possession percentage for a team playing in a Champions League final (since records began in 2003-04).
The previous lowest record was also Arsenal, set in the 2006 Champions League final, which they played 72 minutes with 10 men.