A heartbreåk!ng scene in Uga, Aguata LGA, Anambra State, as family members and kinsmen gathered to lay Chibuzor Nzediegwu to rest, who reportedly di£d while watching the UEFA Champions League final between Arsenal and PSG.
Reports say Chibuzor, a passionate Arsenal FC supporter, tragically cøllåpsed during the second half of the match. Repr t claim that the incident occurred after PSG equalized and continued to mount pressure on Arsenal.
Yesterday, the compound was filled with tears and grief as his Umunna dug his gråve and prepared him for his final journey.
Arsenal were not the first to take a lead in a UCL final, yet they recorded the worst share of possession EVER. As a matter of fact they had less of the ball yesterday than their last final when they had a MAN down.
I’m not really sure you have processed what happened yesterday. Maybe when you do, you’ll revisit this your Arsenal controlled the game talk. Till then.
24.7% - Arsenal’s possession average (24.7%) was the lowest by a team in a UEFA Champions League final on record (since 2003-04), as well as their lowest in any match under Mikel Arteta where they had 11 men on the pitch throughout. Reactive.
Your analysis is very flawed because it is heavily outcome-dependent. Barcola and Vitinha go in and nobody is calling this a game “controlled by Arsenal” instead the narrative flips to domination by PSG.
There’s the place of compactness that is desperately trying to be replaced with woke “control” for some reason. The one truth that’ll stand true about Arsenal yesterday (regardless of outcome) is that they were compact. The two shots I mentioned earlier go in and the narrative remains — they were compact and PSG found it difficult to break them down.
Lastly, you cannot control a game in a low block without being the least inventive in possession, you’re basically just reacting and hoping to see things out. There’s a term for that too.
If you’re looking to a team controlling without possession, look at PSG v Bayern 2nd leg. Yesterday and Arsenal for a long time have been an eyesore. That is NOT control.