225 - Coming into the #UCLfinal against Paris SG, Arsenal have played more matches in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history than any other club without winning the trophy:
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Hungry.
Iβd give Jack another chance at City next season. Need a Bernie replacement, new manager, etc.
Play him in the middle, through balls to Haaland desperately needed!!
Nick's forgotten to put his little asterisks next to the top two clubs who were found guilty of match fixing and next to teams like Everton and Forest who have been deducted points for financial irregularities etc. If you do it for one do it for all.
Manuel Pellegrini is 72 years old and tonight he just sent Real Betis to the Champions League.
I need you to understand what that means.
This man spent years grinding in South America while European football ignored him completely. Villarreal finally took a chance on him in 2004 and he took them to a Champions League semi-final out of nowhere.
Real Madrid came calling. He wins 96 points a club record at that time. Still got sacked because Mourinho was available. Didn't even get a proper goodbye.
So he goes to MΓ‘laga. A small club with zero history in Europe. Takes them to the Champions League quarter-finals. Then goes to Man City and wins them the Premier League. Then he had a bad spell at West Ham and left after 18 months.
At this point the man is nearly 70. Most people had written him off. I think some of you had too.
He joins Real Betis in 2020. Seventeen years without a trophy. He wins them the Copa del Rey in his second season. Reaches a European final in 2025. And tonight the whole stadium stood up and gave him a standing ovation as he put them in the Champions League for the first time in 21 years.
Four Spanish clubs. Four Champions League qualifications. Nobody in history has done that.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Manuel Pellegrini.
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