Luis Enrique challenged Bayern with touches never seen before, Arteta is the best in Europe on the square thanks to his basketball blocks. The hope is that football will win in Budapest…
A doubt about the next Champions League final, PSG-Arsenal, in Budapest: will it be played with an oval ball or a segmented one? Yes, because Luis Enrique loves to be inspired by rugby, while Mikel Arteta took inspiration from basketball. Do you remember the last final? At the kick-off, Vitinha kicked the ball out, next to one of the flags near Sommer. It wasn’t a mistake, but a rugby touch, the attack signal for the Apaches. In fact, the French rushed en masse to pressure the Nerazzurri lineout and never stopped. Inter lost their scalps. On Wednesday, Luis Enrique perfected his devilry. Leading after 3′, PSG pulled back, willing to withstand the siege of the pale-faced Kane. If, with every ball recovered, the goalkeeper had returned it long, it would have been returned immediately, because the Germans were unbeatable with a header. Then Luis ordered the touch to Safonov who seemed to miss all the raises.
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Pressured on the throw-in, Bayern took much longer to get back into attack. The black soul of Arsenal is called Nicolas Jover, collaborator of Mikel Arteta, set-piece strategist. Saka and Rice kick inbound corners, the Gunners’ jumpers move from the second to the near post, while their teammates place basketball blocks on the goalkeeper and defenders, thus freeing the attacker Gabriel. No one has scored as much as Arsenal from set pieces. Will rugby player Luis Enrique or basketball player Arteta win? The hope is that in Hungary, land of violins, the technical magic of Puskas’ national team will revive and football will win.