PSG wins back-to-back Champions League titles after shootout victory against Arsenal - BERITAJA

Paris Saint-Germain won back-to-back Champions League trophies by beating Arsenal connected penalties successful a melodramatic last successful Puskas Arena connected Saturday.

Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes fired the past of his team’s penalties complete the barroom to manus PSG a 4-3 shootout victory.

“It’s incredible, backmost to back,” PSG skipper Marquinhos said. “From the very first time of this play the coach said it’s difficult to win, and winning doubly is moreover much difficult. So we each had to get backmost to work. That was the mentality.”

The crippled was 1-1 astatine the extremity of regularisation clip and other time, sending the crippled to spot kicks.

Arsenal led aft six minutes erstwhile Kai Havertz collapsed distant and blasted past PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov. But the defending champion dominated possession and Ousmane Dembélé leveled from the punishment spot successful the 65th to return the last to other clip for the first clip successful 10 years.

Eberechi Eze besides missed an earlier spot kick, but David Raya saved from Nuno Mendes to support Arsenal level.

Lucas Beraldo scored the past of PSG’s spot kicks, meaning Gabriel had to person to return it to abrupt death. But he blasted precocious complete the barroom to spark celebrations from PSG players and fans wrong Puskas Arena.

“It’s moreover much typical because we knew earlier the lucifer really difficult it would be,” PSG coach Luis Enrique said. “I deliberation it’s deserved complete the people of the full season, moreover if the last was very intimately contested.”