#PSGARS: The Only Way Arsenal Can Beat PSG In Champions League Final
Arsenal really have to hone in on their defensive strengths and are going to have to absorb a lot of pressure. Arsenal are not going to outscore PSG, they’re not going to outgun PSG. They have to try to out-defend them and hit on the break.
The players you’d want for hitting on the break would be [Noni] Madueke and [Gabriel] Martinelli, likely over [Bukayo] Saka and [Leandro] Trossard; you associate the former with being more pacey and direct. But I do not think either will start.
If Arsenal can keep it 0-0 for maybe 65, 70 minutes, bring on their pacey players – maybe even Gabriel Jesus – and try to nick a one-nil win on the counter-attack or from a set-piece, that is the only way I can see Arsenal getting the job done.
The alternative would be to hold out for two hours and win on penalties, but I cannot see them keeping up with PSG for two hours, so they are going to have to get it done in 90 minutes.
Hold out and do what we used to call the Rob Holding protocol – the Arsenal fans who lived through the banter years know exactly what I am talking about.
See if we can nick a goal in the 80th minute, take off a striker or midfielder, bring on Hincapie, Calafiori or whoever’s on the bench – Marli Salmon even.
If it gets to that point, just try to shut up shop for those last 10 minutes, and forever immortalise yourselves on the red side of North London.
