Arteta press conference

Name: Arteta press conference
Uploaded: 2025-04-16T22:21:43+00:00
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16/4/2025

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00:00Good evening, everyone. Hope everyone's well. We'll kick off with some questions in English, then we'll go to Spanish.

00:06Raise your hand and we'll come to you. We'll kick off with Dharmesh from Sky Sports.

00:14Mikel, congratulations. Thank you.

00:16Have you ever felt prouder than you are now of your players?

00:21Probably not. Not only because we're in the semi-final for a third time in our history,

00:27but as well for the manner and the way we did it, not only by the way we played,

00:32but as well with the circumstances and the amount of injuries that we have.

00:36So I think overall, I think it shows the character of this team, of this club, and it's an eye to be very proud of.

00:43Alex from the BBC.

00:45Hi, Mikel. Congratulations. A great performance from the whole team.

00:48Because have a word on Declan Rice, another excellent performance from him again.

00:52Yeah, I can talk to him. Obviously, he's been decisive in the tie today in a different way.

00:56I think it was immense. His presence, the power that he showed, how composed he was without the ball.

01:02I think he left the team in many moments and turned the game in our favor.

01:08And I think that's what you need to play, is at this level to step up and have big contribution.

01:12And he certainly has done that.

01:13Sam from Del Telegraph.

01:15Hi, Mikel.

01:16Hi.

01:16We spoke a lot before this tie about belief and conviction.

01:19What does this performance, this week and last week, do for your team looking at this tournament and the next few years?

01:26But the feeling that we had is a reality, basically.

01:30And the inner feeling that I had before the tie.

01:33And while the players were transmitting and how prepared I could feel the team that we are ready.

01:40We are ready to compete against anybody.

01:42And now we have to continue to do that because I think we have some momentum now.

01:47James, Atletic.

01:49Hi, Mikel.

01:50Hi.

01:50You never played down the stakes of this game.

01:53You always said it's a big challenge, a big test.

01:56Having come through that, do you think that a result like this can help your team make that final step

02:01to go from becoming challengers to winners?

02:05Can this give them the fuel and the belief that they need?

02:08Well, it's certainly another massive step where we finished last year and the way we've done it this year

02:15against the team with the highest honors and the competition.

02:19It's incredible.

02:21But as well, big credit to them.

02:23You know, it was my first time as a coach in that dugout.

02:27And today I realized after three minutes that in this stadium anything is possible.

02:31I mean, they are specialists of creating such a chaos, such a belief, and I'm very difficult to understand

02:38really what's going on in the game and have certain certainty about how we control it.

02:43But I think the play showed a lot of maturity.

02:47Hi, Mikel.

02:48What does that say about the character of Saka, that he missed that penalty in the way he missed it

02:55and then he came back and scored a crucial goal for you?

02:59I can go on and on with individuals and a lot of different cases that we had in that team.

03:04But with Bucaio, again, he stepped up.

03:07He didn't score, obviously.

03:09That could be a turning point emotionally in the game because it gives them a lot of belief.

03:13But then the way he handled the situation, the way he played afterwards,

03:17and the personality that he showed at his age, the first time that he plays in this stadium, incredible.

03:22Hi, Mikel.

03:25What do you think tonight shows in terms of the evolution of Arsenal?

03:28If we asked you five years ago that you'd be in the Champions League semi-final after two-legs against Real Madrid,

03:34you'd have pitted someone's hand off.

03:36So, yeah, what would you make of that evolution?

03:39Well, that it's been quite fast before because it was impossible to be in any round

03:43because the club was in the Champions League for seven years.

03:46So that shows you the tonal round and a lot of great decisions that the club has made

03:51and the contribution for a lot of people to be where we are.

03:54And it's a team that you can feel today, how hungry, how determined, and the ambition that is go.

03:59So we're going for more for sure.

04:01James, yes, go.

04:02Hi, Mikel.

04:03Congratulations.

04:05I know you want the focus to be on the players, but for you as a manager,

04:08what belief does this give you, the work that you do, vindicate your methods?

04:13What does it do for you personally?

04:16Well, it's reassuring, and I'm here to experience these kind of games and to go through them.

04:23I know that sometimes you're going to win, sometimes you're going to lose.

04:25So be very critical with yourself tonight.

04:27There are things that we can still do much better, and I have to help the team to do better.

04:32But the biggest pride is when I look at them and I talk to them, how convinced they feel.

04:38And that's a big part of our job.

04:40I know the coaches, and that's why it's a joy to work with them.

04:44Okay, and Mikel from...

04:46Hi, Mikel.

04:47Congratulations.

04:48You mentioned the turning point of the penalty there and the chaos and how difficult it was to control it.

04:53Did you prepare your players for that mentally, about what happens if it's not going as you expect,

04:58or if there is the turn that this stadium can be famous for?

05:01Yes, and we have certain tools to try to do that.

05:04But actually, to do it when it's life, you realize how bloody difficult it is, you know.

05:10But I think we've done it, and we've done it in many moments in a really clever way,

05:15because the game can drive you to scenarios that against them, you know, they are not good at all.

05:21And we were very clear on how we have to get out of that, and we managed to do it.

05:26Okay, we do the last two questions in English, and we're going to Spain.

05:29Tom from London.

05:29Hi, Mikel. Congratulations.

05:32A week ago, you created, your team created an amazing atmosphere with the fans.

05:35Here, you are going to be created one of the best away atmospheres.

05:39A word on the performance of the people behind the players, the fans.

05:43Yes, incredible.

05:44And thank you so much.

05:44All the supporters that have been with us in this journey, in Madrid, around the hotel,

05:49and feeling that belief and support towards them.

05:52I think it's the purpose of our job, to make our people happy.

05:56Hopefully, they feel very proud about the players and the team.

05:59And now, let's go for more.

06:01Phil, PA.

06:02Hi, Mikel.

06:03Arsenal have obviously become the first team to win here twice.

06:06Just a word on that and what that means.

06:08And also, just, you know, you and the players starting to dream that this could be the year

06:13that Arsenal win the Champions League.

06:14I didn't know that it's not before, so great to be part of the history in that part.

06:21But, again, we are really happy tonight.

06:25Certainly not satisfied.

06:26We have an amazing tie now against PSG, a team that we know really well

06:30and we already played against.

06:32So, let's just start to get prepared for that one.

06:34Okay.

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