Arteta on Arsenal belief in reaching Champions Legaue final with PSG comeback

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Arteta on Arsenal belief in reaching Champions Legaue final with PSG comeback  06/05/2025  uefa25 champions league

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00:00Good evening, everyone. Hope everyone's well.

00:04If you have a question, raise your hand.

00:05I believe we've got microphones here, so we'll come to you.

00:08If we're all ready at the back, we shall kick off.

00:10I look down here and I will go to John Cross from...

00:12No, yeah, we'll go to John Cross from the mirror.

00:14There we go.

00:14Hi, John.

00:15Declan Rice has just been in.

00:19Declan Rice has just been in.

00:21To say he's positive about tomorrow night is a bit of an understatement.

00:25He's saying that basically if you do it,

00:26it's the biggest night in the club's history.

00:28You know, basic, be brave, special night, special moments.

00:33I mean, do you feel that right throughout the group?

00:34There's a determination to turn this around.

00:36And, you know, when you see them in training,

00:38just how strong is that belief that they can do it in the confidence?

00:41Huge enthusiasm, huge energy.

00:43We are a win away from being the Champions League semifinal

00:45in the most beautiful cities in the world against a great opponent.

00:49It doesn't get much better than that.

00:51We are here to make history.

00:52We have a big opportunity tomorrow.

00:54We bring a result that gives us so much clarity about what we have to do.

00:59A lot of learning from the first leg as well

01:01and how small the margins are between the two teams.

01:04The result, in my opinion, should have been very different to that one.

01:08So tomorrow, another opportunity to prove that

01:11and the right to be in the final.

01:12OK, we'll go to Alex from the BBC.

01:15Hi, Mikel.

01:15You just said there you're here to make history

01:18and take this team to the Champions League final.

01:19But does it feel like it is your biggest game as Arsenal manager?

01:23Yeah, one of the most beautiful, for sure.

01:25I mean, again, one win away from being in the final.

01:29We cannot cash for anything else.

01:31It's now, let's not do the talking.

01:33Let's do it tomorrow on that pitch at 9pm when the game starts.

01:37Show our best, best, best, best version and win the game.

01:41OK, John, Radio 5.

01:44Mikel.

01:45Hi.

01:45However, as you'll well be aware, history is against you.

01:49So what is it going to take to turn this round?

01:54Again, a lot of the things that we did in the first game,

01:57better, more consistently.

01:59If we do that, the probability for success

02:02will be very, very close to us.

02:04We are more than capable.

02:05We've done it in Europe against a lot of odds.

02:08Probably nobody would say that we'll be in this position.

02:10So that was against history as well.

02:13So let's make our own history.

02:15Gary from Sky Sports.

02:17Mikel.

02:17Hi.

02:18Luis Enrique on Thursday will be 55 years old.

02:23He's looking forward to an extra special present this year

02:26with his team making the Champions League final.

02:30How determined are you?

02:31I know he's an old colleague of yours,

02:32but how determined are you to spoil his birthday?

02:35Well, being better than them.

02:36We're going to have to show that tomorrow.

02:39We know what we can do.

02:41We show it in the first leg as well in many minutes,

02:43apart from the first 15 minutes

02:44when we have some difficulties

02:45and understanding why.

02:48And tomorrow, as I said, full clarity,

02:50what we have to do, how we have to do it

02:52and how much we have to embrace and enjoy this moment

02:55to get the best out of ourselves.

02:57Jordan Athletic.

02:58Hi, Mikel.

02:59Declan was just in talking about the magic moments

03:02that you always ask your players in these big games.

03:04I think after the last year against Bayern Munich,

03:06you said that they just hadn't come.

03:08But do you feel after the Bernabeu performance

03:11that you've got players now, individuals now,

03:13that feel they belong at this level

03:14and have got the ability and the belief

03:17to go and make that difference?

03:18A hundred percent.

03:19I think that's how you have to embrace

03:20and take the game, you know,

03:22to make something special.

03:24We said to be in the final of the Champions League,

03:26you have to do something exceptional

03:27throughout the tournament.

03:28We've done a lot of great things,

03:30but tomorrow in Paris against this team

03:32is the moment to do it.

03:34And we want to elevate the level of this team

03:36and start to make history.

03:38That's the opportunity we have ahead of us to do it.

03:41Hi, Mikel.

03:42In big second legs in the Champions League,

03:44especially in this stadium before,

03:45sometimes they can feel like they go out of control

03:47or they can be chaotic.

03:49Is that what you'd want to provoke or would prefer?

03:52Or how would you see it?

03:53Depends.

03:54I think there would be different moments.

03:56Like you had a first leg.

03:57Obviously, the result brings a lot of clarity.

03:59What both teams have to do for us is even clearer.

04:03So that's it.

04:04And there are players on that team.

04:06They have experienced that in many situations.

04:08I was looking at the amount of time that they play ties

04:11and how many times they have tried.

04:14So we are here.

04:15It's our opportunity and we're going to make it happen.

04:18Yes, Andelima.

04:18Hi, Mikel.

04:19Away from home in Europe this season,

04:20you've put together quite a string of results,

04:23like the seven goals against PSV,

04:24five against Sporting Lisbon

04:25and, of course, the victory at the Bernabeu.

04:28What does that give you going into this game,

04:30obviously away from home again,

04:31that you can bring into, hopefully,

04:33obviously overturning the deficit in the second leg?

04:34Again, conviction that when we had to do it,

04:37we did it in a really convincing way

04:39against very difficult opponents.

04:42So, again, the last one is very recent,

04:45is Madrid against all the odds

04:46because, obviously, they were talking about

04:48all the comebacks and the history

04:50and what they did.

04:51And we proved something very different

04:53to what they expected.

04:54and tomorrow we're going to do the same.

04:56Phil Pia.

04:57Hi, Mikel.

04:58Deke was saying earlier

04:59that Arsenal are very close to winning trophies,

05:02but do you feel under pressure

05:04to get it done this season?

05:05Because there'll be some that will say

05:06that if Arsenal don't win a trophy this year,

05:08it's been a bit of a pain.

05:08We're going to try to do this season.

05:10Winning trophies as well

05:11is about being in the right moment,

05:13in the right place.

05:14Liverpool has won the title

05:16with less points than we have

05:17in the last two seasons.

05:19With the points of the last two seasons,

05:20we have two Premier League.

05:22So, you have to be in the right moment,

05:23in the right place.

05:25Hopefully, here,

05:26we are in the right moment,

05:27in the right place in Paris tomorrow

05:29to earn the right to win the final.

05:31Simon, Eden Standard.

05:32Mikel, when Arsenal fans think of Paris

05:35and the Champions League,

05:36they often think about 2006

05:38and the painful memories of that final.

05:40Does the fact you're back in the same city

05:42add to the opportunity for you

05:44to try and ease some of those painful memories

05:46and make some new ones?

05:48Yeah, football gives you another opportunity

05:49and it brings you to places

05:50that are so related sometimes.

05:52So, it's a beautiful story.

05:55So, let's make it our own tomorrow.

05:57Just quickly, on you,

05:58he obviously trained today.

05:59Is he okay to start tomorrow night?

06:01I will assess him today,

06:02whether he can start the game or not.

06:04Tom, Football London.

06:06Hi, Mikel.

06:07We saw Ricotta Calafiore also

06:08in training this morning.

06:10How much of a boost it is

06:11that he can be in and around the squad?

06:12I think he's travelled with the group as well.

06:13Yeah, he's travelled and he's fit

06:15and he's ready to play when we need him.

06:17So, that's great news, obviously.

06:19Guys, we're not going to be able

06:20to get around to everyone.

06:20So, we'll go quickly through.

06:21Sam from The Telegraph.

06:23Hi, Mikel.

06:23Hi.

06:24We know the sort of reaction

06:25that Dett got for his two free kicks

06:27and obviously, in the past,

06:28you think about Thierry Henry

06:29and the San Siro

06:30and these moments

06:30when players can become heroes

06:32and sort of icons of Arsenal's history.

06:34Is that part of the message tomorrow

06:36that someone needs to go out there

06:37and be the hero

06:38and make it their night?

06:40It has to be in football.

06:41You're going to get remembered

06:42for those moments.

06:43Biggest stages

06:44when the team needs it,

06:46when the club needs it

06:47to deliver those moments.

06:48And I'm playing with that mindset.

06:49This kind of game

06:50is, in my opinion,

06:52the right one

06:53and that's the world frame

06:54that we've done

06:54in the last few hours.

06:56OK, we do last two

06:57from the UK media.

06:58Firstly, Jordan from The Sun.

07:00Hi, Mikel.

07:02Just on the referee tomorrow night,

07:05he has quite a controversial past,

07:07but he has also a big reputation

07:08for being in the spotlight

07:09during these big games.

07:11Just how much have you analysed

07:13how he refs games

07:14and how do you prepare your players

07:15for coming up against a referee

07:17in such a big night?

07:18Yeah, we always get a report

07:19and understanding

07:20who he's going to be

07:23and how he likes to manage the game

07:25to try to understand him

07:26and to try to help him

07:28in that sense

07:29and make sure the players

07:30are very much aware of that

07:31and that work is done.

07:33OK, Nick Callow from Haters.

07:35Hi, Mikel.

07:36It's quite a few years

07:37since you played here

07:38for Paris Saint-Germain.

07:39I'm just wondering

07:39if there's anything from then

07:41that you can tell your players

07:42what to expect and prepare for.

07:44A beautiful atmosphere.

07:46I mean, this is a massive club

07:47with a huge history.

07:49One city, one team, basically.

07:51And yeah, I was very lucky

07:54to have 18 months here

07:56where I really enjoyed it

07:57and I have fascinating memories about it

07:59and it's great to be back here.

08:01OK, we'll do one here

08:02from TNT Mexico, I believe,

08:03and then one in French down here.

08:04Hi, Mikel.

08:06Obviously, it's the type of game

08:07that no one needs

08:09an extra layer of motivation.

08:11But how can you use the dream

08:12of achieving a Champions League final

08:14if you have already?

08:17Well, I think it's within us.

08:19I think, as you said,

08:20we don't need anything else.

08:22You know, now we need to use it

08:24to channel that energy,

08:25that emotion,

08:26that willingness

08:26that we all have

08:27inside ourselves

08:28to deliver and perform

08:30at the best possible level

08:33at the highest level

08:34of each of us has tomorrow

08:36to deliver the result

08:37that we need to be in the final.

08:39Hello, Frank Dzeniecki,

08:41TVP Sport, from Poland.

08:42I wanted to ask about

08:43Jakub Kivior

08:45in what aspects

08:47has he made

08:48the biggest progress

08:49in recent weeks

08:50and will we see him

08:52in the first line-up

08:54paired with William Saliba

08:55as we expected.

08:57Well, again,

08:58he deserves a lot of credit

08:59because he hasn't played

09:00too much

09:01throughout many months

09:02and suddenly he's been thrown

09:03into the most difficult context

09:05at the highest level

09:07playing against

09:07the best opponents

09:08when you haven't had

09:09the physical rhythm

09:10or the confidence

09:11to do it.

09:12I think he's been exceptional.

09:13Okay, finally, just one hit.

09:15De este lado, Miquel,

09:16Juanjo Rueda

09:17para Caliente TV México.

09:20Una eliminatoria

09:20que pintaba muy pareja

09:22en el papel.

09:23No sé si esta semana

09:24has notado

09:25que ha habido mucho

09:27al agua

09:27hacia el Paris Saint-Germain

09:28y si se ha sido

09:29un poco injusto

09:30con tu equipo

09:30y a la vez preguntarte

09:31si esto te molesta.

09:33No, lo sé.

09:33Está siempre relacionado

09:34con el resultado.

09:35Yo te digo

09:36lo que he visto

09:36y después de ver el partido

09:37varias veces

09:38creo que el resultado

09:39no refleja

09:40lo que pasó en el campo

09:41para nada.

09:42Lo que pasó

09:43en los primeros 15 minutos

09:44y lo que pasó después

09:45fue muy diferente

09:46pero al final

09:47el resultado

09:47es el que manda

09:48en las sensaciones

09:49y ya está.

09:51Mañana hacerlo mejor,

09:52ganar

09:52y entonces todo será seguro

09:54y muchos halagos.

09:56Okay, guys.

09:56That's us.

09:57Thanks very much.

09:58Merci.

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