PSG vs Arsenal: Former Gunners Captain Patrick Vieira Predicts Champions League Clash
- Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira believes the Gunners can defeat Paris Saint-Germain and advance to the Champions League final
- The Premier League side trails 1-0 from the first leg of the semis and needs a big win to reach their first final since 2006
- Vieira captained Arsenal to Premier League glory, and the Frenchman is confident his former team can do it in Paris
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Patrick Vieira has predicted the Paris Saint-Germain vs. Arsenal Champions League showdown, set for Wednesday, May 7.
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Patrick Vieira predicts PSG vs Arsenal
PSG carries a crucial 1-0 advantage to the second leg of the semi-final after a brilliant performance at the Emirates Stadium last week.
Luis Enrique’s side delivered a commanding performance in the first leg, stunning the Gunners, who were expected to secure a positive result in front of their home crowd.
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Ousmane Dembélé's well-taken goal gave the French giants a crucial win, and they need a positive result to advance to the final for the first time since 2020.
The Gunners were underwhelming and will need to be in top form to beat PSG at Parc des Princes. Vieira believes his former team can beat PSG away.
"I strongly believe that they can come back. And I’m 100 per cent sure that the group of players and the manager know that they can come back, there’s no doubt about it," Vieira told The Telegraph.
“They will have to play the perfect game away from home. They did it before and they have a quality of players who can do it. They still have a good chance. They are still alive.”
Arsenal has already beaten Real Madrid both home and away this season and now needs one of those historic performances, similar to the one Manchester United produced in 2019.
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Can Arsenal upset PSG?
Arsenal last played in a Champions League semi-final in 2009 against Man United. They lost both games and have fallen short in the round of 16 and the quarters since then.
Last season, they lost to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, but they are a much stronger team this season.
After failing to progress past the quarter-finals in recent seasons, PSG have built a stronger team, even without Kylian Mbappé. The Gunners, therefore, will need to be at their best to win.
"We're here because we deserve to be, we won the first game and tomorrow's objective is to win the second," PSG boss Luis Enrique said. "We're going to have to stay true to the ideas we've had so far. We're going to go into this match and build on our strengths. If things don't go our way, we'll be competitive enough to turn things around."
Didier Drogba's take on Arsenal vs PSG
Earlier, TUKO.co.ke reported that former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba shared his take on the PSG vs Arsenal clash.
The Ivory Coast icon hates both teams but feels PSG reaching this far and progressing is good for French football.
Drogba played for Marseille, PSG's biggest rival and Chelsea, one of Arsenal's biggest opponents.
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