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00:00You see one who will face off in the final in Munich.
00:30We'll see you next time.
01:00We're down to the final four.
01:04Here's Valenscalia.
01:08The Emirates is rocked.
01:11And it's headed in for 1-1.
01:14Lengthy check now though.
01:16It's been ruled out.
01:18There's a huge night in Paris to come.
01:22Barcelona and Inter meet again.
01:25Inter are in front.
01:27Gandenzel Dumtries makes it too.
01:31Gandenzel Dumtries has got another one.
01:44Oh, what a strike by Ravinha.
01:47Barcelona 3 into 3.
01:50Welcome to Champions League Match of the Day where we have two fascinatingly poised semi-finals to show you.
01:59The winners will head to Munich at the end of the month.
02:01One game from glory.
02:03Matt Upson and Julien Leroyne are in Paris for us.
02:05And in the studio are Champions League analyst Neda Manua and European football experts Guillaume Balaguet and Niki Bandini.
02:14Well, we begin at the Parc de France where PSG hold a 1-0 advantage over Arsenal who were looking to reach their first final for 19 years.
02:22Guy Mowbray was there.
02:23A park of princes in a tournament of kings.
02:30Will these be the final steps in the Champions League or steps to the Champions League final for Arsenal?
02:38Well, the main PSG team news concerns one of their non-starters with top scorer and first leg scorer Ousmane Dembélé only amongst the subs, having gone off last Tuesday with a hamstring tweak.
02:52Bradley Barcola comes in, joining João Neves as the only players who started Saturday's defeat at Strasbourg.
03:00For Arsenal, Thomas Partey's back following first leg suspension, with many arguing that PSG wouldn't have scored their early goal had he played.
03:09Leandro Trossard drops out, with Mikael Marino moving forward to the role that he's played mostly in since Kai Havertz was lost to injury in February.
03:22Away we go then, it's Allé Le Bleu and of course Allé Le Rouge.
03:29Time for Arsenal to step up again.
03:33Luis Enrique in charge for his 107th game, only 14 defeats have so far come his way.
03:41Arsenal knew there to be a 15th tonight.
03:45Saka lost the ball but so did Barcola.
03:50And it's clipped in towards Reis!
03:53Can't have been far away.
03:57Muri and Timber with a cracking cross and Reis got above Marquinhos.
04:03Just didn't come off the right part of the head.
04:07It's a glance rather than a bullet.
04:12Martinelli.
04:13Great work from him.
04:16Hakimi's on him to bundle it out but it will be a gunner's throw.
04:26Thomas Partey's going to take it.
04:30Looking for the flick.
04:31Got plenty of distance on it, great save Donnarumma.
04:36Arsenal nearly catching out PSG with the same trick that they were hit with by Bournemouth at the weekend.
04:42Brilliant throw-in by Partey.
04:44Martinelli came in onto it.
04:46Don't think anybody else got much of a touch but Donnarumma got plenty.
04:50This is exactly what Mikel Arteta will have wanted to see from his players.
04:55They are on it.
04:56Saka to the deafening din of the home supporters.
05:03Martinelli.
05:08Martinelli's left Hakimi behind.
05:10And he wins Arsenal a corner, they keep on coming at PSG.
05:17Two chances though have come and gone.
05:20Next one's got to go in, it has to be third time lucky.
05:27Rice puts in another useful corner but Donnarumma's height was the factor there.
05:32The goalkeeper who despite his size hasn't always been the most commanding
05:37at getting rid of free kicks at corners.
05:41Doesn't reach Saka, it does come out for Odegaard.
05:44And that is one heck of a save.
05:47Odegaard got all of that and must have thought that he scored.
05:53That's one of the best stops you're ever likely to see.
05:56The reaction time was practically nil.
06:00Here's Granitz-Kalia.
06:02Jakob's not close enough there, this is Douay.
06:05Now Granitz-Kalia going for the colour, Raya well beaten.
06:10Look at this from the Georgian genius.
06:16It's the smallest of gaps in between the two.
06:19Then he's got to get the curl, keep it away from the glove and find the corner.
06:24The pass was short, didn't help Kivior out one bit.
06:32Now it's played in for Douay.
06:35Douay!
06:35It was more of a pass than a shot.
06:39Straight at Raya.
06:41A big let-off for Arsenal.
06:44Huge let-off in particular for William Saliba.
06:46Well, he had the option and it would have been the better bet to give the ball back to Barcola.
06:56David Raya.
06:57Declan Rice.
06:58Now that's Kalia on to him in a flash.
07:04He's forced a yellow card for Rice.
07:09Simply by being too quick for him.
07:11Rice's argument is, I didn't tackle him, let alone foul him.
07:14He just got in front.
07:17Petrinha, need to pick out the right space.
07:20Marte heads away, Fabio Ruiz is there.
07:22Fabio Ruiz shoots and scores!
07:25The Parc de France explodes into vibrant light and life.
07:39They have a two-goal lead in the tie.
07:41They have one foot on the road to Munich.
07:45And they've been sent on their way by the left foot of Fabio Ruiz.
07:55Big deflection of Saliba, which gave Raya absolutely no chance.
08:02Not sure how much chance he would have had without it.
08:05Zero with it.
08:07What a time for him to score his first ever goal in the Champions League.
08:12One to tie, here's now two to tie.
08:15Well, they did it in the Bernabeu.
08:17You can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
08:20And here's Kraut's Kalia.
08:22He's got Barcola with him.
08:25Barcola sits himself and turns, and Raya makes the save.
08:30And Lewis Skelly got back, and atoned for his error at the other end of the field,
08:35he charged back.
08:38Could have been Bonnui, that.
08:41Declan Rice with the challenge at the end, what a brilliant tackle it was.
08:44Saka putting it into Mourinho.
08:56The ball escaped him.
08:57Mikai Osaka couldn't have done a lot more than that.
09:00It's just a stretch too far for Mikel Mourinho.
09:11ESG looked to have re-emerged for the second half with a hunger for more.
09:15Mendes charges.
09:21He plays it into Douay, and Douay trying to pass it into the corner, didn't get the angles right.
09:26He's put it straight there.
09:29Desiree Douay need to wrap the boot around and get the curl.
09:33Luis Enrique frustrated, he wants another.
09:36Saka trying to get some sort of angle for the shot, and it's blocked, and it goes behind for a corner.
09:50Off the toe of Nuno Mendes.
09:53Now the movement, now in, and it has to be poured over the top by Donnarumma.
10:01Makes it look easier than most keepers of his size.
10:03Strong punch, take-two Saka.
10:07Mourinho ready, just level with the penalty spot.
10:14Saka with another one, swung in, and Donnarumma missed that one.
10:17Who did get it? An Arsenal touch.
10:23Came off timber.
10:25You know what, if he hadn't got it, Mourinho might have headed home.
10:31Now Saliba's got to stay in front of Farkola.
10:34And he's, oh, miscontrolled, and then stayed strong enough, just.
10:44Rice.
10:50Declan Rice is on to the return, there are three in the box.
10:53And it loops up to Bakayo Saka.
10:58Timber.
11:01After putting the squeeze on now.
11:03Saka!
11:05Another wonderful save.
11:07It's just a shake of the head and disbelief from Bakayo Saka, who's close to scoring a wonder goal.
11:14Instead, we've seen another wonder stop.
11:17There have been question marks over the last couple of years about Gianluigi Donnarumma.
11:24Scrubbed them out, erased them, he's one of the best in the world.
11:31In comes the corner, Partey at the back.
11:34Saka.
11:37And he's lost the ball, and it wasn't a foul, and Hakimi will bring this forward.
11:42And there's Bakola in the middle.
11:45And Hakimi's still there, and that was deflected, and Raya had to get down.
11:53And now it's on.
11:55The referee's coming over.
11:57A potential penalty check has been flagged up.
12:01And the hand is well out there, isn't it, from Myles Lewis Skelly.
12:06A PSG penalty.
12:09I don't think on review we can have too many arguments, Arsenal can't.
12:14This one kick is as good as taking PSG through to the final, if it's a successful one.
12:23It's Vitinha on the spot for Paris Saint-Germain.
12:28He's stalking David Raya, and it's saved by Raya to keep Arsenal hopes burning.
12:42That is potentially huge.
12:45No conviction in that from Vitinha.
12:50Balazcalia carries the ball a bit wider, getting himself a bit of room.
12:53De Bele's got plenty of that in the middle.
12:55Oh, Balazcalia couldn't pick him out.
12:58It's come to him now, and here's Hakimi.
13:03And that will do it.
13:08And that's a heck of a way to do it.
13:14Hakimi puts the hammer down to all but end Arsenal's hopes.
13:19The let-off didn't last long.
13:28Of course, Kvartscalia's involved.
13:31His pullback actually that time was off radar.
13:35As it bounced off Dembele.
13:41It was controlled by Hakimi.
13:44Who had such poise.
13:46Defenders in his way.
13:49Look at that for a finish.
13:52And he's curled quite beautifully into the corner.
13:55Paris Saint-Germain 2, Arsenal 0.
14:01The party started in Paris hours ago.
14:05No sleep till Munich.
14:07The only English team to have come from behind after the first leg of a semi-final.
14:18At home and one away to go through.
14:21Where Arsenal's great rival Spurs six years ago.
14:23Lucas Moura's great night in Amsterdam.
14:24Now Arsenal to try and give themselves another chance.
14:28Saka! Must be!
14:29Saka scores!
14:32Well that wipes out Hakimi's effort.
14:36That gives a glimmer.
14:37They're back to where they were just a few minutes ago.
14:43Goal from nowhere.
14:45PSG thought that was a foul.
14:48Trossard allowed to get on with it.
14:50Saka with a touch of fortune after the ball got stuck.
14:55It's going to get looked at.
14:57Was that shoulder-to-shoulder or a push on Marquinhos?
15:01I can tell you it was the former not the latter because the check's over,
15:06the game goes on and it is 2-1 on the night.
15:11Now here we go.
15:14Trossard, Calafiori up there with him.
15:17Back to Saliba is the first port of call.
15:21Trossard, Calafiori.
15:24Putting it in for Saka!
15:28He just met it at the wrong time.
15:33Donnarumma's dive was enough to make him briefly lose sight of the ball.
15:39And as it bounced up, he couldn't do anything to control it.
15:48PSG clear, PSG party.
15:51They are on their way to the Champions League final.
15:57For the eighth time, there will be French representatives in the biggest game in European club football.
16:05And this PSG team looks to be the best bet to follow Marseille in 1993 by bringing the trophy home.
16:18I think between the boxes we did really well and then inside the boxes over the two games, we weren't good enough.
16:24And yeah, credit to their goalkeeper as well who made some amazing saves, but yeah, it wasn't enough and that's painful.
16:33When you look at the two games, who's been their best player on the pitch, who's been their goalkeeper, it's made a difference for them in the tie.
16:47And I think we were very close, much closer than our results showed, but unfortunately we are out.
17:00I'm very proud of the players, what we've done today, the way we started, how we handled the pressure, the amount of pressure.
17:06After 20 minutes, it should be 3-0.
17:08But yeah, there is something extra that you need in the competition to go your way and it didn't.
17:15I think we deserve after hard work since we started the season, so now it's moment to enjoy and keep working to bring this trophy to Paris back.
17:27Sometimes you have to lose a few in order to win and you have to overcome some of these setbacks to mentally grow and grow as a person and as a player and as a group.
17:36And I think we're going through that stage at the minute after a few losses in terms of losing out in the league, coming close in the Champions League back-to-back years.
17:44So look, we're growing as a team, as people, but we need to keep pushing and keep believing, you know, this is why we play this sport.
17:51There's going to be setbacks along the way. PSG have obviously gone through tonight, we're absolutely guided, but this isn't going to define us for sure, you know.
17:58We're going to be back, so we've got to keep going.
18:03Huge disappointment for Arsenal, but look at the scenes for PSG.
18:06PSG, the fireworks, the noise, the ultras, the whole stadium all night was incredible and they have made their second Champions League final, this young crop of players, led by Luis Enrique.
18:19So let's hear now the reaction which Guy Mowbray, who was inside the Parc de France tonight, gave alongside Arsenal defender Matthew Upson and Julien Leron immediately after the whistle.
18:29Thanks, Gabby. Well, we're just coming back to earth after another breathtaking night of football.
18:36I've got Julien and Matt with me. Julien can't stop grinning, so we're going to start with him.
18:40Julien, over the two legs. I know you're not going to argue, but I don't think we can argue with the outcome.
18:45This is a wonderful PSG team, really, with youth, with a lot of energy, with a lot of intensity, the front three, even without Dembele tonight, which was a big blow, of course, for them.
18:55But you see the fluidity, you see the energy that they bring, the skills, and I think that would be terrifying for any defence.
19:01And then in midfield, they've been super dominant since the turn of the year, so even if he was not perfect, neither was tonight, neither were the first leg.
19:08I think in the end, they've probably been the best team in Europe, really, in 2025.
19:11And Matt, where did Arsenal just fall short? I'm thinking of the first 20 minutes tonight in particular.
19:17Well, they fell short with Donald Rummer having a great game, and I think that the impact he had early on, that first 15, 20 minutes, it was crucial Arsenal got something from that.
19:27They started so well, confident, aggressive, created chances, but they were matched by the goalkeeper.
19:34And then once the goal went in, I think it just really did affect them a little bit, like you'd expect.
19:39But brilliant start from Arsenal.
19:40What will Mikel be saying to his players this evening? How will he be lifting them after Premier League, Champions League, so near but yet so far?
19:48He'll be proud. He'll be proud of what they've achieved this season, to get to this place.
19:53I think to come and perform like that, the margins were so small, you know, it could have been very different.
19:58And I think he has to step back, and he will do, and be really happy with his players.
20:02Julian, Matt's just alluded to it. We've seen another amazing performance on this pitch from a goalkeeper.
20:07We had Alisson here in the last 16.
20:10Czenduigi Donnarumma is getting better and better, isn't he?
20:12Yeah, I think on his line, I don't know if right now, there's a better goalkeeper than him in world football.
20:17Yeah, the distribution could be better, coming out on crosses and set pieces could be better, of course.
20:22But on his line, on the other guard shot, I think the time reaction, we said to get a 0.1 second, maybe.
20:29It's just this easy, so late, and yet goes down so quickly.
20:31This is also how you go far, is with goalkeeper performances like this.
20:36How has Luis Enrique turned this team around? Because after five games, they'd won one.
20:41They were in danger of crashing out in the league phase. How has he done it?
20:43He said he was always going to take a bit of time to find the right places for the pieces of the jigsaw, really.
20:49And they worked along the right balance in midfield, moving Dembele from wide to central was key, obviously.
20:55They believed in it.
20:57And then I think he all clicked probably that second half against Manchester City, where we were here.
21:00And they were outstanding, and then something changed really that day in terms of momentum, the mindset.
21:06And I think Luis Enrique deserves a lot of grace.
21:07His birthday tomorrow, on Thursday, he's 55.
21:10Ten years ago, he won the treble with Barcelona, of course, and the Champions League.
21:13But really, he's the guy who builds not just the squad and the team, but also the mentality and the team spirit.
21:19What can Arsenal learn from this, Matt?
21:21I think all these experiences are great for this group.
21:24You know, you're playing a team that has been consistently at this stage of the competition for the last four, five, six seasons.
21:31Arsenal are still relatively fresh and new for this group of players and for the manager.
21:35So I think they'll take so much from this, and they'll know that they're not far off.
21:39You know, they've got a really good foundation in that team.
21:41And we look forward now to the final, Jules, which could be an absolute classic.
21:46Is this PSG's year?
21:48You just mentioned the Manchester City game.
21:50I think there's been a feeling growing since then that this is it.
21:52This is the year to crack it.
21:53Yeah, I think you're right.
21:54Five years ago, they lost the final in COVID against Bayern Munich, where they had a chance to winning it with Neymar, with Mbappé, with Variety.
22:02A team that is very different to the one that we see today, the youngest team in the competition.
22:06It's a completely different mindset, but they've never been closer, really.
22:10And it's not going to be easy, of course.
22:12It's going to be a tough game.
22:14But I think they learned a lot from losing the semifinal to Dortmund last season.
22:17And they would have learned a lot from tonight, the first leg, the Villa second leg, for example, the Liverpool second leg, too.
22:23And I think they will go there very confident.
22:25Thank you, Jules.
22:25Thank you, Matt.
22:26Jules is now going to take us to places in Paris we never knew existed.
22:29Good luck, Guy.
22:33Well, the stats might back up Mikel Arteta's idea that perhaps they were the better side on the night, Arsenal.
22:38They just edged it there.
22:39But they didn't do enough, did they?
22:41Yeah, that's it, essentially.
22:42You know, the stats, they do matter.
22:43But at the end of the day, did you get the ball into the back of the opposition's net?
22:46And for Arsenal, unfortunately for them, they did not.
22:48They had the possession.
22:49They let them have the ball, didn't they, PSG, in the first half an hour or so.
22:52But Arsenal couldn't score.
22:53PSG's work rate, though, to make sure they didn't and to get the ball back was phenomenal.
22:57Absolutely.
22:58And what was interesting today was we're used to seeing PSG have a lot of possession within a game.
23:02But for the way that started, Arsenal were the ones that were in control.
23:05So you were seeing PSG more on the back foot.
23:07But what I found really impressive was the fact that they weren't sort of fed up with it.
23:11They stuck with the plan and whenever they could, they would apply the pressure and win the ball.
23:14And best of all, when they did win the ball, they would travel at speed.
23:17It wasn't just one player, it wasn't two players.
23:19It was as many as they could.
23:20And again, this is for long stretches in that first half.
23:22Yes, they are struggling.
23:23But as soon as they get the chance to go forward, they would do it.
23:27And again, it's at speed.
23:28And when you're playing in defence against something like that, speed, it makes you so nervous.
23:32But they stuck with it.
23:34And I think for Arsenal, overall, the play was good.
23:36But every time they seemed to make a mistake, they were on the back foot.
23:39And you're sort of nervous for them.
23:41Will PSG score?
23:41Will they score?
23:42For the vast majority of the time, they didn't.
23:45But the threat was always there.
23:46And you always had to make sure the passing was good.
23:48Even Lewis Skelly here, you know, he's been so good in terms of protecting the ball.
23:52But against the best of the best, they can take that ball away from you.
23:55And I think maybe on a different day, PSG probably convert a few more of these counters.
23:59And then maybe the conversation isn't about Donnarumma.
24:01But I think for Luis Enrique, those players, they went out there and they did the plan that he wanted.
24:06Maybe they should have had more possession.
24:07But in the end, they were still very dangerous.
24:09It's a team built by this man, Luis Enrique.
24:12In the way he likes to play football, we've seen that through the decades, haven't we?
24:15Of how he wants his team to be.
24:17That energy is incredible.
24:19It's his energy, isn't it?
24:20This is the man that every 30 minutes stops to do press-ups.
24:24And he converts his office into a gym.
24:27And he's full of energy.
24:28Yeah, he's absolutely the leader.
24:30And I think the two turning points, the two conversations that takes us to the final in Munich
24:35is when he first arrived and they approach him and he says,
24:39but who's going to be in the squad?
24:40Meaning, is Berratti going to be in the squad?
24:42Is Neymar going to be in the squad?
24:44Mbappé, and he was told that Mbappé will leave in a year,
24:46but everybody else, they can be pushed aside, including Messi.
24:50OK, yeah, we can do that.
24:51That's the first conversation.
24:52The second one, in the summer, he, realising that Mbappé was going,
24:56went to Dembélé and said,
24:58you're going to score lots of goals, be selfish.
25:01Don't pass the ball, I'm going to use you as nine, as a winger,
25:04and he becomes one of the best players in the world.
25:06That takes PSG to another level.
25:08But of course, the key here, and you mentioned it,
25:10is just that we're great from everyone.
25:12And Kravitz Gellar, Nicky, is one of those players who personifies that, doesn't he?
25:16What a sign to come in in January, fit in the way he has,
25:19let's add to this team.
25:20For £60 million, it looks like a bargain.
25:22Honestly, I can't think of a player who's come into a team mid-season like this
25:26and just looked more immediately like he completely belongs.
25:29And we're talking about the stories here.
25:30There's this story about when he left Naples,
25:32that one of the last things he did when his last nights there
25:34was go down to the famous mural of Maradona
25:36and made a little gesture there,
25:37which of course, he was Claradonna in Naples, that's who he was.
25:40But actually, he's not a Maradona type of player.
25:43Yes, he's got the creativity, he's an exceptional dribbler.
25:45But what makes him fit so well in this Luis Enrique side
25:48is he's also the guy you could almost imagine doing press-ups every half an hour.
25:52He is an incredibly hard worker.
25:54And he really puts in that defensive shift and does all that as well.
25:57I think when you watch him, he's so light on his feet,
26:00you almost think of him as this little flighty player.
26:03He's not, he's really tough.
26:04And I think that combination, and yes, he is brilliant on the ball,
26:07I think his dribble percentage is shot straight back up under Enrique
26:11after going down a bit under Antonio Conte at Napoli.
26:13But he brings it all to the table.
26:15Donnarumma's been mentioned a few times already tonight,
26:18but you can wax lyrical about his performance over both legs.
26:20Yeah, absolutely.
26:21I think he has been the key man for PSG across this.
26:24And there are so many big moments where he has stepped up.
26:27And interestingly, it's a name Donnarumma
26:28that we've heard about for a very long time.
26:31But I think when it comes down to conversations
26:32about who's one of the best in the world,
26:34I don't think his name really gets attached to it anymore.
26:36But you look at some of these saves here, they're massive saves.
26:40And in really big moments, on the biggest stage from club level,
26:43this is Champions League knockout football, this is semi-final,
26:46that's a great save there itself.
26:48Best of all, this save here, to be able to get down the way that he does,
26:51the speed of the strike and the strength to have your wrist
26:53to push that wide, these are massive saves.
26:57And I don't know, how would you say it's perceived, Nicky,
26:59in terms of his position within world football?
27:02I think he's genuinely fascinating.
27:04You think he's a kid who was playing for Milan at 16 years old
27:06and by 18 he'd become this villain.
27:08They were waving these dollar bills at him, calling him Donnarumma
27:11because he was a Mino Raiola client and they were talking about moving away,
27:14which of course eventually does happen.
27:16But it feels like in the public narrative in Italy,
27:18the narrative about him, despite the fact that he literally won a Euro,
27:22so not a World Cup, I wish, won a Euro's for Italy,
27:26was the player of the tournament at Euro 2020.
27:28It feels like we still talk about his mistakes so much more than his saves.
27:32It's always about the papare, the blunders.
27:34He does have a tendency to be slightly theatrical at times as well.
27:37Oh yes, even after the game I thought it was a bit of a flourish
27:41with his post-game comments because he's got this little scar on his face
27:44at the moment from a boot he took to the face against Monaco
27:47and someone asked him why he's doing so well at the moment
27:49and he said, oh, it's my new scar, it's made him more tough.
27:52It's Harry Potter's scar.
27:54Again, what happens next for Arsenal?
27:56Because they've had a lot of semi-finals where they've failed to get over the line.
28:00This is eighth in a row now that they haven't won.
28:04They've either drawn or lost.
28:06They've hardly scored any goals in those either.
28:09This was the first one actually.
28:10Yeah, they haven't been good enough.
28:13But if we take out of the conversation failure and no trophy season,
28:18what you see in this progression, you have to say that
28:20for six years they were in the Champions League.
28:23They've now been twice in the Champions League
28:25and they managed in the second season to get to the semi-finals
28:27and make life difficult to PSG.
28:29Nedum and I have got an argument here because I think Arsenal were better than PSG
28:36and of course the Naruma counts, yes, but they created the chances.
28:40They had the momentum, they didn't convert, of course, but that's the problem.
28:44And I think you'll hear from interviews from Marteta from now on,
28:48the boxers, we weren't strong in the boxers.
28:50We made mistakes, needs players.
28:52We don't score enough, needs players.
28:54So four, five new starters, depending on how many they can sell,
28:58you'll have a team being one of the best.
29:00So what's the argument?
29:02The argument's more about, is it about being the better team,
29:05is it about being the team that wins?
29:06And I think from my perspective, as you look at the team that's dominated
29:08over the last ten years in Real Madrid,
29:10it's not every season you can say going into it that they are the best team,
29:13but very often they end up being the team that lifts the trophy.
29:15So obviously there's more to it.
29:17But you have to take from this performance the fact that actually Arsenal can compete
29:21with the best, they just need something else.
29:23And that's what I think he will read into it that way.
29:26I'm not sure everybody will, though.
29:28OK.
29:30We argue later.
29:31Yeah, we can carry on arguing in a moment.
29:33Inter and Barcelona were level at 3-all after an instant classic in their first leg.
29:38The two sides were at the San Siro to do it all again last night,
29:41and it did not disappoint.
29:43Commentary comes from Steve Wilson.
29:46They're walking out into one of football's finest arenas,
29:51and after one of the finest first legs,
29:53you could wish to see who is heading to Munich.
29:57How will Inter and Barca be separated?
30:00The San Siro is practically trembling with anticipation.
30:05Inter star man La Torre Martinez tweaked a thigh in Spain,
30:09but he starts in an unchanged 11.
30:12How big a risk that is, only time will tell.
30:16Benjamin Pavard's ankle injury keeps him out again.
30:19Barcelona make one change.
30:21Jules Koundé is missing with the muscle injury he suffered in the first game.
30:25In comes Eric Garcia at right-back.
30:28Robert Lewandowski's recovered from a muscle injury,
30:31enough to be on the bench.
30:32If Lamy Nymal is as good as he was a week ago,
30:36it might be good night Inter.
30:46Chalinole with a little lifted pass.
30:49Helped on its way to Nicola Barella.
30:51Inside Inigo Martinez!
30:52And Wojciech Czesny's there.
30:57Lovely from Barella.
31:01That's really well struck as well.
31:11Dani Olmo.
31:13Di Marco.
31:14Great little ball.
31:15Dumfries here.
31:16Square La Torre Martinez!
31:17Into Milan, take the lead!
31:26Well, they wondered whether he would be fit enough to start.
31:31Fit enough to feature at all.
31:34Not only does he feature, he's on the score sheet.
31:38Brilliantly done by Di Marco with a lovely through ball.
31:42Dumfries is so unselfish.
31:43La Torre Martinez scores for Inter.
31:49His ninth goal of this Champions League campaign.
31:53But much more importantly than that,
31:55Inter's fourth of this semi-final.
31:57Barcelona have never been in front in this tie yet.
32:08Well won.
32:10Eric Garcia.
32:12Lovely ball into Pedri.
32:14Great feet from Pedri.
32:17And Dani Olmo has a stab.
32:19Barcelona and Pedri are asking about a handball here.
32:22They are having a look at that.
32:27We're looking at that.
32:28All you can say really is he'd be incredibly unlucky.
32:30And he's not.
32:37Oh, brilliant feet.
32:39Pedri helping it into.
32:40Dani Olmo.
32:41To Lamine Jamal.
32:43And wide.
32:45Ferran Torres couldn't reach it.
32:48Lamine Jamal couldn't finish it.
32:50Brilliant little bit of play from Pedri here.
32:52Dani Olmo into Lamine Jamal.
32:57And Inter very happy to see that go wide.
33:08Turan with the flick.
33:09Oh, and wide!
33:12Chalinole with the chance.
33:15Well, it came to him quickly.
33:17And he's not got a good contact on that.
33:19If he'd hit that cleanly, it could easily have been to.
33:21The challenge.
33:27That's a good ball as well.
33:29And here's Lautaro Martinez.
33:31Kubasi with the challenge.
33:33Lautaro Martinez is down and rolling.
33:36Well, Kubasi committed to it.
33:38And there will be a VAR check.
33:40And there will be a VAR check.
33:41My first thought is he gets the ball.
33:44Actually, as he caught the foot of Lautaro Martinez.
33:48And then that's gone into the ball.
33:50That angle may just tell a different story.
33:53It is a penalty to Inter Milan.
33:58Oh, Hansi Flick is appalled.
34:02Kubasi is found guilty.
34:05And Inter have an unbelievable opportunity here
34:08to take a 5-3 aggregate lead.
34:12And what a moment.
34:162-0.
34:22San Siro on its feet.
34:28Hakan Chalinole has scored from the penalty spot.
34:31And Inter may be one-half of football away from the Champions League final.
34:45Pedri.
34:46Well, that's an important block.
35:01Xerox Martin, though.
35:03Bissek with another block.
35:04Xerox Martin again.
35:06And volleying in.
35:09It's a brilliant finish from Eric Garcia.
35:13And Barcelona are back in it again.
35:17Half the job is done.
35:20With not quite half the game to go.
35:23It's a great finish.
35:25He's got a lot of room.
35:26But it's such a controlled volley.
35:29It's an absolutely outstanding goal.
35:32Eric Garcia for Barcelona.
35:34The ninth goal of this semifinal.
35:37On aggregate.
35:38Inter 5.
35:39Barca 4.
35:41Gerard Martin.
35:42I think he's got the pass right here.
35:44Gerard Martin.
35:46Square.
35:47What a save by Jan Sommer.
35:50To deny Eric Garcia another goal.
35:53Well, this is one of the best saves.
35:57One of the most important saves you will ever see.
36:00It's also a pretty bad miss when you see it from that angle.
36:03Because he's made it easier for Jan Sommer than he should have done.
36:06But even so.
36:10Mkhitaryan for De Jong.
36:11Gerard Martin.
36:12Oh, it's a brilliant ball.
36:19It's in.
36:21Dani Olmo with a fabulous header.
36:23But the ball into the box from Gerard Martin is absolutely stunning.
36:32And Barcelona have turned it around.
36:35Two goals in six minutes.
36:37And for the second time in this semifinal, they've clawed back a two-goal deficit.
36:45It's one heck of a header.
36:47But it's a fabulous ball in.
36:50And on aggregate, 5-5.
36:53La Mignamal.
37:01Dani Olmo.
37:03Well cut out.
37:07For Mkhitaryan.
37:08And he's caught.
37:09La Mignamal.
37:10And it's a penalty to Barcelona.
37:14Well, Mkhitaryan is saying it's outside the penalty area.
37:19There's no question it's a foul.
37:21Well, even Mkhitaryan isn't disputing that.
37:25And he might have a case, the interman.
37:29The contact starts outside the penalty area.
37:33But it might just continue onto the line.
37:39It's outside.
37:41That much outside, says Simon Marciniak.
37:46Oh, my goodness me.
37:48That could not be closer.
37:50But it's no penalty.
37:51It's Rafinha with 12 Champions League goals to his name this season.
37:59On the ball for Barcelona.
38:02Dani Olmo.
38:03La Mignamal.
38:03Deflected.
38:04Actually hit De Jong.
38:09Whether it was goal-bound.
38:11Otherwise.
38:12Gerard Martin.
38:13Dani Olmo from the Ferran Torres pass.
38:26La Mignamal.
38:27It's La Mignamal.
38:27Oh, pushed away by Jan Sommer.
38:34Well, just a little puff of the cheeks.
38:38This, which followed an explosive left-footed curler from La Mignamal.
38:42It's a top-class save.
38:44Carlos Augusto in front of La Mignamal.
38:51Now dances away from Nicola Barrella.
38:53And now Nicola Barrella for Inter.
38:56And now Nicola Barrella for Inter.
38:58Deflecting to Fretesi, but Barcelona win it back.
39:03And here is Rafinha and Jan Sommer.
39:06And Rafinha.
39:08Rafinha for Barcelona.
39:10Three minutes from the end of the second leg of this epic classic of our times.
39:23Barcelona are in front for the first time in the tie.
39:30Clearly onside.
39:32It's a good save by Sommer.
39:35But Rafinha reacted more quickly than anybody in blue and black.
39:40And hammers Barcelona in front.
39:44And that could very well send Barcelona to Munich for the final.
39:51This extraordinary semi-final.
39:55Heartbreaking for Inter Milan.
39:58Who've been two goals in front twice in the tie.
40:05Here's Pedri.
40:09La Mignamal.
40:10And he's hit the post.
40:16Well, maybe, just maybe, Inter can create one more opportunity.
40:23If that had gone in, then the game is done.
40:27Jan Sommer forward.
40:36This is Thuram.
40:39Dumfries to his right-hand side.
40:40Gerard Martin is there.
40:42Gerard Martin falls over.
40:43Dumfries into the top.
40:44They've done it.
40:45They've done it.
40:45They've done it.
40:4837-year-old Francesco Acerbi for Inter Milan.
40:54It is incredible.
40:56It is incredible.
41:01The bar is set very, very high.
41:04But this may be the greatest Champions League semi-final there's ever been.
41:10Inter Milan have saved themselves.
41:15Mistake from Gerard Martin.
41:17Mistake from Gerard Martin.
41:19Barcelona set foul on Gerard Martin.
41:22And a champion of all people.
41:25It's a fantastic finish from a 37-year-old central defender.
41:33It's been checked.
41:35It's been cleared.
41:38It's 3-3.
41:40And six each on aggregate.
41:45Cubasi.
41:46Rafinha.
41:49Oh, what a ball.
41:51La Mignamal for Barcelona.
41:53And Jan Sommer saves.
41:55Jan Sommer saves for Inter.
41:59This was the final right there.
42:01And he's put it straight into Jan Sommer's midriff.
42:05And this semi-final will go to extra time.
42:113-3 in Barcelona.
42:143-3 in Milan.
42:16Six each on aggregate.
42:24Turam.
42:24Oh, he's done well, Turam.
42:31He's done really well.
42:33Turam, his little layoff.
42:34Frattese.
42:35Oh, he's done it.
42:41David Frattese for Inter.
42:43Well, I don't think they've quite cleared the hurdle of Barcelona yet.
42:52He's nearly cleared the fence to get in the crowd.
42:55David Frattese puts Inter in front yet again.
42:59Great play by Turam.
43:08Held it up brilliantly.
43:12That little change of direction
43:15bought him a bit of space.
43:17It's a lovely little layoff from Turam.
43:20And a very good Frattese finish.
43:267-6 on aggregate.
43:32Fermi Lopez into Rafinha.
43:34First block was by Piotr Zielinski.
43:39Here's Lamine Yamal.
43:41Turamie in front of him.
43:43Carlos Gousteau to Lamine Yamal.
43:46Still got the cross in.
43:47And Lewandowski
43:48couldn't get over it.
43:53Probably a foul by
43:54Paul Victor on Jan Sommer.
43:57I don't think it would have counted.
43:59Lewandowski
44:00didn't ask the question
44:02by putting the ball in the net.
44:04Turamie is chasing this
44:09with Hector Ford.
44:12Held it up pretty well.
44:13Turamie.
44:14Zielinski.
44:15Nicely done.
44:17Turam.
44:18Couldn't find Turamie.
44:20Frattese.
44:21Brilliant save.
44:23Great save.
44:26Wojciech.
44:27Szczesny here with a save.
44:29Don't think that would have counted.
44:30Turam looked offside.
44:34You'd have to be a very, very bold
44:38predictor to say that
44:40Frattese's goal is going to win this game.
44:43Here's Lamine Yamal.
44:45Lamine Yamal.
44:47Oh, just wide.
44:51Goodness me, how close was this?
44:53It's a fabulous save.
45:00Four in the middle.
45:02Make that five.
45:03De Jong.
45:08And Lamine Yamal pushed out by Sommer again.
45:11And the follower
45:11from Lewandowski is onto the roof of the net.
45:18What can you say about Jan Solmer?
45:21Been absolutely outstanding for Inter Milan.
45:28It's a goal kick to Barcelona.
45:30Inter Milan are Munich bound for their seventh European Cup final.
45:43They've won one of the greatest victories you can imagine.
45:47On the night, Inter 4, Barcelona 3.
45:54On aggregate, Inter 7, Barcelona 6.
46:01We had some really difficult situation in this game,
46:03but we keep on believing till the end.
46:07And in the end, yeah, we did a great, great job.
46:10I'm very disappointed that we are out.
46:12So I'm disappointed,
46:13but not disappointed about the performance of my team.
46:17They try everything and, you know, this is the thing.
46:22And, of course, we are out now.
46:25But next year, we will start again.
46:27We will start again.
46:28And we will make our fans, our supporters,
46:31and the club and everyone around us happy.
46:35I think we've run out of superlatives
46:37describing these two legs.
46:40The greatest semifinal of all time for you?
46:42You were there.
46:42You were inside the stadium, as was I.
46:44Very lucky to be there
46:45and experience a remarkable sporting encounter.
46:48You weren't there, Nikki.
46:49No, someone here wasn't.
46:50Just to remind you.
46:52But I don't think I've ever got as many messages
46:54and calls and people stopping me in the streets.
46:58What a game.
46:58Even with that,
46:59and I knew which game they were referring to,
47:01perhaps the last time similar to it
47:03was like the 2011 semifinals,
47:05Real Madrid-Barcelona,
47:06Pep Guardiola-Jose Mourinho.
47:07But the spectacle wasn't what we saw.
47:10And perhaps in a time of,
47:12I don't know, organised football,
47:14if you like, we saw it today,
47:15this was something else.
47:17It was chaotic, twists.
47:20I've never shouted,
47:21oh my God, so many times in a game.
47:24I don't know you.
47:24It must have been the same to you.
47:25It was incredible.
47:26Nikki, you must have enjoyed it from afar.
47:28Oh, it was extraordinary.
47:30I think the whole tie is just one of those things
47:32that makes you remember completely
47:33why you fell in love with things to begin with.
47:35We were just saying during that interval there,
47:37there's so many things happened in this game
47:38that even Lautaro Martinez being injured
47:41and coming back after six days of a hamstring strain,
47:43scoring and winning a penalty,
47:45it's a footnote.
47:46Yeah.
47:46It's a tiny detail.
47:47I'm glad you mentioned him,
47:47because we probably will have time
47:48when we properly drill into the analysis in a moment.
47:51But it was, indeed, an instant classic.
47:53So, Naidem's been taking a look
47:55at one of the key performances over both legs,
47:57and he's over at the screen.
48:00So, an absolutely incredible game.
48:02And best of all,
48:03I get the chance to talk about a defender.
48:05Who would have thought that would be the case
48:06in such a high-scoring game?
48:07But I think it's very valid to talk about Denzil Dumfries
48:09across this tie,
48:10because his impact was enormous.
48:12Starting off here,
48:14you go up to attack a ball in the box.
48:15Yeah, you might get the header,
48:16but how about that finish?
48:18It's the finish that most defenders dream
48:20of being able to have.
48:21And to be honest,
48:22a lot of attackers as well.
48:23That's a huge moment.
48:25But as he set the tone in this game,
48:27he was always involved from an attacking standpoint.
48:29Here, what a great ball that is into the box.
48:31Unfortunately for them,
48:32this ended up being offside,
48:33but it was indicative of the quality that he has.
48:36And what I love best of all,
48:37he's always keen to be on the front foot,
48:38taking on as many players as he can,
48:40but finding that end product.
48:41So, he always has a purpose.
48:44His impact was massive.
48:45And after that goal initially,
48:47how about this one?
48:48The desire to get yourself in the box like that.
48:51That header is massive,
48:53and a massive moment for Inter Milan.
48:55And he rightly celebrated it,
48:56because, you know,
48:57defenders, we don't score a ton of goals,
48:58but for him, it's just a regular day.
49:00Well, how about the second leg?
49:01Can he have an impact again?
49:03We see him here higher up the field,
49:04as we saw in that first leg,
49:05and he's got the strength,
49:07he's got the pace,
49:08he's got the desire to get up.
49:09And now, maybe from Inter Milan perspective,
49:11you're hoping to have more players in the box,
49:13but can Dumfries keep the ball?
49:14Yes, he can.
49:15With the strength, my goodness me.
49:17And the composure's there,
49:18he's looking for the moment.
49:19And that kind of set the tone in the second leg.
49:21And as you see here,
49:22it's a great press from Inter.
49:23And who's getting in behind?
49:25It's Dumfries.
49:25And in this moment,
49:27that pass, it's the right decision.
49:29But it's the type of decision
49:30that most people don't get accurately.
49:32And this one here,
49:32defensively, he was brilliant.
49:34Always making sure
49:35that he was helping his back line.
49:36But what I love more than anything
49:37was his attacking threat.
49:39Here, he's tied,
49:40but he's stretching the game.
49:41His team need a goal.
49:42He's still got the energy to go forward.
49:44They play him in behind.
49:45His team is losing by one.
49:46Minutes left to go in the game.
49:48It's a nice tackle there.
49:49And the ball into the box is top quality.
49:52An amazing finish.
49:53And to be honest,
49:54I think I'd be as tied as he is
49:56given how big an impact
49:57he had in that game of football.
49:59And as we said,
50:00we're talking about a defender
50:01who had five goal contributions
50:03out of the seven goals
50:04that Inter Milan scored.
50:05So it's just a regular day
50:06for Inter Milan, I guess.
50:09Indeed, Nadam.
50:10Well, the headlines across Europe
50:11naturally reflected
50:12such a stunning tie.
50:14In Italy,
50:14La Gazzetta della Sport
50:15paid tribute
50:16with the mythical Inter.
50:19Interstellar
50:19was the celestial theme
50:20in Tutto Sport.
50:22While over in Spain,
50:23Goodbye Epic
50:24was on the front page
50:25of Mundo Deportivo.
50:27And A.S.
50:28mourned Barca's failure
50:29to hold on to their lead
50:30in injury time
50:31with the simple headline
50:32Two Minutes Too Many.
50:36So,
50:36this is an old team,
50:38Inter.
50:38We'll discuss that
50:39a little bit later on.
50:39The oldest in the competition
50:40and the oldest man on the pitch
50:42was the one
50:42who forced it
50:43into extra time.
50:44But what a life
50:44of Acherbi has had.
50:46Yeah,
50:46an absolutely astonishing moment
50:48in the 90th minute,
50:4992nd minute,
50:50I think it was,
50:51of injury time.
50:53This is a 37-year-old
50:54centre-back
50:55who nobody seems
50:57to have a good explanation
50:57of what he's even doing
50:58at this part of the pitch
50:59and who scores
50:59on his weaker foot,
51:01by the way,
51:01at the near post,
51:02putting it straight
51:03into the top corner.
51:04But when you listen
51:05to Acherbi
51:06tell his own story,
51:07he says that
51:08he thinks he wouldn't
51:09have even played
51:09past 28 years old
51:11if it wasn't for the fact
51:12that he got cancer
51:12in his mid-20s.
51:14It was at a point
51:15in his life
51:15when he was very,
51:16very low.
51:17He lost his father
51:18and he talked about it
51:19very candidly.
51:20He was depressed,
51:21he was struggling,
51:21he was lacking motivation.
51:23And he tells it
51:24in this extraordinary way
51:26because he says,
51:27in life,
51:28you need una cifida,
51:29you need a challenge,
51:29you need something
51:30to test yourself against.
51:31And in his version
51:32of events,
51:33it was only cancer
51:34coming along
51:34at the time that it did
51:35that stopped him
51:36from going completely
51:37off the rails.
51:37It was something
51:38that he could fight against,
51:38it was something
51:39that he thought
51:39would give him
51:41that motivation
51:41and now,
51:42look,
51:42he'd never won
51:43any piece of silver
51:44at 30 years old.
51:46He's won seven pieces
51:47since he turned 30 years old.
51:48He's had,
51:49I think,
51:4934 Italy caps
51:50since he turned 30 years old.
51:51And he might just win
51:52a Champions League
51:53at 37 years old.
51:54Life began at 30.
51:55And Fratesi,
51:56someone who hasn't really
51:58set the world on fire
51:59for Inter,
51:59hasn't really kind of
52:00won over all the fans,
52:01has he?
52:02But I tell you what,
52:03if this goal
52:04is the goal
52:04that propels him
52:05to a final,
52:05they then win,
52:07he will be immortal.
52:08Yeah,
52:08it's funny with Fratesi
52:10and Acerbi,
52:10I almost feel like
52:11they're two sides
52:12of the same coin
52:12in a strange way.
52:14Fratesi was signed
52:15for 30 million euros
52:16from Sassuolo.
52:16He was someone
52:17who there was hope
52:18for in a season and a half.
52:20He really hasn't played
52:21very much.
52:21He's always been
52:22this impact player
52:23off the bench.
52:24But one of,
52:25again,
52:25Acerbi's things
52:26he likes to say
52:27is when you are
52:28that guy,
52:28when you're not
52:28playing every time,
52:29the only thing
52:30you can do
52:31is just keep
52:31giving it your all.
52:32And Fratesi's comment
52:34at the end of this game,
52:34which I think is
52:35just instantly iconic,
52:36and between this goal
52:37and the one he scored
52:38against Bayern Munich
52:38has probably locked him in
52:39now with all these
52:40Inter fans who didn't
52:41necessarily,
52:42weren't sure about him
52:43before.
52:43But he said,
52:44I might not be
52:44the most talented
52:45technically,
52:46but I am the last
52:47to give up
52:47and I'm the first
52:48to believe.
52:48And I think that is
52:49kind of the story
52:50of both of them.
52:50You heard about
52:51the cost of players.
52:53The 11 of Inter
52:54is about 130 million euros.
52:56That's about it.
52:57We keep obsessing
52:58about how many,
52:59you know,
53:00millions Arsenal
53:01are going to spend
53:02to get to the final again.
53:03But they've done it
53:04so cleverly,
53:05just picking players
53:06that are finishing
53:07contracts,
53:07others that,
53:08Saussuolo for instance,
53:10and they put together
53:10a team that is
53:11in the Champions League final.
53:12Come on,
53:12let's talk about Barcelona
53:13and the reaction
53:14and the fallout.
53:15I mean,
53:15I imagine when you
53:16were working last night
53:17there was devastation
53:18around you,
53:19everybody was very depressed
53:20about it.
53:20The reaction back home though?
53:22Well,
53:22let's ignore the fact
53:24that since last night
53:25all,
53:25what everybody's talking
53:26about is the referees
53:27because they read
53:29completely different
53:30to everybody else
53:31what happened there.
53:31They think referees
53:32had an impact,
53:33including the president
53:34who did a video
53:34to talk about that.
53:36But what we're talking
53:36here is a team
53:37that we've seen
53:38it all season,
53:39very passionate
53:40about what they do,
53:41who do everything
53:42that the manager
53:43asked them to do
53:44and who cannot
53:45read games well.
53:47And that's part
53:47of building a team.
53:48That's what's happening.
53:49And then if you look
53:50at the game
53:51specifically,
53:52you see that
53:52you commit errors
53:54but sometimes
53:55it doesn't affect you.
53:56It did.
53:57Araujo was at fault
53:58in the third goal
53:59for instance.
54:00Those referee decisions
54:01sometimes go in your favor,
54:02it just didn't.
54:03and you sometimes
54:05have got the look
54:05that they didn't have.
54:07If he had gone
54:08Barcelona way,
54:10la minia mal,
54:10centimeters,
54:11the ball goes in
54:12instead of hit the post
54:12and coming out,
54:14nobody would complain
54:14because they have
54:16that marvellous joy
54:17of playing football.
54:18We all love
54:19what they do
54:19but they just
54:21don't read games well.
54:22And to actually get
54:23into the Champions League
54:24final,
54:25you have to have
54:25the complete package.
54:26You mentioned Jamal,
54:27we're going to talk
54:27about him a little bit more
54:28because to watch him
54:29in the flesh
54:30is a joy to behold.
54:31What a talent.
54:32I mean the stats
54:32were incredible last night.
54:34Yeah, absolutely
54:34and I think
54:35the only thing you can say
54:36is maybe some of the
54:37end products
54:37could be better there
54:38but we're talking
54:39about a 17-year-old
54:40who looks like
54:40one of the best players
54:41in the world right now.
54:42I think his ability
54:43to go and take it
54:43to any defender
54:44in front of him
54:45and for him to be fearless,
54:46those are the sorts of things
54:47which many young people
54:48kind of shy away from
54:50but for him he can go
54:51down the line,
54:51he can come inside,
54:52he wants to square people up,
54:53you can kick him,
54:54he bounces back up.
54:56So all these things
54:57which you have
54:57in your armoury
54:58to go against
54:58a young player
54:59all of a sudden
54:59they don't have
55:00the value anymore
55:01and I think
55:01as I see him play
55:02I think to myself
55:03this is potentially
55:04one of the best players
55:05in the world
55:06throughout his career.
55:07At 17 to be this good
55:09think what he's like
55:10when he has more experience
55:10this is his 102nd game
55:12for Barcelona maybe
55:13at the age of 17.
55:15What's he like
55:16when he reaches
55:16his big old age of 20
55:18for example?
55:19It doesn't follow
55:19that this means
55:20he's going to be better
55:21than him
55:21but it's fair to say
55:23that Jamal is better
55:24at 17 than Messi
55:25at 17.
55:26Stop it!
55:26Poor Lamine!
55:28But yes
55:29we all expect
55:30something like this
55:31to happen
55:31that he reaches
55:32those heights
55:32but you're talking
55:33right now
55:33about somebody
55:34that dribbles
55:34the ball more
55:35than anybody
55:35successfully
55:36somebody that
55:37actually steals
55:39the ball
55:39more than anybody
55:40else.
55:40Look at the amount
55:41of touches
55:41in the opposite
55:42box for instance
55:43and this is what
55:45Inzaghi has said
55:46he just basically
55:48makes so many
55:48good decisions
55:49which is for 17
55:50but he did a couple
55:52of bad decisions
55:53in the first half
55:53one dropped too deep
55:54to get involved
55:55and then you didn't
55:57see the Barcelona
55:58that posed so much
55:59threat in the last
56:00third.
56:00Things to learn.
56:01This team goes forward
56:03and is built around him
56:04and he will just get
56:05better and better
56:05you'd imagine.
56:06Let's have a little
56:07look then
56:07at what we can see
56:08maybe will give us
56:09an indication
56:09of where this
56:10championship
56:10and this final
56:11is going to go
56:11because you've got
56:12the oldest
56:13as I've said
56:13in Inter
56:14and you've got
56:15the youngest
56:15in Barcelona
56:16of the last
56:1716 teams
56:18that were left
56:18and there they are
56:19at PSG
56:21in the final
56:22and so
56:23does it give us
56:24any indication
56:25of where this
56:26is going to go
56:26do you think maybe?
56:28Well
56:28sometimes it's nice
56:31to lean into experience
56:31especially on the big
56:32occasion
56:33but I think as we've
56:34seen from this PSG
56:34side they do find
56:35different ways to do it
56:36we've seen them at times
56:37dominate games
56:38and look great
56:39there's seen times
56:39where they suffered
56:40like we saw today
56:40against Arsenal
56:41and also find a way
56:42but it's really interesting
56:44not least of all
56:44because Inter Milan
56:45is trying to avenge
56:46the fact that they
56:46lost in the final
56:47two years ago
56:47but I think that age gap
56:49is perfect
56:50and this group of players
56:51they're going to be
56:52disbanded soon aren't they?
56:53They're not all going to
56:53be together in a couple
56:54of years time
56:54well listen
56:55it's extraordinary
56:56that Acerfi is still going
56:57but I don't believe
56:57he can go on forever
56:58I do think it's
57:00that line of experience
57:01just made me laugh quickly
57:02just because
57:03that's what Arsenal
57:04are getting right now
57:04being in the semi-final
57:05that's what Inter have
57:06they were in a final
57:07two years ago
57:07I think a huge part
57:08of why they're here right now
57:09is because of that experience
57:10and that's what they're
57:11going to be hoping
57:12is tails in the final
57:13we can't wait
57:14before we go
57:15here's some more sights
57:16and sounds
57:17from around
57:17for semi-finals
57:18for more reaction
57:42and debate
57:43head to the BBC Sport website
57:44and app
57:455 Live Football Daily
57:46and EuroLeague's podcasts
57:47are available on BBC Sounds
57:49where there's also
57:50live commentary
57:51of both Europa League
57:52semi-finals on Thursday night
57:53forgot about those
57:54didn't you
57:54the latest episode
57:56in the How to Win
57:57the Champions League series
57:58covers Inter's last triumph
58:00over Jose Mourinho
58:01and we'll be back
58:02for the final
58:02on the 31st of May
58:04across all BBC Sport
58:05of course
58:06we've got the website
58:06the app
58:07live commentary on 5 Live
58:08and you can join us
58:09later in the evening
58:10on BBC One
58:10for highlights
58:11and analysis
58:12and as you just heard
58:14the sights and sounds there
58:15Nedim said
58:15I think Inter are going to do it
58:16because of that experience
58:17two years ago
58:17so I think you had the final word
58:19on that one
58:19a brand new format
58:2036 teams began the road
58:22to Munich back in September
58:23now only two remain
58:24will it be a fourth title
58:26for Inter
58:26or a first for PSG
58:27you'll find out
58:28at the end of the month
58:29the end of the month
58:43here
58:44is
58:44our
58:45the champions
58:47He's the England superstar now living
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