00:01North London erupts. History rewritten under the lights. Arsenal have done it.
00:07Through grit, belief and brilliance, they've powered past Atletico Madrid and into the UEFA Champions League final.
00:20It was a night that had everything. Precision, pressure and a moment of magic.
00:26Bukayo Saka delivered when it mattered most, Declan Rice controlled the tempo and Arsenal held their nerve.
00:40At the heart of it all, Mikel Arteta, a man who believed before the world did.
00:47It's an incredible night. We made history again together. I cannot be happier and proud of everybody that is involved
00:56in this football club.
00:57The manner that we got received outside the stadium already was special and unique.
01:03The atmosphere our supporters created, the energy, the way they lived every ball with us, it made it special and
01:10unique. I never felt that in the stadium.
01:13And we knew how much it meant to everybody. We put everything. The boys did an incredible job.
01:18And after 20 years and for the second time in our history, we are back in the Champions League final.
01:29But this wasn't easy. Not against a side built to suffocate and strike. Atletico Madrid pushed Arsenal to the edge.
01:37We know how difficult and challenging every opponent is at this level. Atletico, they are an incredible team.
01:44The way they compete, the solutions they have, the answers they have to everything that you try to do to
01:48them immediately.
01:50It's incredible. That's the reason that they've been there. Diego has done an outstanding job there.
01:55The margins are so small and tonight they've gone for us.
02:05And in moments like these, tactics meet instinct.
02:08If you see my iPad, the amount of lineups that I've done and put it and change it and turn
02:14it again and what about this?
02:16And freshness and the possible subs and if they do that we do this. At the end it was my
02:21gut feeling.
02:22And I had such a good feeling from what I saw a few days ago against Fulham that I said
02:27I need to do that.
02:29It was painful because it's always difficult to leave important players out because they all want to be involved and
02:34start this kind of games.
02:36But you saw all the finishers, the manner that they got into the pitch and how much they helped the
02:42team.
02:48Momentum is building, belief is growing and a new generation is stepping up.
02:54It's great, you know, everybody can feel a shift in energy and belief in everything.
02:59Let's use it in the right way and understanding that the margins and the difficulty of what we are trying
03:04to achieve,
03:05it is huge but we have the ability and conviction today, that's for sure.
03:11I've been tough on him, quite tough.
03:14And he's been very, very persistent and consistent in his behaviours
03:19and in the manner that he's been knocking on the door constantly to earn the right to play.
03:24And I think he deserves it and that's why he played.
03:31On the other side, dignity in defeat.
03:34What we have been eliminated is that the rival has made merits to pass,
03:42beginning because it was contundent in the situation that he had in the first time
03:47and it was worth it to pass.
03:50Now, you ask me what I feel and I feel tranquility, I feel peace,
03:57I feel that the team gave absolutely everything that he had.
04:00In the first part, we were able to have won the second time,
04:06we were not the contundent that the situations needed.
04:10Today, in the second time, we improved a lot of what we were doing in the first time,
04:15which was very good defensively, but very little defensively.
04:19And in the second time, we evolved in that part too,
04:23we had some situations, some situations that could not be favored,
04:27and we were able to compete with a team that has incredible power,
04:36that is the reality.
04:37and we, with our weapons, we compete very well.
04:40We accept the place that we have,
04:43and thank you for our people,
04:47thank you for our players,
04:52because I feel proud of being in the place where I am.
04:56One team rises, one dream remains.
05:00Arsenal, just one step away from European glory.
05:04The final awaits.
05:05School.
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