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Welcome everybody to the Push Cash Arena here in Budapest,
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Welcome everybody to the Push Cash Arena here in Budapest,
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Hungary for an enormous night in football.
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It is the Champions League final between PSG and Arsenal.
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Welcome to Beckham and Friends, everybody.
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My name is Kate Scott.
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This is David Beckham.
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You all know him.
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This is Mick Jagger.
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You all know him too.
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Hello.
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Rock and Roll legend.
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It is good to have you with us.
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Rock and Roll royalty you brought with us.
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Are you a big Rolling Stones fan?
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I'm a huge Rolling Stones fan.
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So to have Mick here,
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you know, I think I've met him once before,
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but I've seen him around the football grounds,
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whether it's been supporting England and obviously supporting Arsenal as well.
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But he's a big football fan.
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He always has been and obviously to have him here is a huge honour.
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So Arsenal fan, where did it start?
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When I was very young,
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because all my family supported the Arsenal on my mother's side.
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So we used to go to Arsenal from when we were seven years old.
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These are the kind of nights that you don't get too often.
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Not often, the last one was in Paris,
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the same two teams, and we lost.
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What does that mean, bad omen?
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It looks like it, but we'll see.
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It's going to be a great match today.
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Two great teams, great players,
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great fans, and obviously two great managers.
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So I'm excited about this one.
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We did this a year ago,
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exactly, the last Champions League final,
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and we were right by the PSG fans as well.
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You've done the same thing this time and you put us right by the PSG fans.
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Does that tell us which way you're leaning?
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In all honesty, that's exactly where we should always be,
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right next to the PSG fans.
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They're the loudest, they'll never stop the whole game no matter what the score is,
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and this is how they start,
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and it's how they're in.
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What about the Premier League celebrations?
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Did you get to enjoy those at all, Mick?
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Oh, yeah.
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I saw it on the telly.
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I didn't actually go.
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My son, my youngest son,
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went, and there's going to be more tomorrow, I think.
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There is.
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2 p.m., I think it starts.
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Yeah, I think so, yeah.
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So my son tells me.
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Speaking of sons, your son is just round the corner of their Arsenal fan.
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My son is literally round the corner there.
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Very nervous, but he's so excited to be here.
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So, you know, I think,
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as you said about the celebrations,
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you know, it's been a great moment for Arsenal this season and obviously to lift,
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you know, the Premier League was a massive thing for them as a club,
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for their players, for their manager.
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Been under a huge amount of pressure for the last four
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or five years with obviously everything that's been put into the club,
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You know and obviously the success that they've had this season you know has been worked for.
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Tell us the truth Mick,
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did you lose faith at any point this season that it was going to happen for you?
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Well after all the other seasons where you almost made it
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you know you've got to be ready not to make it again.
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I think thinking about it in the long term it's a slow build up to getting there you know.
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A slow build-up to have that many players,
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to have that depth, to have the depth they had this season,
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where they really fell down previous seasons when they lost a lot of players to injury.
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This season they always had someone to come to stand in for that player that was injured,
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so it didn't matter so much.
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You know how big the Super Bowl halftime show is
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and UEFA is trying to do the same thing and big stars in to perform just before the game kicks off.
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If they were to come to you and say,
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we would love to have Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones perform here.
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I'd rather watch a game.
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OK, have you ever been to a concert, a Rolling Stones concert?
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I have.
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I have.
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Quite a few years ago,
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but I have won in...
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I think I was in Madrid.
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I think it was in Madrid.
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Madrid's a good one.
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It was...
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Madrid's a good one.
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It was incredible.
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So, you know, like I said,
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I'm a big fan of obviously Mick's and obviously the Stones,
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and I think that many people are around the world,
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and I think to have him here today is a massive honour,
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but knowing that he's an Arsenal fan is a little bit of a problem.
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But, you know...
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A little bit of a problem?
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That's not a problem.
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It's a problem for all United fans.
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I know.
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I'm a big David Beckham fan.
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He's not going to want to think about this,
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but I was at Saint-Etienne when England played Argentina,
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which is a very small town in France.
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I remember seeing you in the crowd.
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Really?
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I actually looked up, I remember warming up,
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and I looked up and one of the players turned around to us and said,
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Mick Jagger's up there.
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So, as a player, when you know that someone as big as Mick,
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with, you know, with obviously what he means to us as a nation,
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having him in the crowd,
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you know, was a big boost for us,
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but, yeah, it wasn't a great day this day.
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He's in!
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Oh my goodness, how am I that?
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Wow!
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Go on, Mitch.
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Whoa!
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He's looking for his son.
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Whoa!
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You're looking for Romeo.
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Hey, that goal's big.
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Oh my goodness, that's a massive goal.
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That goal is big.
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Massive goal.
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Arsenal get the lead.
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How tough is it? Who scored it?
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So tough to score against Arsenal.
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I haven't. That goal is humongous.
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He's scored the winner.
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He's scored the winner in the Champions League Final before.
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There you go.
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Wow.
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How important is it, the first goal in a Champions League final?
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I think it's important for the team,
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obviously, to settle them down.
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But sometimes it can be a good thing sometimes it can be a bad thing.
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You know you score too early How can it?
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I think if you score too early sometimes
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You know it can even make teams more relaxed or a little bit more pressure,
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so we'll see but
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Obviously it's always important to get a go early to settle your nerves especially for Arsenal of course
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How huge that goal is for Arsenal because defensively they're
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so good now they're just gonna park the bus Like this is dream one for Arsenal now.
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But do you not think PSG can get through that boss?
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If any team can.
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Yeah, with the players that have got Nudo Mendes,
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Akemi, Tava Skellia, Due, Kabele, they're gonna get opportunities.
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But that is humongous for Arsenal, wow.
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I think they can't park the bus yet,
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it's too early a goal.
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Wow, Arsenal can do it well,
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Arsenal can do it well.
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They have the ability, I'll be happy.
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Mick, you're 82 years old, right?
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Yeah.
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Michael wants to retire by the time he's 35.
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Is he getting it wrong?
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Retire from what? From what?
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He says you want to retire when you're 33.
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45. 45.
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I'm 37 now.
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OK.
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I've got seven years and I want out.
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Out of what?
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Just broadcast.
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I'm just getting straight to everyone, baby.
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You promised me it was going to be different this year.
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Best welcome, David Schwimmer.
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Actor, director, producer.
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How you doing?
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You guys all know him as wrestling friends, everybody's favorite.
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What a pleasure.
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The best seat in the middle.
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So you can see it wherever you want.
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Good to see you, good to see you.
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Come join us.
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So, we were talking backstage for a second.
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Before you go.
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Sorry, go ahead.
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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Oh my God.
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Micah, he doesn't know who you are. Of course I do.
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I know who he is!
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He will in five minutes.
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David, David, David, David.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I know.
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I know.
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I told you it'd be special.
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Yeah, you did.
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This is like just a regular Saturday.
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Yeah.
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We were talking backstage.
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This is actually your first Champions League final, isn't it?
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It is, it is.
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And I mean, the energy here is unbelievable.
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I'm so thrilled to be here.
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Yeah, and I mean, also I got to say hi to Sir Mick backstage.
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Yes, sir, you're right.
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I mean, come on, sir David.
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You can just call me Meeks.
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Okay.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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What was that with Meeks?
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You call me Schwimp.
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Oh, Schwimp.
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Oh, lovely.
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So David married into being an Arsenal fan.
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That's how he's come to the game.
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Yeah, yeah.
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What was that?
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Oh, well, I first became a supporter in 2007.
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married a couple years later and actually even though I'm
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divorced now we're still great friends and I'm still great friends with the fans so
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Some of the family is actually two of my brothers-in-law are here from Stokey Stoke Newington So yeah,
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they're over there somewhere
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You were an American sports fan as well Do you have like an American sport
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that you follow NFL NBA any of those or not particularly?
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Yeah, NBA, but I mean...
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Feels different at a soccer game, right?
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Feels completely different, yeah.
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This is unbelievable.
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I mean, you guys are used to it.
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You guys are pros.
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Can I ask how you two know each other?
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Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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You know where that's gonna go?
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Can I ask for a clean version of it?
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We have a really good mutual friend who's actually here as well, Rossi, Mazdaq Rossi.
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So we initially met through Rossi,
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and when I got the invite,
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I was like, are you kidding?
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How could I miss this?
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This is incredible.
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Very cool.
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Penalty.
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Oh, no. Is he gonna give it?
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No, no. Oh It has to go back to watch film thanks,
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so they fell off.
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That's a big decision big decision huge decision Who's gonna take it?
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Dembele God this is a high-pressure moment for anybody big moment
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Let's go!
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Come on!
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Come on!
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Come on!
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Come on!
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That's a big moment.
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Our game is going to be good now.
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It's going to be good now.
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Keep staying on defence now.
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Did you ever think you'd be a footballer?
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Did you ever try your hand at football?
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Everyone wanted to be a footballer.
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Everyone wants to be a footballer.
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Everyone growing up wants to be Steven Gerrard.
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Thanks, Paddy.
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Is that your...?
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How far away from Steven Gerrard were you?
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A million miles away.
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A million miles away.
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I was not great at football.
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Is he your hero?
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Yeah.
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Him.
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Jamie, when I was growing up,
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obviously, Fernando Torres and players like that.
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My favourite player when I was a kid was Pat O'Berger.
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How are you growing your hair?
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The hair.
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It's a time you favourite, number 15.
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Do you watch UFC?
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I do. Do you?
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I do.
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I mean, it's incredible what they do.
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It really is.
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I mean, it's an art.
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And I think, you know,
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the popularity of it over the last ten years has been incredible.
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And it's incredible to see new young talent come in,
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but I love to see it.
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You know, I love to see the fights.
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I love to see, you know,
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the exhibition and what it's become.
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On the bracket, what did you have, Micah?
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I had PSG in the final,
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but I had Man City to win,
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so my brackets are finished.
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I went with my heart, not my head.
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First penalty, come on, lads.
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Focus, focus.
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Here we go, here we go.
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David has been Arsenal's player of the season.
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Can he step up in the biggest moment yet to bring that silverware home?
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Come on!
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Now he finished.
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That's one of Alessandro's...
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Very good penalty, huh?
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Very good penalty.
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Alessandro, did you always wait for the goalkeeper?
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Or make a decision?
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In the second part of my career, yes.
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I mean, when I'm talking about the last 15, 12, 15 years, yes.
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I was looking for the goalkeeper all the time, unless...
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A few couple of times,
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when I play against goalkeeper,
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they know me very well and I know them very well.
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So it's psychological game at that point, you know?
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Micah, you want to do commentary for us?
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Take us through this.
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OK.
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Jokka, a lot of doubt at him.
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He scored a lot of goals,
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and a lot to part of the season.
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This is the biggest opportunity.
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Yes!
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And Jokka Reyes doesn't disappoint!
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1-0!
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Let's go!
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He has a missed one this season, hasn't he?
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Who's stepping up next?
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Is that Desiree Dui?
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Yeah.
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Desiree Dui!
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He scored in the final last year.
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Absolute superstar.
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PSG on his shoulders.
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He takes three steps, four steps, five steps back.
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Just before the edge of the box is the straight run-up.
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He has a little shake of the head.
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Is it nerves?
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Is it confidence?
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He's up against the David Rea in great form.
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Bottom left!
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What?
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Eze, Eze is next.
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He's really fitting into this Arsenal team.
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Arsenal fan.
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He does his step.
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Oh, he's missed!
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He's missed.
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Bruno Mendes, our favourite full-back.
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Best left-back in the world.
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Doubtful for the game.
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That was brutal for Izan.
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Yeah. So the line.
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Left footers on pens, though.
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David looks very nervous.
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Score this one.
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It's a short run-up.
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David Bria!
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David Bria!
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Tottenham!
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Tottenham!
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David Bria!
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Arsenal's player of the season!
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He turns up in vital points,
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and he's done it again!
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Come on, Declan.
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Declan Rice.
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The golden boy.
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The golden child.
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I'm speechless.
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The arsehole found on his shoulders.
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He's never let arsehole down.
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And that's why he takes the Papsi down back when Saka goes up the floor.
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That was the goalkeeper there, isn't there?
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Boom.
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Calm as you like.
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Calm as you like.
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How do you see that right back strike the ball like that?
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That's like technique of a winger midfielder number ten.
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This is where the decision,
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when you say about getting the f*** to go first,
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it is important because a situation like this now is,
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if he misses, he wants out his PSG,
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you know what I mean?
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Yeah.
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He is 3-2 up.
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What a penalty again.
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We're back level everybody, 3-3.
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Another left quarter.
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Oh, what a pain.
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What a pain.
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Sanem.
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The Messi, that was a brilliant put.
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Wow.
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Into the Sanem, you can't get them.
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Are you confident in the PSG keeper though?
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No. Michael, you said he's been in the best in this game.
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Gabriel, he's been one of the best defenders in Europe all season.
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I don't know how he had his stick at the start,
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but consistency has been through the roof.
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But this is a pressured moment.
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Yeah.
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This is different.
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Misses it, they lose.
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I'm surprised, Madel, after he isn't safe, isn't it?
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It'd be interesting to see what technique it goes, power or placement.
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Because defenders normally just want to go for power.
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Come on!
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Oh, you're Italian.
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Wow.
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Oh, wow.
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We are right by the PSG end.
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The noise is insane.
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Congratulations to PSG, for Arsenal that has to be the worst way possible to lose a Champions League final.
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Any loss of penalties like this is unfair.
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I think the players put so much into the game.
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A penalty that is missed by one of the best players of the season,
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one of the best players in the world at the moment.
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You have to feel for them.
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It's a tough one.
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But overall, these players have had an incredible season.
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They should be proud of themselves.
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They should be proud of what they've achieved tonight.
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Once it gets to this moment,
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it's a sad moment for Arsenal,
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but for PSG, they're champions again.
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Obviously, we saw last season the way they won that Champions League,
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and you see another moment where they win it in a different way.
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And you know, I love PSG.
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I love what they mean to people in Paris,
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what they mean to people around the world.
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They're an incredible organisation.
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But you really have to feel for Arsenal tonight.
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I think they put an exceptional performance in.
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But when it gets to this stage, it is a lottery.
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And you know, there has to be a winner,
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there has to be a loser.
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And you know, it's hard for Arsenal,
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but as Arsenal as a club,
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they should be really proud of themselves this season and especially the run that they've been on in this Champions League.
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