FOOTBALL DAILY: PSG return to UCL final as Arsenal await | Infantino defends extortionate FIFA World Cup prices
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Welcome along to Thursday's Football Daily. I'm David Wilson. Coming up today, Paris Saint-Germain booked their place in the Champions League final for the second year in a row after overcoming Bayern in Munich. Andrew Amabamadele looks to overcome a first leg deficit as his Strasbourg side aim to book their place in the Europa Conference League final.
How did PSG secure their place in the Champions League final?
And can Nottingham Forest hold out against Aston Villa? to return to a first European final since 1980. Put first to events in Munich last night and Paris Saint Germain returned to the Champions League final for the second year in a row after earning a one-all draw against Bayern and winning 6-5 in aggregate. Ousmane Dembele scored after just three minutes to increase the Parisians advantage to two goals but Harry Kane scored his 55th goal of the season late on but it wasn't enough as PSG held on and now face Arsenal in the final in Budapest on the 30th of May. PSG boss Luis Enrique has won two Champions League finals in Germany, one with Barcelona in 2015 in Berlin and one with the French champions last year in Munich, the place where they booked their spot for this year's final.
What insights does Graham Hunter provide about Luis Enrique's coaching evolution?
He says that the place brings him many happy memories.
Yes, Munich and also Berlin. Yes, good memories and I think we could live a match with a lot of intensity and today I think the defence were better than the attack but The character that we show against a real team like Bayern Munich, I think it's so positive and we are very happy to reach the second final in the Champions League in a row.
European football expert Graham Hunter joined Off The Ball Breakfast this morning, and he describes the changes Enrique has gone through over the last 10 years.
What does PSG captain Marquinhos say about reaching the Champions League final?
I understand your question completely. He looks completely differently, doesn't he? Ten years ago, he still had all three of his children alive. And then, in fact, Jana, who subsequently died, was dancing on the pitch with him in Berlin. I was there reporting. And I detect, in my opinion, the only three changes are that He went through the most tremendous catalytic grief that any parent can suffer in losing a child and that changes you. And when you hear him speak about life and his place in the universe and his wife's place in the universe and his other two kids What he thinks about God and what he thinks about Chana still being there and about talking to her and her living a different life now just somewhere else.
These are moving, both moving and interesting things.
How are Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest preparing for their Europa League clash?
So how he's coped with grief, I think, has changed him. Secondly, the... utter intensity with which he lives daily life leaves him you know in periods pretty exhausted and you can see it written like all of us age but you can see that that stress and how drained he is written all over his face and the hair's grey now and So there's been a physical, you're talking about today, not to when he took over at Paris, an 11-year jump. So there is a difference in how he chooses to live. And when I say intensity, even Pepe is fine. I've never met anybody like Luis Enrique Martinez for the level of intensity. And the third thing is he updates, obviously. He updates in his tactical ideas, in his coaching. He's updating and therefore changing all the time.
The core man... The core man who will call out a journalist, argue with anybody, be unflinching in his standards, who believes that attack is the only way to play. The core man who, since I first knew him, there were words then, there are evidence now, has said, if I'm winning 1-0, in the most important game of my life with two minutes left, I'll be telling my players to attack. So they defended all over the pitch one-on-one last night and brilliantly.
What are the controversies surrounding FIFA World Cup ticket pricing?
And he ordered them to play tight, so one-on-one, took huge risks all over the pitch. But that defending part of it is so that he can attack. He's committed to attack. And what I would say is that part of him and his philosophy has never changed and will never, ever change.
And that is available for you to listen back to now in your O2B Football podcast feed.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:41
2
How did PSG secure their place in the Champions League final?
0:41–1:22
3
What insights does Graham Hunter provide about Luis Enrique's coaching evolution?
1:22–2:03
4
What does PSG captain Marquinhos say about reaching the Champions League final?
2:03–2:55
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How are Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest preparing for their Europa League clash?
2:55–4:19
6
What are the controversies surrounding FIFA World Cup ticket pricing?
4:19–5:00
7
How has football pricing affected its accessibility for fans?
5:00–5:46
8
What are the implications of Manchester City winning the Women's Super League?
5:46–11:38
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