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The penultimate hurdle for 12 teams seeking European glory. 

Champions League

Tuesday 5 May 2026
20:00 Arsenal (1-1) Atlético Madrid — Amazon Prime Video

Wednesday 6 May 2026
20:00 Bayern Munich (4-5) PSG — TNT Sports 1

Europa League

Thursday 7 May 2026

20:00 Aston Villa (0-1) Nottingham Forest — TNT Sports 1
20:00 SC Freiburg (1-2) SC Braga — TNT Sports 3

Conference League

Thursday 7 May 2026

20:00 Crystal Palace v Shakhtar Donetsk — TNT Sports 2
20:00 Strasbourg v Rayo Vallecano — TNT Sports 5

 

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Michael Kenrick
1 Posted 05/05/2026 at 19:59:10
Former Everton player Ademola Lookman.

Show us yer heels, lad!

Or is this going to be another exhibition of walking football?
Paul Kossoff
2 Posted 05/05/2026 at 22:27:50
Arsenal won. Who gives a fk!
Les Callan
3 Posted 05/05/2026 at 23:29:28
See that there seems to be a lot of interest in this !
Ian Jones
4 Posted 06/05/2026 at 06:53:19
Personally, I am pleased a British club has reached the final. It's good for football in Britain. Obviously my thoughts might be different if it were a another club in the final. However, winning it will not be easy for Arsenal. And their fans will be a nightmare if they win it...
Dave Abrahams
5 Posted 06/05/2026 at 08:35:16
I watched the second half — did Lookman play or was he taken off?

Not being funny... I like Lookman and wish he was playing for us now.

Tony Abrahams
6 Posted 06/05/2026 at 19:46:00
I've just put the television on getting ready to hopefully watch a game that lives up to expectation and it has just shown the penalty that Bournemouth got on Saturday against Palace.

It's beyond a joke, they are making it up as they go along. Hopefully controversy isn't involved in deciding who gets to play Arsenal in the final in a few weeks time.

Michael Kenrick
7 Posted 06/05/2026 at 20:06:20
Fantastic start from PSG.

Just carrying on from last week!

Michael Kenrick
8 Posted 06/05/2026 at 20:35:06
Incredibly obvious penalty against PSG -- not given.

Bayern are rightly gonna go nuts here.

BBC 5 Live, they say if the ball is played by a defender onto the hand of a teammate, it cannot be a penalty? So only if it was played by an attacker onto the defender's hand, then it would be a penalty???

One for Mr Mike Gaynes, methinks?
Tony Abrahams
9 Posted 06/05/2026 at 20:51:05
I'm glad it wasn't given, Michael, because a clearance that is going away from the goal definitely isn't a penalty.

I could watch PSG play all night but they have put that much energy into the first 30 minutes, can they keep running all night? I think the next goal is crucial for both teams.

Michael Kenrick
10 Posted 06/05/2026 at 21:21:12
Tony,

A clearance that is going away from the goal definitely isn't a penalty.

You're just making shit up now, Tony.

I don't think Kvaratskhelia ever runs out of energy. Something about him is reminiscent of Kanchelskis at his very best.

Dave Abrahams
11 Posted 06/05/2026 at 22:11:39
The game wasn't as good as last week -- how could it be? But it was still a very open end-to-end game.

I couldn't believe the intensity of both teams right through to those riveting seconds after the German team had pulled a goal back on the aggregate score. I still wouldn't have been surprised if the game had gone to extra time.

Can the all-round game of the French team be too much for the spoiling, cheating and embarrassing tactics of the Arsenal squad? Or will the London team hold out and edge it on penalties?

Tony Abrahams
12 Posted 06/05/2026 at 22:15:47
I think it's VAR, that makes up the most shite, Michael, but you're not bad at it yourself sometimes mate.
Andy Meighan
13 Posted 06/05/2026 at 22:25:43
I hope Arsenal win the final but for only one reason, our bitter cousins from across the park hate, well actually despise another English side winning the big one.

Other than that, I honestly think Arsenal won't lay a glove on them; they've got too much pace going forward and defensively, but as Dave said, they'll probably hold on defensively and play for penalties.

My view is: How can anyone deny this special PSG side another big one? Unless you support Liverpool because they hate everyone.

John Collins
14 Posted 06/05/2026 at 22:28:37
Hope PSG beat Arsenal.

A victory for football.

Dale Self
15 Posted 06/05/2026 at 22:47:50
With you, John. Just had an Arsenal fan visit. First I've seen him since the Arsenal fade.

He was rather grateful for our effort vs City. I didn't have the nerve to tell him "do one".

Mike Gaynes
16 Posted 06/05/2026 at 00:00:48
Hope he at least bought you a beer, Dale.
Si Cooper
18 Posted 07/05/2026 at 09:52:00
Tony (6), that penalty decision was a travesty with the Bournemouth player being in no way, shape, or form disadvantaged by the goalkeeper brushing his foot. It wasn't even as if he were realistically in contention for the ball.

I agree with you on the feeling that, if a defender blasts a clearance away from goal that happens to strike a team-mate's hand / arm (in any position) the ‘handball' should be treated as accidental with no advantage gained and therefore not penalisable.

There always has to be room for common sense decisions.

Tony Abrahams
19 Posted 07/05/2026 at 10:12:11
Once you lose common-sense, you lose everything Si, and football has probably always been a reflection of the sign of the times.

"He had a right to go down" surely also means he could have stayed on his feet if he wanted or needed to and this is why watching football isn't as enjoyable as it used to be for me.

Stop cheating -- Moyes had a great chance to totally embarrass the linesman the other night because if it wasn't incompetence that he was showing when he put his flag up, then the alternative was downright corruption.


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