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The panel discusses Arsenal's upcoming Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, analyzing squad confidence, defensive strategies, and key player performances.

Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche join Ian Stone to look ahead to the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday. The panel discuss the confidence level of the squad after winning the Premier League, how Arsenal’s defence can nullify the oppositions strengths, comparing both teams Champions League campaigns, their preferred starting lineups, getting used to how good Arsenal are right now, what winning the Champions League would mean, Declan Rice being a key player in this game and touch on his class after his message to West Ham following their relegation.  Plus, the panel respond to listener messages and we hear from Quentin in Paris in this week’s instalment of ‘Up Your Arsenal’. If you like the panel’s song choices, check out the ‘Now that’s what I call Handbrake’ playlist on both Spotify and Apple Music and listen to them all there:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6cgJk1eJwQBmiUJlSFZMJN?si=pMHHbBb8S8Ky5LtlKp7pHw&pi=Rra8NSxDRVm58&nd=1&dlsi=62f2d7c1c10045ac Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/now-thats-what-i-call-handbrake/pl.u-d2b00jZuDxWk6P Producer: Robby Williams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Stone

Guests: Adrian Clarke, Art de Roche

Topics covered

• Champions League
• Arsenal
• Paris Saint-Germain
• football analysis
• listener interaction
• player performance

Keywords

• Champions League
• Arsenal
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Declan Rice
• football
• Premier League
• listener messages

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paris Saint-Germain, West Ham, Spotify, Apple Music

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