Article by Adrian Duţă – published Thursday, 08 May 2025, 08:00 / Updated Thursday, May 08, 2025 08:05
Former International Ilie Dumitrescu commented PSG – Arsenal 2-1in the Champions League semifinals, and had 3 noticed from the French camp, but also 3 disappointments from the English team.
The former great striker of the Star praised Donnarumma, Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi, from PSG. Instead, Arsenal's camp was disappointed by the 3 players in the offensive line, Martinelli, Saka and Merino.
Saka recorded the match, in the 80th minute, 4 minutes after he had reduced the difference. The far right missed with the empty gate, from 7 meters, following a wrong exit of Donnarumma on the center.
Ilie Dumitrescu, conclusions after PSG – Arsenal
“Donnarumma was the man of the first 15 minutes. It was the opportunity of Martinelli, was the shot of Odegaard, in which he had a sensational intervention. Overall, Fabian Ruiz, the man of the first half, Hakimi, the man of the match.
It was a hesitant start for PSG, I rarely saw Paris not to find solutions. Donnarumma kept him in the match, was the man of the first 15 minutes.
As an approach, Arsenal thought well, but he lacks players to make the difference. The difference is made by the front players. Martinelli, Saka and Merino … “, said Ilie Dumitrescu, according to digisport.ro.
For PSG they scored Fabian Ruiz and Hakimi, while Saka scored Arsenal's only goal in the double sleeve. In the tour, in London, the champion of France imposed with 1-0. Luis Enrique's band will play against Inter in the Champions League final, on May 31, in Munich.
