Arsenal goes to Paris for their Champions League Semi-Final Second Stage against Paris Saint Germain who wants to destroy a 1-0 deficit and reach their first final since 2006
Mikel Arteta has been warned that Arsenal will get an “insane” evening in the Champions League. Paris Saint Germain defender Achraf Hakimi warned that the red-hot atmosphere is blowing Arsenal when the French champions are looking for their fourth English scalp this season.
The Parc des Princes has already seen the French champions at home beat Manchester City and Aston Villa, while they also eliminated Liverpool over two legs. Arsenal -Baas Arteta is confronted with a discouraging task of destroying a shortage of the first leg of the emirates last week and Hakimi insists that PSG and their fans will make it even more difficult.
Hakimi said: “It will be a very special evening in Paris. The atmosphere will be insane and everyone will be behind us inside and outside the stadium. We need them to support ourselves until the end.
“The whole city has followed it, there is a will, it will be a crazy atmosphere and the pressure will be important and that can be important. For example, we were in the game against Manchester City and they helped us to destroy it.
“The fans know how difficult we have worked to get here, how far we got and we want to do it for them. The team is really confident, we really want the game to start and we believe that we can go to the final, so we really want it to start now.”
PSG has been stimulated by Ousmane Dembele who declares himself fit after he had been anxiety with anxiety in the Emirates, but he has trained for the past two days and is expected to start.
The French giants also want to win their first Champions League trophy and Hakimi says that the experience of losing Borussia Dortmund will give an extra lead against Arsenal last year.
Hakimi added: “It is certainly one of the most exciting games I will have played because it means for the club, the goal is to win the competition and we know that we are a step away.
“We are calm because we played the semi -final last year, we have the experience and we know what to do, what we have done well and what we have done. We will be ready.”