Arsenal attacker Gabriel Martinelli recognized the size of their Champions League Semi-Final first stage against Paris Saint-Germain for both itself and the club on Tuesday.
The Brazilian scored a winner of the stopping time in the 2-1 victory of the Gunners to Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, with a 5-1 aggregated victory closed to bring them to their first semi-final of the Champions League in 16 years.
“It's the biggest game of my life,” he said, as quoted by the mirror.
“Since I was five or six years old, it has been a dream. We deserve to be here and we are ready. It's an opportunity for our lives. Everyone who loves football wants to play in these games. We have to enjoy the moment and be ready.
“We deserve to be here, we deserve to win something for one of the great clubs in Europe. We have a great opportunity and we will go into the game that we can do it.
“We have this dream, the club has never won the title and we earn it because we are one of the largest clubs in the world.”
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The goal of Martinelli in Madrid expanded his record of Never lost in scoring for Arsenal – he scored 50 in all competitions for the Gunners.
But the album is not something he thinks of going into this game.
“If I have to run 15 km, I don't score and we win the Champions League, then I will still be the happiest man in the world. I try to do my best for the team. I don't think about that record, but I know,” he is sad/
“If we play against Vini and Rodrygo, I know the players need a little help, so I and B [Bukayo Saka] Try to help Jurrien [Timber] And Myles [Lewis-Skelly] And work hard for the team.
“We have a huge respect for PSG, we have looked at them. We also have a great team, great supporters who will be behind us.”
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