Inter Milan and FC Barcelona have created a two -legged one that we will remember for decades. As many as 13 goals in both meetings. The Catalans took the losses a week and on Tuesday (in both cases from 0: 2), but on Stadio Giuseppe Meazza had to swallow the bitterness of failure. And this despite the fact that in the added time they were a step away. At that time, however, Francesco Acerbi hit the net, and the promotion to Inter in extra time provided the goal of the reserve Davide Frattesi.
The former defender of Arsenal praises Kiwiora
Inter will play in the Champions League final for the second time in the last three years. He can win these games for the first time in 15 years. If this is not the case for the first time in history, it will prey with Paris Saint-Germain or Arsenal.
It is these two teams that on Wednesday evening at Parc des Princes will play a rematch meeting of the 1/2 final. A week ago in London it was 1: 0 for guests, and the only goal was Ousman Dembele.
90 minutes in the colors of the hosts were played by Jakub Kiwior, who will probably also play in the basic composition on Wednesday. His game in recent weeks was rated by Matthew Upson – a former representative of England, participant in the 2010 world championships, who scored at this tournament in the 1/8 final with Germany.
Upson is also a former defender of Arsenal. He played 56 matches for this club. He set up a T -shirt of England 21 times.
– Perhaps he surprised many people how he did well when entering the team. Before competing with Real, the fans thought that Arsenal's defensive formation would completely fall apart and a big problem would appear. However, this was not the case and Kiwiora is great in this. This season he did not have too many matches, he entered the game at the most difficult moment and did very well. He deserves great words of appreciation – he said in an interview with TVP Sport.
Upson, as a footballer, played with such stars of the defense line as near Toure, Sol Campbell or Tony Adams. His words are therefore a great ennoblement.
– It certainly looks better physically and thanks to this he copes with the best players in the world, as the clashes with Real showed. When the ball goes to it, it can predict the situation well, set up, you can see the field intelligence, the right movement to the ball. He has the experience of playing on the left defense and thanks to this he is doing even better in one -on -one duels. The number of minutes on the left helped him strongly. It looks like a player who is able to play regularly at the highest level – added Upson.
And how does the future of the Polish defender see?
– If Gabriel did not get injured, Kiwior would not have the chance of so much matches and he would probably feel that he must leave to play regularly and further develop. Then the situation changed and his feelings probably also. In football, a lot can change in a month. I don't know what Arsenal will do. It is certain that Gabriel and Saliba will be the basic central defenders. Kiwior has virtually no chance to regularly play instead of one of them – he pointed out.
Jakub Kiwior has played 64 matches for Arsenal so far. He scored three goals in them and scored five assists. Will the 65th meeting be happy for him? Rematch match of the 1/2 final of Paris Saint -Germain – Arsenal will take place on Wednesday, May 7 at 21:00. We invite you to track live reports