Micah Richards predicts who will win Champions League final between Arsenal and PSG
Micah Richards predicts who will win Champions League final between Arsenal and PSG Arsenal take on Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Champions League at Budapest on May 30 and the Gunners will be desperate to win their first-ever European title. The North London club booked their place in their first final of the elite European competition since 2006 with a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night after a 1-1 draw in the first-leg. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will fancy the Gunners’ chances of getting the job done, and Micah Richards believes they can win the game if they score first.
However, he insists PSG are favourites going by the stats, a claim Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker agree with. “PSG, I think,” Shearer replied Lineker on the latest episode of The Rest is Football podcast when asked who he thinks will win the Champions League final. “Just because they know what they are going into, and I don’t see as much pressure on them than maybe Arsenal, and just because the ability they’ve got in every single position, and Luis Enrique he’s done it, so only because of that reason.
I’m not sure it would be a great final but I think they will have enough ability to get through. ” Lineker thinks Arsenal have a chance but is not confident of their chances. “I’ve just got this sneaky feeling Arsenal are going to do this double,” he said.
“I think PSG have to be favourites going into the game, 60-40 in their favour. ” Richards is of the opinion that the Gunners could have a huge advantage by scoring first and deciding to go defensive for the remainder of the game. “If you analyse the whole season, Arsenal have got a better chance than people are giving credit for,” he claimed.
“They won the league phase, they were the best team. I think if Arsenal score first, they win it, but I think PSG have more ways of playing, they can play defensive, so on that basis, I would say PSG wins. “If Arsenal score the first goal, they can lock it up, Whoever scores the first goal.