ARSENAL and Barcelona meet in a monumental Women’s Champions League final in Lisbon!
The Gunners reached the big one after overturning their first-leg deficit to batter Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 in the second leg.
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While Barcelona THRASHED treble-winning Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate in their semi-final.
The Gunners were last in the final for Europe’s biggest prize 18 years ago – when they beat Swedish side Umea in a two-legged playoff with Alex Scott scoring the only goal of the tie.
Arsenal face a tough test in Barcelona, who are aiming to win the Champions League for the third year in a row.
Barca’s back-to-back Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati said she’s “surprised” the Gunners have made it to the final, but did say it was deserved.
Spain ace Bonmati said: “For me, it was a surprise Arsenal reaching the final.
“They absolutely deserve it, because scoring four goals against Lyon in the second leg is not easy at all.
“I congratulate them for that because I think it was a big surprise, but a well deserved one.”
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When is Arsenal vs Barcelona?
Arsenal vs Barcelona takes place on Saturday, May 24.
The match kicks off at 5pm BST.
Lisbon’s Estadio Jose Alvalade plays host.
What TV channel and live stream is Arsenal vs Barcelona on?
Arsenal vs Barcelona will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and DAZN in the UK.
TNT and DAZN’s coverage gets underway an hour before at 4pm.
DAZN will also be showing the game for FREE on their YouTube channel.
What have they said?
Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers: “We respect them highly as a team.
“They’re very intelligent players, all of them, and technically capable, so it’s going to be a new challenge. I think that it’s a challenge that we haven’t faced yet in the league or in the Champions League.
“We’re going to try to replicate as many moments as possible in training and in meetings and prepare the players for everything that’s going to come.
“But even the pressure and the day of the final and all the aspects of it, we’re going to try and prepare for. But I think when the moment is there, it’s going to be so special.”
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