Clear the Premier League copy, Paris will reach the Champions League final again - this is the best "self-help" in Ligue 1!

The reporter reported coldly Five years ago, due to the epidemic, the Champions League quarter-finals and above were played in Portugal for single-elimination matches. Paris beat Atalanta and RB Leipzig to reach the Champions League final for the first time in their history, and the fans of Paris were unable to celebrate their historic breakthrough in Paris. Last night, with goals from Fabian Ruiz and Achraf, Grand Paris beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Parc des Princes and reached the Champions League final again with a total score of 3-1 over two legs, and the Champs-Élysées finally fell into a revelry, so much so that the riot police had to intervene in the somewhat out-of-control fans.

Before the start of the Champions League season, Paris was only ranked 7th in the odds to win the championship (21 to 1), in the third tier with Inter, Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid, far inferior to Manchester City (1 to 3) and Real Madrid (1 to 4.5), and even worse than Arsenal (1 to 9) in the second echelon. However, Grand Paris defeated three Premier League teams in consecutive knockout rounds, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal, and won 4-2 against Manchester City in the league stage, Grand Paris completed the top 4 in the Premier League last season in the Champions League - the second time in the team's history to enter the Champions League final, much higher than in 2020. Enrique has also spent 10 years proving that he can lead the team to the Champions League final without Messi, Neymar, Suarez, Iniesta and Xavi.

Enrique is more "French" in Paris, more in pursuit of simple and straightforward efficiency. The possession rate (48% vs 52%), shots on goal (11 to 19), corner kicks (2 to 6) and expected goals (1.74 vs 3.14) were all inferior to the visitors. But the number of shots on target (6 to 4) proves that they have a higher success rate in taking their chances. Paris have scored 33 goals in the Champions League this season, the most goals scored by a French team in a single season in the history of the three major European cups. Dembele has been involved in 12 goals in a single season in the Champions League, surpassing Kylian Mbappe's 11 goals (2020/21) to set a record for Paris.

Ousmane Dembele, who was injured in the first leg of the team's Golden Boot, failed to start, compared to Arsenal's almost elite performance. Like Inter goalkeeper Sommer in the second leg of the other semi-final, Paris goalkeeper Donnarumma also performed bravely, making miraculous saves in the opening game to save the must-score goals of Tinnelli and Odegaard. Kvaratskhelia's shot hit the post in the 17th minute and allowed Arsenal to escape, but on 10 minutes Rice brought down Kvaratskhelia, and Paris drove a free-kick to the box to be cleared, and Fabian Ruiz on the edge of the box shook off the returning Martinelli and fired a powerful shot to break the deadlock.

In the second half, Donnarumma saved two dangerous shots from Bukayo Saka, and in the 66th minute, Achraf's shot hit Skelly's arm, and the referee awarded a penalty after watching VAR, and Vitinha's penalty was saved by Arsenal goalkeeper Raya. In the 72nd minute, Achraf combined with substitute Dembele and the Moroccan full-back stepped forward in the box to volley again. Four minutes later, Bukayo Saka finally had a chance to pull a goal back, but then he fired a crucial solo shot away to seal Arsenal's fate.

After 5 years, Paris has reached the Champions League final again, but it is no longer the same. Only Marquinhos and defender Kimpembe, who was not included in the squad due to injury, are still in the 23-man squad for that year's final. Compared with the past, Enrique's Paris is now "more French", in addition to the team's golden boot Dembele, local youngsters Emery, Douai and Balcola are more eye-catching, and the French-speaking Achraf is the leader of the dressing room.

Paris are the first French team in Champions League history to win 10 games in a single season, surpassing the last time they reached the Champions League final in 2019/20 (nine) and Marseille in 1992/93 (seven). This is the second time in the history of the Paris team to reach the Champions League final, the fourth time to reach the final of the three major European cups, and the eighth time since Reims in 1956 that the French team has reached the Champions League final. Grand Paris has reached the final twice with Marseille and Reims, but is only one trophy away from Marseille. In 1993, Marseille defeated AC Milan in the Champions League final to win the cup, and this time Paris faced Inter Milan in the final.

The previous four Champions League finals in Munich have produced new champions, a Champions League "tradition" that the Parisians hope will come true. However, Paris has previously faced Serie A teams in the knockout rounds of the three major European Cups, starting with the 1983/84 European Cup Winners' Cup 1/84 final by Juventus, and has been eliminated by Italian teams 5 times before, and the most recent defeat to an Italian team to advance to the 2019/20 Champions League 1/4 final was the 2019/20 Champions League quarter-final elimination of Atalanta. However, the last time they faced Milan was in the 1994/95 Champions League semi-finals, when Paris were beaten twice by Fabio Capello's Milan.

More importantly, Grand Paris's entry into the Champions League final is also the best "self-help" for Ligue 1.

The DAZN platform has just announced the payment of 100 million euros in compensation and the termination of its 400 million euros per season broadcast contract with Ligue 1. Ligue 1 can only hope to launch its own broadcast platform, and to do so, it will also terminate its 100 million euros annual broadcast contract with BeIN, which is equivalent to a loss of 500 million euros in broadcast revenue per season. The success of Grand Paris in the Champions League will help Ligue 1 to earn more broadcast revenue in the future. As the only strong player in Ligue 1 in the Champions League, Grand Paris is fighting not only for itself, but for the survival of the entire Ligue 1 and its status in the top five leagues.