Paris Saint-Germain Hold Off Bayern Munich to Set Up Champions League Final vs Arsenal

Paris Saint-Germain reached the Champions League final after a 1-1 second-leg draw with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, progressing 6-5 on aggregate.

“Luis Enrique's expertise at rebuilding a culture as well as a football team means Arsenal will confront the complete package when they meet Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final”

BBC

Ousmane Dembele scored early for PSG in Bavaria, and Harry Kane replied late, but PSG still advanced to face Arsenal in Budapest on May 30.

BBC

ESPN described the night as PSG “hold[ing] off Bayern to set up UCL final with Arsenal,” while the BBC said PSG delivered a “third-minute hammer blow” through Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s setup for Dembele.

The BBC also noted that Kane’s late equaliser “could not even be described as a consolation,” coming “only seconds from the end.”

Arsenal booked their place in the final after beating Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate, following an initial 1-1 draw in Spain, with Bukayo Saka scoring the decisive goal in the home semi-final second leg.

The London Evening Standard set the final for a 5pm BST kick-off on Saturday May 30, 2026 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, and said the match will be televised live on TNT Sports 1.

London Evening Standard

The BBC framed the matchup as a “mammoth task on 30 May in Hungary,” with Luis Enrique’s PSG presented as the “complete package” for Arsenal to confront.

In the same BBC piece, Stephen Warnock said, “It is very difficult to look past PSG as winners in Budapest,” adding that the only weakness he saw was PSG goalkeeper Matvei Safonov.

The Evening Standard listed Arsenal’s chief injury worry as Jurrien Timber, who “has not played since being forced off with an ankle issue against Everton in March,” while it said Ben White has deputised in his absence and that Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz returned from knocks in the second leg against Atletico.

“Bukayo Saka was the goalscoring hero as the Gunners edged past Atletico Madrid 1-0 in their home semi-final second-leg decider, winning 2-1 on aggregate after an initial cagey 1-1 draw in Spain to confirm their place in the final for only the second time and first since losing to Barcelona in Paris in 2006”

London Evening Standard

For PSG, the same source said Achraf Hakimi is ruled out for a period of weeks after a hamstring injury in the first-leg thriller against Bayern, and it added that Lucas Chevalier is also out for weeks with a thigh injury sustained in training.

The BBC emphasized the stakes of the matchup by pointing to PSG’s chance “to retain the crown they won so brilliantly by beating Inter Milan 5-0 last season,” and it described Arsenal’s confidence as coming from their first Champions League final for 20 years.

With PSG progressing 6-5 on aggregate over Bayern and Arsenal advancing 2-1 on aggregate over Atletico, the final in Budapest becomes the next step in a rematch of last season’s semi-finals, which PSG won 3-1 on aggregate before demolishing Inter Milan 5-0 in the final in Munich.