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- Timber fit to start, Madueke too; Ben White is the only man missing for the final. The three meetings with this opponent last season became teaching material, though Arteta says both teams have evolved and the scenario is different now.
- A reference since his playing days, Arteta says: the journey out of Spain and back, and now his fingerprints all over this PSG side, the identity, the mentality, the way they behave and play. An inspiration, and tomorrow an opponent on the touchline.
- The second final in the club's history, and the chance to write a new chapter. To do it, he wants tomorrow played with clarity, courage and a relentless desire to win.
“If we have those three aspects I'm sure that we're going to be close to winning.”
- No pressure off, he insists: winning the league is a platform to aim for more, and the run through this competition is his evidence. He wants the players so confident that they go and do it. Wenger has not called directly, because he never wants to be in the way, but ex-players who lived this stage are all rooting.
- After the Atletico tie he admitted writing a million lineups on his iPad. This week, not that many: more certainty about who can be on that pitch, with time still left to go through the scenarios of the game.
- Watching the semi-final games back left him pleased, and more convinced how close and how unlucky they were not to reach that final. A different moment now, both teams evolved, and tomorrow, he is sure, a different game.
- His whole answer to the favourites question: they are defending the trophy, they are the champions, and Arsenal are here to take it away from them.
- A person you can trust with your life, Arteta says of his captain: probably the biggest role model in that dressing room, a player who loves the game, respects every teammate and leads the team in his own way.
- Rice telling his teammates it was not over after the City game was a natural reaction, Arteta says, and matched what he sensed himself: from there the energy turned, the team played with freedom, and the composure carried them to the league.
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