By Seyi Babalola
Luis Enrique, the manager of Paris Saint-Germain, has taken pride in the fact that a team from the “league of farmers” has advanced to the Champions League final.
PSG will face Inter Milan in the final after winning 3-1 on aggregate against Arsenal in the semi-finals.
This win completes a season-long clean sweep over Premier League opponents.
The Ligue 1 champions have now eliminated four Premier League teams (Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal).
After the game, Enrique joked that the “farmers’ league” – a disparaging label applied to Ligue 1 – had come out on top.
“The league of farmers, no? We are the league of farmers,” he told TNT Sports.
“But it’s nice. We are enjoying the result and the compliments of everybody speaking of our team — our mentality, how we play. It’s nice.
“Mikel Arteta is a great friend, but I don’t agree at all [that Arsenal deserved to win]. They play the way they want and love to play, but in the two legs, we scored more goals than them and that is the most important thing.
“Arsenal played a great match and we suffered a lot, but we deserve to get to the final.”