of the clear penalty to Marc Pubill to give the Champions to PSG

Soccer at all times collects its money owed, and Gabriel Magalhães turned the involuntary protagonist of the Champions League ultimate this Saturday. Arsenal’s Brazilian central defender, who within the semifinals in opposition to Atlético de Madrid was on the middle of a referee controversy, missed the decisive shot within the penalty shootout of the grand ultimate in opposition to PSG on the Puskás Aréna in Budapest. Luis Enrique’s Parisian workforce turned two-time European champions by successful 4-3 on penalties after drawing 1-1 in regulation time and additional time.

The reminiscence of the purple and white followers robotically returned to the Emirates on Might 5. Within the second leg of the semifinals, Antoine Griezmann obtained a powerful stomp inside the world that referee Daniel Siebert didn’t sign, beforehand alleging an alleged foul by Marc Pubill on the Brazilian middle again that the replays utterly dismantled. With out that penalty, Atlético was eradicated, and Arsenal reached the ultimate. A ultimate by which Gabriel executed the decisive throw… and despatched him out.

The controversy that eradicated Atlético

The second leg on the Emirates left a number of controversial actions, however none as decisive as that of Griezmann and Gabriel. The referee reviewed the play however thought of that there was a previous foul by Pubill on the Brazilian middle again, a call that even Giuliano harshly denounced within the blended zone: “The referee in some performs like that one didn’t even go to the VAR, the identical as in a play by Antoine, and it didn’t fall on our aspect.”

The pictures left little doubt, since Pubill’s contact was non-existent and Gabriel’s subsequent hit on Griezmann was a penalty. Atlético was eradicated with that bitter style that the purple and white followers know all too nicely when soccer doesn’t distribute justice, being unintrusive.

Budapest, the scene of revenge

Within the ultimate in opposition to PSG, Arsenal got here into the penalty shootout with an actual likelihood of successful the Champions League for the primary time since 2006. Gabriel Magalhães was chosen to take one of many penalties, particularly the decisive one. The Brazilian middle again despatched the ball vast, handing the title to PSG. The purple and white followers skilled the ultimate from dwelling with blended emotions. On the one hand, the satisfaction of seeing that karma exists and that Gabriel paid in Budapest what was not charged on the Emirates.

Good morning Gabriel!!!Karma at all times pays.Final evening you did not faux a lot. pic.twitter.com/NxMR2YEpzO

— #jhonmayo🕹🍼 🐢 (@Road_Metrop) Might 31, 2026

Alternatively, the knowledge that if the refereeing had been truthful within the semifinals, Atlético de Madrid may have been in that ultimate as a substitute of Arsenal. PSG are champions, and the purple and white workforce is left with the bitter feeling of getting been unfairly eradicated. At the very least, Karma appears to have acted with Gabriel, who faked Pubill’s entry virtually a month in the past within the Champions League semi-finals.