Atletico vs Arsenal : la rencontre qui retient son souffle

Arsenal and Atlético Madrid were embroiled in a “grass war” ahead of their Champions League clash at the Metropolitano on Wednesday. Atletico vs Arsenal s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en Lebanon ce vendredi.

Les faits

• Arsenal and Atlético Madrid were embroiled in a “grass war” ahead of their Champions League clash at the Metropolitano on Wednesday.
• Arsenal saw off Sporting while Atlético Madrid got past Barcelona to set up the semi-final, which has been billed as the meeting of two beasts following the 5-4 between beauties Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the other semi-final.
• It had been too long since the Bavarian Grass Works Team was alerted to a pitch controversy — and leave it to Arsenal to be thrust right into the middle of it.
• Back in the 70s, a patch like this would have been norm, but by today’s standards, a neat, trim, pitch has become all the rage — and expectation, if you will.
• Match Awards from Bayern Munich’s pulse-pounding 5-4 loss to PSG.

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, Arsenal saw off Sporting while Atlético Madrid got past Barcelona to set up the semi-final, which has been billed as the meeting of two beasts following the 5-4 between beauties Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the other semi-final.

Sur le fond, it had been too long since the Bavarian Grass Works Team was alerted to a pitch controversy

Concrètement, Back in the 70s, a patch like this would have been norm, but by today’s standards, a neat, trim, pitch has become all the rage — and expectation, if you will.

Au-delà de ce constat, Match Awards from Bayern Munich’s pulse-pounding 5-4 loss to PSG.

Reste à préciser que Five Observations from Bayern Munich’s absurd 5-4 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.

Les chiffres

À noter par ailleurs: Bayern Munich: 2025/26 Champions League semifinals full coverage.

Plus précisément, the limit is 30mm; it goes between 21mm and 30mm.”

Le contexte

Reste à préciser que Ahead of a game set to be decided by fine margins Arsenal took issue with the finest of those margins as they questioned the length of the grass after ground staff studied the pitch.

À noter par ailleurs: Revealing the details of the “grass war” for CBS Sports, Spanish journalist Guillem Balagué claimed Arsenal believed it was a case of Atlético Madrid boss Diego Simeoe engaging in the ‘dark arts’.

Plus précisément, He said: “I need to tell you about the war of grass – the grass war that took place about an hour ago, because the Arsenal ground staff came in thinking the grass is too high; they were not happy with it.

Dans la foulée, He then asked Alessandro Del Piero if he thought it was a “relevant” complaint, and the Juventus legend confirmed it was, for Atletico.

À ce stade, Del Piero said: “People don’t understand properly because we have this idea of Atletico and Simeone that they are amazing at defence.

À retenir

• It had been too long since the Bavarian Grass Works Team was alerted to a pitch controversy — and leave it to Arsenal to be thrust right into the middle of it.
• Del Piero believes the complaint painted a telling “picture” of where Arsenal are at after ceding their advantage in the Premier League title race to Manchester City.
• He added: “I worry about Arsenal and Arteta bringing this up.
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