{"id":30,"date":"2026-02-21T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/?p=30"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:08:30","slug":"arsenal-beat-barcelona-in-the-final-and-win-their-second-european-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal beat Barcelona in the final and win their second European title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"c-chapo \">\n<p>  Not favorites, the English won their first C1 since 2007 thanks to a goal from Swede Stina Blackstenius on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-time\">\n<p>\n  <span class=\"publication-date__published\"><\/p>\n<p>    Published <time datetime=\"2025-05-24T19:56:08+02:00\">on 24\/05\/2025 19:56<\/time><br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"publication-date__metadatas-separator\"\/><br \/>\n    <span class=\"publication-date__modified\"><\/p>\n<p>      Updated <time class=\"publication-date__time\" datetime=\"2025-05-24T20:17:55+02:00\">on 24\/05\/2025 20:17<\/time><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"reading-time \"><br \/>\n    <svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"#ftvi-icon-timer-outlined\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>        Reading time: 2min<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-cover \">\n<figure role=\"group\">\n<picture class=\"picture-wrapper\"><source type=\"image\/avif\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/9n6viX4B0n7Fmn3C5oenZs4LcrE\/0x70:1024x645\/432x243\/filters:format(avif):quality(50)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/McmbiIT6dYKX9aUjlzG1Rx4FwoA\/0x70:1024x645\/720x405\/filters:format(avif):quality(50)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/6oOmThMMFzo2T_Nl0kTqQ_oYmI0\/0x70:1024x645\/1024x576\/filters:format(avif):quality(50)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/4QtXZYyJsynm2IrCv74HsSJciIo\/0x70:1024x645\/1328x747\/filters:format(avif):quality(50)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/2MjmyyP356K_-uMpNwCmgbzM7s4\/0x70:1024x645\/2656x1494\/filters:format(avif):quality(50)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 2656w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 885px, (min-width: 1200px) 50vw, 90vw\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/uxoa4tsZUfJGRo4ZdDMD79pcpKY\/0x70:1024x645\/432x243\/filters:format(webp)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/g5VscIJ67CRwLRKBBtqvJD8Vp1g\/0x70:1024x645\/720x405\/filters:format(webp)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/pmxeY_IQ-DvDWRMX8hlnbcLds6M\/0x70:1024x645\/1024x576\/filters:format(webp)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/XacwrPA3I6gNJdl4Sts1XXIBnS0\/0x70:1024x645\/1328x747\/filters:format(webp)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/_ivPHMogju4sjdOm0ai1hZq1R5c\/0x70:1024x645\/2656x1494\/filters:format(webp)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg 2656w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 885px, (min-width: 1200px) 50vw, 90vw\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 885px, (min-width: 1200px) 50vw, 90vw\" alt=\"Arsenal players lifting the Champions League trophy after their victory in the final against Barcelona in Lisbon, May 24, 2025. (FILIPE AMORIM \/ AFP)\" width=\"432\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/pictures\/DjA4-WivedvoWwyntZvdGd_rZ4g\/0x70:1024x645\/432x243\/filters:format(jpg)\/2025\/05\/24\/000-47zq6cn-68321b91c39b8060482409.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<\/picture><figcaption>Arsenal players lift the Champions League trophy after their victory in the final against Barcelona in Lisbon, May 24, 2025. <span>(FILIPE AMORIM \/ AFP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back on the roof of Europe, 18 years later. Arsenal players won the second <a href=\"https:\/\/bo-pic-franceinfo.francetelevisions.tv\/sports\/foot\/ligue-des-champions\/ligue-des-champions-les-lyonnaises-eliminees-en-demi-finales-apres-leur-lourde-defaite-a-domicile-face-a-arsenal_7214220.html\">Champions League<\/a> of their history by beating the odds in the final against FC Barcelona, \u200b\u200bSaturday May 24, under the sun at the Jos\u00e9 Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon. A quarter of an hour from time, Stina Blackstenius unlocked a hitherto balanced encounter with a cross shot following a corner (74th, 1-0).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fair reward for the Londoners, who bravely played their luck against the Catalan favorite. More enterprising in the first period, they did not give up when Irene Paredes&#8217; gag goal from an own-camp tackle was refused for offside (22nd). Frida Maanum&#8217;s distant attempt boxed by Cata Coll also gave the Barcelona women a first thrill (28th).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latter certainly rebalanced the debates after returning from the locker room, finally managing to maintain the pressure on the opposing cage like a crossbar hit by Claudia Pina (49th) and a powerful strike from the double Golden Ball Aitana Bonmati repelled by Daphne van Domselaar (60th). But the entry of Stina Blackstenius, decisive two minutes after a failed face-to-face against Cata Coll on the counter (72nd), changed the course of the match for the Gunners.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pic-embed-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Winning coaching for Arsenal!<\/p>\n<p>Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring as soon as she entered the game. The Londoners are getting closer to the coronation in the Champions League&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iA5aWjfO7a\">pic.twitter.com\/iA5aWjfO7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 the L\u2019\u00c9quipe channel (@lachainelequipe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lachainelequipe\/status\/1926331428976943282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Swedish striker could even have doubled the lead at the end of the game to complete the fairy tale of her Dutch coach, Ren\u00e9e Slegers, former interim confirmed as number one in January after the departure of Jonas Eidevall. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it matter since this score is enough for immense happiness <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lyon scorers in the semi-finals (1-2, 4-1)<\/span>able this time to resist the return of the Spanish stars who had not remained silent in a match since their last defeat, against Manchester City at the beginning of October (0-2)<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, far behind Chelsea in the league, they also deprive the Catalans of a fourth coronation in five editions with this success and confirm the advent of English women&#8217;s football, including at club level.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"didomi\/javascript\" data-vendor=\"c:facebookp-jUyJUEY9\">\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.defer=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  '\n  fbq('init', '882125681855230');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not favorites, the English won their first C1 since 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsport.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}