BUDAPEST — Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are scheduled to play the Champions League final at the Puskás Arena in Budapest at 17:00 BST on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Arsenal reached the final unbeaten, topping the league phase with eight straight wins and defeating Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting Lisbon, and Atlético Madrid in the knockout stages. Paris Saint-Germain navigated a more turbulent path to the final, finishing 11th in the league phase and requiring a playoff round before eliminating Chelsea, Liverpool, and Bayern Munich in successive knockout ties.

Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard reflected on the team’s journey and ambitions ahead of the match. "We know the quality we have in the team. I think we’ve shown that for a long period of time." Ødegaard, who became the first Arsenal captain to lift the Premier League trophy in 22 years during the 2025–26 season, emphasized the club’s hunger for more silverware.

"It’s something special that we can achieve that’s not been done before. It was 22 years since we last won the Premier League and we did it – [now] we want to make even more history." He acknowledged PSG’s strength but stressed Arsenal’s focus on their own performance: "Obviously we’re playing a good team with a lot of qualities but we have full belief in ourselves; what we can do, the football we can play and the results that we can get. That’s our main focus, to be us and to focus on what we can control."

Winger Bukayo Saka, the sole survivor from Arsenal’s 2020 FA Cup-winning squad under Mikel Arteta, echoed the captain’s sentiments. "We have enough fire going into the game tomorrow. We know the history of the club and we know that tomorrow we can write history as players, winning it for the first time, so that’s already a lot of motivation." Saka also noted, "We’re a very tight-knitted team, we get on with each other very well and we’re willing to fight for each other on and off the pitch – that goes a long way. It helped us win the Premier League and hopefully it’ll give us an advantage tomorrow."

PSG coach Luis Enrique, whose team seeks a second consecutive Champions League title, framed the stakes in historic terms. "Do you know how powerful it is winning a second Champions League in a row? It’s bigger," he said, adding that his squad had "already gone down in the history books as one of the best in the world."