UCL Final | PSG 1-1 Arsenal (4-3 pens): Calafiori’s Gunners lose shoot-out

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Skip to contentBUDAPEST, HUNGARY – MAY 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using a static remote camera behind the goal) Gabriel of Arsenal misses the team’s fifth penalty in the penalty shoot out as Matvey Safonov of Paris Saint-Germain attempts to make a save during the UEFA Champions League Final 2026 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal FC at Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Italy’s Riccardo Calafiori remained on the bench throughout Arsenal’s Champions League Final, which they lost to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Luis Enrique was trying to retain the trophy won last season in a 5-0 victory over Inter and started the same outfield XI as that Final for the first time this term. That included ex-Napoli players Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Fabian Ruiz, former Roma defender Marquinhos, and ex-Inter full-back Achraf Hakimi. The Gunners benched Italy international Calafiori, but fresh from winning the Premier League after a 22-year wait, they were the only unbeaten side in the Champions League this season.

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It took just five minutes to break through, as Leandro Trossard charged down a Marquinhos clearance in midfield and it ricocheted kindly for Kai Havertz, who burst down the left and surprised Safonov into the roof of the net from the tightest of angles.

Bukayo Saka risked a penalty by kicking the ball onto his own arm, while Safonov bravely pushed the low Saka cross off the feet of Trossard, getting a knock to the head in the process.

PSG dominated possession, but barely troubled David Raya, until Kvaratskhelia was brought down by Cristhian Mosquera for a penalty, which Ousmane Dembele converted to equalise, though without a second yellow card for the Arsenal defender.

Kvaratskhelia surged on the counter-attack from his own half and his finish was deflected against the upright by Myles Lewis-Skelly on 78 minutes.

Pacho couldn’t keep his header down from a corner, while Raya was alert to rush off his line and pluck the ball off the feet of Bradley Barcola.

Vitinha’s sweeping first-time finish skimmed the crossbar, then Barcola almost repeated the Havertz goal only to hit the side-netting from a similar position.

That was the last kick of the regular game, so the teams were forced to extra time without injured Dembele and with Calafiori left on the bench throughout.

Noni Madueke had penalty appeals waved away when he went down under pressure from Nuno Mendes, and Raya had another brave rush off his line to stop a knockdown reaching Goncalo Ramos.

Piero Hincapié had a muscular injury during extra time, but Arsenal had completed all their substitutions, so he had to play on while visibly limping. Jurrien Timber hit the side-netting in the final minutes, then a Viktor Gyokeres strike was deflected.

They could only be divided by a penalty shoot-out in Budapest and Eberechi Eze drilled wide after a stuttering run-up, only for Raya to parry from Nuno Mendes, but Gabriel Jesus ballooned the final spot-kick into the stands of celebrating PSG fans.

PSG 1-1 Arsenal (aet)

Havertz 6 (A), Dembele pen 65 (P)

Penalty shoot-out: Goncalo Ramos (goal, P), Gyokeres (goal, A), Doué (goal, P), Eze (miss, A), Nuno Mendes (saved, P), Rice (goal, A), Hakimi (goal, P), Martinelli (goal, A), Beraldo (goal, P), Gabriel (miss, A)

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Player statistic

PSG

Arsenal

Starting lineups

39

Matvey Safonov
Goalkeeper

2

Achraf Hakimi
Defender

5

Marquinhos
Defender

106′

25

Nuno Mendes
Defender

51

Willian Pacho
Defender

14

Désiré Doué
Midfielder

8

Fabián Ruiz
Midfielder

95′

87

João Neves
Midfielder

17

Vitinha
Midfielder

106′

7

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Attacker

83′

10

Ousmane Dembélé
Attacker

90′

1

David Raya
Goalkeeper

3

Cristhian Mosquera
Defender

66′

6

Gabriel Magalhães
Defender

5

Piero Hincapié
Defender

2

William Saliba
Defender

41

Declan Rice
Midfielder

8

Martin Ødegaard
Midfielder

66′

49

Myles Lewis-Skelly
Midfielder

91′

7

Bukayo Saka
Attacker

83′

29

Kai Havertz
Attacker

91′

19

Leandro Trossard
Attacker

83′

Substitutes

19

Kang-In Lee
Midfielder

21

Lucas Hernández
Defender

30

Lucas Chevalier
Goalkeeper

89

Renato Marin
Goalkeeper

24

Senny Mayulu
Midfielder

49

Ibrahim Mbaye
Attacker

27

Dro Fernández
Attacker

6

Ilya Zabarnyi
Defender

106′

4

Lucas Beraldo
Defender

106′

29

Bradley Barcola
Attacker

83′

9

Gonçalo Ramos
Attacker

90′

33

Warren Zaïre-Emery
Midfielder

95′

33

Riccardo Calafiori
Defender

9

Gabriel Jesus
Attacker

13

Kepa Arrizabalaga
Goalkeeper

23

Mikel Merino
Midfielder

16

Christian Nörgaard
Midfielder

56

Max Dowman
Midfielder

12

Jurrien Timber
Defender

66′

14

Viktor Gyökeres
Attacker

66′

20

Noni Madueke
Attacker

83′

11

Gabriel Martinelli
Attacker

83′

36

Martín Zubimendi
Midfielder

91′

10

Eberechi Eze
Attacker

91′

BySusy Campanale

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