Arsenal FC vs. Paris Saint-Germain live ticker: Semi-final clash in London!

2:45 p.m.: Welcome to the live ticker from FOCUS online. Arsenal FC and Paris Saint-Germain will play the first semifinal match of the current Champions League season tonight. The London club are aiming to knock out defending champions Real Madrid and the French champions and reach the final for the first time since 2006. Kick-off at the Emirates Stadium is at 9:00 p.m.

However, the constant failure in the Champions League and the appointment of coach Luis Enrique in 2023 threw the French team's strategy into disarray. The idiosyncratic Spaniard preaches in Paris what he always did at FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team: "We want players who are hungry." He ruthlessly weeds out everyone else – even if they, like former Frankfurt player Randal Kolo Muani, had been brought in just a year and a half earlier for just under 100 million euros.

As a result, PSG no longer has an all-star team, but rather an exciting mix of players: highly talented players like Désiré Doué (19) and Warren Zaire-Emery (19); still outrageously expensive transfers like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (SSC Napoli) and João Neves (Benfica Lisbon); and a respectable lineup of former Bundesliga stars like Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund), Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt), Lucas Hernández (Bayern Munich), and Ousmane Dembélé (Borussia Dortmund).