Lauren Bisan-Etame (Kribi, 1977) serves as a link in MARCA between ‘The Invincibles’ and ‘The Unbeatables’. He belonged to the Arsenal squad that lost the 2006 Champions League final against Barcelona and will support the Gunners from the stands, in his role as ‘Ambassador’, against Paris Saint-Germain. <\/p>\n
Q. How do you see the final? Is PSG a favorite?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. The favorite is PSG for different factors: they have already played in a final, they know what it means to win it and they have a brutal squad. He knows how to play in transition, attack positionally and maintains the same rhythm for the 90 minutes. I give 60% options to PSG and 40% to Arsenal.<\/p>\n The Premier is above the Champions for Arsenal fans<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But, be careful, that 40% means a lot. Arsenal has already achieved the great objective it has pursued for the last 22 years: winning the League. The Premier is above the Champions League for Arsenal fans. Therefore, they go to the final without pressure. That makes them very dangerous and can lead them to win the Champions League.<\/p>\n Q. What needs to be done so that 40% becomes 100%?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. Arsenal must be more Arsenal than ever. Be a solid team with a brutal competitive spirit. It is the team with the least goals scored in the Premier and the Champions League and must be faithful to that style. You cannot propose a one-on-one final against Paris Saint-Germain. We already saw it against Bayern. It may be ugly to hear for fans, but that’s how it is. In transitions they kill you. You shouldn’t let them run because physically they are brutal in all their lines.<\/p>\n PSG is favorite: I give 60% chances and 40% to Arsenal<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Q. Let’s go back 20 years. How do you remember the final against Barcelona?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. I have it engraved in my mind because I couldn’t play it. I always say that I would have changed the 50 games I have played in the Champions League for that final. I had to be on crutches in the stands and when I went down to the locker room I found a team very hurt by the brutal effort they had made.<\/p>\n Part of that final was ours. If Henry had scored that goal before the end of the first half, things would have changed. It was very bitter. I didn’t even want to take the runner-up medal. It’s the only one I don’t have.<\/p>\n I would have exchanged the 50 games I played in the Champions League to play in the final against Bar\u00e7a<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Q. It’s curious. He recovered in Barcelona and there he met Eto’o.<\/strong><\/p>\n A. Life puts you in those circumstances. I am super grateful to Dr. Cugat. If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have played professional football again. Eto’o is a phenomenon. We have shared a room in the national team. He is a born winner. He wants to win everything, just like me. It would have been more fun if both of us had played.<\/p>\n Lauren, exercising her role as ambassador.<\/span>ARSENAL FC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Q. They eliminated Real Madrid, Juventus and Villarreal. What was your turning point?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. I would say the qualifiers against Madrid and, above all, Juventus. Against Madrid, talking among ourselves, we thought we could beat them. Henry looked confident, he said it in training, and we knew that in transitions they couldn’t stop him. Juventus, defensively, was a tougher team. Then in Villarreal we had a bit of fortune. Lehmann was impressive.<\/p>\n Q. It’s curious. Arsenal’s first Champions League final was, at the same time, the farewell to ‘The Invincibles’.<\/strong><\/p>\n A. It was a lot of merit to reach that final because many ‘Invincibles’ were already missing, among them, Patrick Vieira, who was the soul of the midfield.<\/p>\n Q. From ‘The Invincibles’ we have moved on to ‘The Unbeatables’. There is no one who scores a goal against Arsenal.<\/strong><\/p>\n A. Yes, it is a very solid team. That’s why in the final it has to be more Arsenal than ever. Arteta has created an ‘ad hoc’ team, tailor-made, based on the players he has: they play well in transition, positionally, they are supportive at the back… He defends the entire team.<\/p>\n Arteta has created an ‘ad hoc’ team, Arsenal, in the final, has to be more Arsenal than ever<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Q. What do ‘The Invincibles’ and ‘The Unbeatables’ have in common?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. There is no need to compare, it is a sign of weakness. Although it is true that they share three factors: two good coaches, group cohesion and talent. Wenger was the best in his time and now there is Arteta. I myself, in my travels as an ambassador, have seen the good atmosphere and brotherhood that exists. At the talent level it is not just the eleven. The players who come off the bench are brutal. Berta and Arteta have designed an exceptional squad.<\/p>\n This team and ‘The Invincibles’ share three factors: two good coaches, group cohesion and talent<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Q. What did it feel like to see Arsenal win the Premier League 22 years later?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. It was spectacular. I saw myself jumping with my daughter, who is one and a half years old, and I didn’t understand anything at all. I felt very happy because I have seen the suffering of Arsenal fans traveling as the club’s Ambassador through Rwanda, Uganda, Singapore, the USA, Denmark… We are talking about an ecosystem of more than 135 million fans worldwide. There was talk of the agony of not winning titles, but I have always believed in the process, especially since the arrival of Arteta and, luckily, all of that is bearing fruit.<\/p>\n I was very happy to win the Premier League because I have seen the suffering of Arsenal fans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Q. Weren’t you afraid that, as in previous seasons, the Premier League would slip away?<\/strong><\/p>\n A. I had no doubts. I knew that this season we were going to win the Premier. I was very convinced, even after losing to City. They wanted to ‘turn the tables’, but our hands were there, they had the pressure. That resilience that Arsenal showed is the result of believing in the process. I insist, there was no doubt that this Premier was going to be won. The team has matured and that is what has made it win this League.<\/p>\n Lauren lifts the Premier League.<\/span>\n
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