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00:00Good evening, everyone. Hope everyone's well. We'll kick off with some questions in English, then we'll go to Spanish.
00:06Raise your hand and we'll come to you. We'll kick off with Dharmesh from Sky Sports.
00:14Mikel, congratulations. Thank you.
00:16Have you ever felt prouder than you are now of your players?
00:21Probably not. Not only because we're in the semi-final for a third time in our history,
00:27but as well for the manner and the way we did it, not only by the way we played,
00:32but as well with the circumstances and the amount of injuries that we have.
00:36So I think overall, I think it shows the character of this team, of this club, and it's an eye to be very proud of.
00:43Alex from the BBC.
00:45Hi, Mikel. Congratulations. A great performance from the whole team.
00:48Because have a word on Declan Rice, another excellent performance from him again.
00:52Yeah, I can talk to him. Obviously, he's been decisive in the tie today in a different way.
00:56I think it was immense. His presence, the power that he showed, how composed he was without the ball.
01:02I think he left the team in many moments and turned the game in our favor.
01:08And I think that's what you need to play, is at this level to step up and have big contribution.
01:12And he certainly has done that.
01:13Sam from Del Telegraph.
01:15Hi, Mikel.
01:16Hi.
01:16We spoke a lot before this tie about belief and conviction.
01:19What does this performance, this week and last week, do for your team looking at this tournament and the next few years?
01:26But the feeling that we had is a reality, basically.
01:30And the inner feeling that I had before the tie.
01:33And while the players were transmitting and how prepared I could feel the team that we are ready.
01:40We are ready to compete against anybody.
01:42And now we have to continue to do that because I think we have some momentum now.
01:47James, Atletic.
01:49Hi, Mikel.
01:50Hi.
01:50You never played down the stakes of this game.
01:53You always said it's a big challenge, a big test.
01:56Having come through that, do you think that a result like this can help your team make that final step
02:01to go from becoming challengers to winners?
02:05Can this give them the fuel and the belief that they need?
02:08Well, it's certainly another massive step where we finished last year and the way we've done it this year
02:15against the team with the highest honors and the competition.
02:19It's incredible.
02:21But as well, big credit to them.
02:23You know, it was my first time as a coach in that dugout.
02:27And today I realized after three minutes that in this stadium anything is possible.
02:31I mean, they are specialists of creating such a chaos, such a belief, and I'm very difficult to understand
02:38really what's going on in the game and have certain certainty about how we control it.
02:43But I think the play showed a lot of maturity.
02:47Hi, Mikel.
02:48What does that say about the character of Saka, that he missed that penalty in the way he missed it
02:55and then he came back and scored a crucial goal for you?
02:59I can go on and on with individuals and a lot of different cases that we had in that team.
03:04But with Bucaio, again, he stepped up.
03:07He didn't score, obviously.
03:09That could be a turning point emotionally in the game because it gives them a lot of belief.
03:13But then the way he handled the situation, the way he played afterwards,
03:17and the personality that he showed at his age, the first time that he plays in this stadium, incredible.
03:22Hi, Mikel.
03:25What do you think tonight shows in terms of the evolution of Arsenal?
03:28If we asked you five years ago that you'd be in the Champions League semi-final after two-legs against Real Madrid,
03:34you'd have pitted someone's hand off.
03:36So, yeah, what would you make of that evolution?
03:39Well, that it's been quite fast before because it was impossible to be in any round
03:43because the club was in the Champions League for seven years.
03:46So that shows you the tonal round and a lot of great decisions that the club has made
03:51and the contribution for a lot of people to be where we are.
03:54And it's a team that you can feel today, how hungry, how determined, and the ambition that is go.
03:59So we're going for more for sure.
04:01James, yes, go.
04:02Hi, Mikel.
04:03Congratulations.
04:05I know you want the focus to be on the players, but for you as a manager,
04:08what belief does this give you, the work that you do, vindicate your methods?
04:13What does it do for you personally?
04:16Well, it's reassuring, and I'm here to experience these kind of games and to go through them.
04:23I know that sometimes you're going to win, sometimes you're going to lose.
04:25So be very critical with yourself tonight.
04:27There are things that we can still do much better, and I have to help the team to do better.
04:32But the biggest pride is when I look at them and I talk to them, how convinced they feel.
04:38And that's a big part of our job.
04:40I know the coaches, and that's why it's a joy to work with them.
04:44Okay, and Mikel from...
04:46Hi, Mikel.
04:47Congratulations.
04:48You mentioned the turning point of the penalty there and the chaos and how difficult it was to control it.
04:53Did you prepare your players for that mentally, about what happens if it's not going as you expect,
04:58or if there is the turn that this stadium can be famous for?
05:01Yes, and we have certain tools to try to do that.
05:04But actually, to do it when it's life, you realize how bloody difficult it is, you know.
05:10But I think we've done it, and we've done it in many moments in a really clever way,
05:15because the game can drive you to scenarios that against them, you know, they are not good at all.
05:21And we were very clear on how we have to get out of that, and we managed to do it.
05:26Okay, we do the last two questions in English, and we're going to Spain.
05:29Tom from London.
05:29Hi, Mikel. Congratulations.
05:32A week ago, you created, your team created an amazing atmosphere with the fans.
05:35Here, you are going to be created one of the best away atmospheres.
05:39A word on the performance of the people behind the players, the fans.
05:43Yes, incredible.
05:44And thank you so much.
05:44All the supporters that have been with us in this journey, in Madrid, around the hotel,
05:49and feeling that belief and support towards them.
05:52I think it's the purpose of our job, to make our people happy.
05:56Hopefully, they feel very proud about the players and the team.
05:59And now, let's go for more.
06:01Phil, PA.
06:02Hi, Mikel.
06:03Arsenal have obviously become the first team to win here twice.
06:06Just a word on that and what that means.
06:08And also, just, you know, you and the players starting to dream that this could be the year
06:13that Arsenal win the Champions League.
06:14I didn't know that it's not before, so great to be part of the history in that part.
06:21But, again, we are really happy tonight.
06:25Certainly not satisfied.
06:26We have an amazing tie now against PSG, a team that we know really well
06:30and we already played against.
06:32So, let's just start to get prepared for that one.
06:34Okay.