Arsenal

Coach Mikel Arteta’s team has been solid all season, including facing PSG and Inter in the first half of the eight-game league program. Arsenal finished third in the new phase with six wins — including 2-0 against PSG in London — and one draw. Its only loss was at Inter 1-0.

It easily overcame PSV Eindhoven in the round of 16 after a 7-1 rout in the first leg. Arsenal then stunned many with a 3-0 win at home against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals and finished the job on Wednesday with a controlled 2-1 win at Madrid.

Arsenal is second in the Premier League but far behind leader Liverpool, so the Champions League is the only realistic chance it has left to win a title this season.

Paris Saint-Germain

PSG was at risk of being eliminated in the league phase but its campaign turned in the penultimate round when it bounced back from a 2-0 deficit to hand Manchester City a devastating 4-2 loss.

Crucially, new signing from Napoli Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was added for the knockout rounds. Brest was demolished 10-0 in the playoffs and the Georgia winger was scintillating in the round of 16 against Liverpool. PSG and Liverpool traded 1-0 wins on the road, and a penalty shootout at Anfield was decided by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma’s two saves.

PSG’s third visit to England this season was this week’s 3-2 loss at Aston Villa. Donnarumma’s saves kept out a fourth goal that would have forced extra time. PSG advanced thanks to a 3-1 win at home last week.

PSG has already clinched Ligue 1. It now hopes to achieve what it failed to accomplish when France star Kylian Mbappé led the team: Winning the Champions League.