India, May 30 -- Twelve months ago, PSG knocked Arsenal out of the UCL in the semi-finals. Twelve months later, Arsenal are back in the final. PSG are also there, defending their title.

The Puskas Arena showpiece revisits last season's semi-final, when Luis Enrique's side won both legs 3-1 on aggregate en route to dismantling Inter Milan 5-0 in the final. Arsenal were eliminated, injury-hit, outclassed in transition, denied. They went away, rebuilt, and returned. This season, they won all eight of their league-phase matches, the first club in the competition's history to manage that, conceded just four goals across the group stage, then eliminated Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting CP, and Atletico Madrid to reach the final without losing a sing...