{"id":47953,"date":"2026-05-30T20:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/why-history-suggests-arsenal-could-win-the-champions-league-next-year\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:42:54","slug":"why-history-suggests-arsenal-could-win-the-champions-league-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/why-history-suggests-arsenal-could-win-the-champions-league-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Why history suggests Arsenal could win the Champions League next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/why-history-suggests-arsenal-could-win-the-champions-league-next-year\/#Arsenals_Champions_League_victory_is_inevitable\" >Arsenal&#8217;s Champions League victory is inevitable<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/why-history-suggests-arsenal-could-win-the-champions-league-next-year\/#How_we_won_the_Champions_League_after_most_teams_lost_in_the_final\" >How we won the Champions League after most teams lost in the final<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Julian Lawrence has helped Arsenal bounce back from a heartbreaking defeat in the Champions League final and conquer Europe in the coming years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 in extra time at the Puskas Arena, before losing 4-3 on penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Although the night belonged to Luis Enrique&#8217;s side who secured back-to-back European titles, Lawrence insists the future remains incredibly bright for Mikel Arteta&#8217;s newly crowned Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above <span role=\"presentation\"><u>apple<\/u><\/span>  &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arsenals_Champions_League_victory_is_inevitable\"><\/span>Arsenal&#8217;s Champions League victory is inevitable<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reflecting on the dramatic ending in Budapest, the eminent football pundit praised the French giants, but remained adamant about Arsenal&#8217;s upward trajectory under Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What Luis Enrique has achieved in the last two years is absolutely incredible,&#8221; Lawrence said on BBC Radio 5 Live at the Puskas Arena after watching PSG retain the famous trophy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current situation is cruel for Arsenal fans, but it is inevitable that this club will win the Champions League.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence cited structural stability, the age profile of the elite squad and the tactical identity instilled by Arteta as reasons why the north London side remain a dominant force in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>He views the loss less as a mental breakdown and more as a necessary stepping stone for a young team that just broke a 22-year national title drought.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_we_won_the_Champions_League_after_most_teams_lost_in_the_final\"><\/span>How we won the Champions League after most teams lost in the final<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_2026-05-31_020919471-414x299.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image_2026-05-31_020919471.jpg.webp 612w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Sean Botterill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>History strongly supports Lawrence&#8217;s bold claims. For many of modern football&#8217;s great dynasties, experiencing the ultimate heartbreak in the Champions League final was the final push they needed to reach European glory.<\/p>\n<p>Losing a final, or even more than one, often precedes a period of continental supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich: Lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Inter Milan in the 2010 final, but ultimately lifted the trophy in 2001 and 2013 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool: Lost in the 2018 final to Real Madrid, but returned 12 months later and won the 2019 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City: Despite losing their first final to Chelsea in 2021, Josep Guardiola&#8217;s side corrected their mistakes and won the treble in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal now join the likes of Juventus and Atletico Madrid as the last team in the modern era to suffer defeat without lifting a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>But given the club&#8217;s current momentum, Lawrence believes it is only a matter of time before the Gunners follow in the footsteps of City and Liverpool by turning their past heartbreak into a standard European pedigree.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julian Lawrence has helped Arsenal bounce back from a heartbreaking defeat in the Champions League final and conquer Europe in the coming years. The Gunners defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 in extra time at the Puskas Arena, before losing 4-3 on penalties. Although the night belonged to Luis Enrique&#8217;s side who secured back-to-back European titles, Lawrence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-47953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}