Arsecast Extra Episode 697 - 02.06.2026
Arseblog Arsecast, The Arsenal Podcast
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we convene a few days after Arsenal lost the Champions League final to PSG in Budapest. So much has happened since then, that's it's hard to really keep track, but we go chronologically through the trips to Hungary, the atmosphere in the city among other Arsenal fans, and lots more before we get to the game itself. Kai Havertz's early goal had a big impact on the game, not simply by virtue of putting us ahead, but how it influenced the game state. There's discussion of the penalty they were awarded and the one we weren't, the referee's performance, extra-time, and ultimately the heartbreak of the penalty shoot-out with analysis of the takers and the order in which they were taken.
After some reflections on how it all felt, we go into part 2 to talk about the post-game reaction in Budapest, what we can learn from this game, before focusing on the incredible scenes in North London at the parade which really helped diminish the pain of the night before. We also take some listener questions about Josh Kroenke and his role, the potential profile of summer signings, Arsenal being emotional, and loads more besides. It's a long one, strap in!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another Arscast Extra as always, with James from Gunner Blog James, |
| 0:20.7 | Goodly End of Season to you. Yes, goodly end of season to you. |
| 0:22.5 | Yes, goodly end of season, mate. |
| 0:24.5 | How you doing? How are you bearing up? |
| 0:26.8 | Well, as you might hear, my voice is fucked, I think it would be the technical term. |
| 0:33.5 | It's been through a lot over the last, I guess, four or five days. |
| 0:38.8 | I have no concept of time anymore. |
| 0:41.6 | Stuff happened at the weekend. |
| 0:43.0 | It feels like years ago or something. |
| 0:44.9 | I just can't quite get my head around it. |
| 0:46.5 | But yeah, it was a great time of Budapest, apart from me, you know, the one bit, et cetera, et cetera. |
| 0:51.6 | But I am paying the price now for carousing, I think might be one way of putting it, |
| 0:59.4 | and also shouting at the referee at the game on Saturday with some gusto, I think we'll say. |
| 1:06.2 | So I've done myself a bit of damage overall. |
| 1:09.5 | Yeah, it's kind of 50% late nights and boozing and 50% justified referee abuse. |
| 1:16.0 | Yes, yes. |
| 1:17.4 | But I'll get through it. |
| 1:18.5 | We'll try and find a way to navigate through it. |
| 1:21.0 | How are you bearing up? |
| 1:22.6 | Obviously, you've had a ridiculous kind of travel schedule over the last four or five days. |
| 1:30.3 | Well, I have even less idea what time it is, especially because we're doing this podcast on a Tuesday and afternoon your time as well, but kind of needs must with travel schedule. |
| 1:41.3 | I've been to the States, I've been to Budapest, |
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