Arsenal win UWCL & End of Season Awards: Part One

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone to reflect on Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Barcelona in Lisbon, to secure the clubs second Women's Champions League 18 years on from the first.

Stina Blackstenius was the hero, scoring the winner just seven minutes after coming off the bench. The panel discuss Renee Slegers impact since becoming manager back in October, including her connection with the squad and how she's improved them tactically.

We hear from Blackstenius, Beth Mead and Chloe Kelly speaking to The Athletic's Charlotte Harpur post game, and Art de Roché drops by to give his thoughts on a brave and intelligent performance.

Amy and Adrian make a start on our end of season awards for the men's side, looking back at the highlights and lowlights of the campaign, choosing their player of the season, goal of the season, moment they wished could be different plus many, many more.

We'll be back on Wednesday with James and Art to talk more about the women's monumental triumph, continue the awards and answer your questions, you can email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:07.0	The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.
0:14.6	Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-Off.
0:16.7	The Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.
0:19.5	On Saturday, Arsenal won the Women's Champions League.
0:23.8	For the second time on a history, beating Barcelona 1-0 in Lisbon.
0:27.4	And on Sunday, the men ended their 20-24, 2025 season
0:31.7	with a 2-1 victory against San Antonio at Sam Maris
0:33.9	to secure second place for the third season in a row
0:37.3	to reflect on both games
0:39.5	and also we're going to conduct our end of season awards.
0:42.9	I'm joined by Adrian Clark and Amy Lawrence.
0:44.8	Good morning.
0:45.6	Hello.
0:45.8	Hello.
0:47.1	Hello.
0:47.2	Morning.
0:47.6	Nice to see you guys.
0:49.1	Amy, you are in Islington.
0:51.9	You can hear the parade from your house, right?
0:54.8	I can.
0:55.5	I'm in, I'm in Highbury.
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