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PSG clinches spot in Champions League final

The French club will now face Arsenal

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Matvey Safonov Adam Pretty/ Getty Images

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Matvey Safonov

© Adam Pretty/ Getty Images

BERLIN, May 7. /TASS/. Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has clinched a spot in the Champions League final after a 1-1 second-leg semifinal draw with Bayern Munich.

PSG won the first-leg game 5-4. The French club’s Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov took part in both matches.

PSG will now face Arsenal in the Champions League final in the Hungarian capital of Budapest on May 30.

Notably, Safonov is the first Russian footballer to reach the Champions League final twice.

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