Vidal: I'll shoot down Barcelona for Arsenal!
The Chile international dumped Monaco out in the quarter-finals and now wants to make amends by upsetting their great rivals since the 2006 Champions League Final.
Arturo Vidal claims he will try to shoot down Barcelona in Saturday's Champions League final not only for Juventus - but also Arsenal.
The Chile international lifted the Scudetto with the Juventus before expressing his desire to lift the FA Cup once.
Vidal came to revenge Arsenal, however, netting the decisive goal in Juve's 1-0 aggregate victory over Monaco in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Consequently, Vidal would now like to make amends somewhat by firing Juve to victory over the Gunners' fiercest rivals.
"I'll try to beat Barcelona, because of what it means for Arsenal fans as well," the attacker told the Daily Mail.
"But it would not be special because of having scored against Barca, but because of the importance of a Champions League final.
"It's an opportunity to go down in history, and obviously scoring against Barcelona would not be as painful as it was scoring against the team which eliminated Arsenal.
"But I need to actually score before thinking about celebrations! Getting a goal in a Champions League final against Barcelona is no easy task.
"I wanted to play in EPL for many years, I'm not going to say it's an extra motivation for me because you don't need extra motivation when you play a Champions League final, but facing Barca will always be special for me."
Vidal is well aware Juve - who are on track for their first-ever treble - will have their work cut out containing a Barca side for whom Lionel Messi has been spectacular of late.
The Argentina international netted a sensational opening goal in Saturday's Copa del Rey final win over Athletic Bilbao, just a fortnight after clinching La Liga with a fine finish in a 1-0 victory at Atletico Madrid.
However, Vidal pointed out that the four-time Ballon d'Or winner has been brilliantly supported by Luis Suarez and Neymar this term, with the three having combined for a record-breaking 120 goals during the 2014-15 campaign.
"It is very difficult to stop Messi but there is not just him at Barcelona," he added. "The other two, Suarez and Neymar, can always punish you.
"If you focus only on Messi, the other two are going to kill you. And then their defence... People talk a lot about their attack but their defence is also top class.
"They are a great team in general, they are among the best in the world - if not the best - but I'm sure they also have plenty of respect for us because they know we can be dangerous and haven't reached the final by accident.
"We are certainly not going to Berlin thinking we are inferior to Barcelona. We would not even go there if we thought we had no chance of winning.
"They have had a great season, they are incredible players and they are in spectacular form right now.
"However, I think we have one of the best defensive lines in Europe. We have had some great performances ourselves and have handled some top-level players.
"It will be a very difficult game but we are confident we have our possibilities."
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Exactly
CdS too. They have tried these de-stabilising tactics ever since we got back on top of Italian football. Every day were selling all of our top players, whilst Inter and Milan have 200M transfer kitties.
