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Arsenal will attempt to qualify for the Champions League final tonight. They face PSG, who won 0-1 in the first leg.
The return match is played in Paris, where an interesting statistic favors the Londoners.
When the Pope dies, an English team wins the Champions League. Black humor, perhaps, but every time a Pope has died, an English team has won this major competition.
In 1978, after the death of Pope John Paul I, Nottingham Forest won the trophy. In 2005, after the death of Pope John Paul II, Liverpool also won.
In 2022, after the passing of Pope Benedict XVI, Manchester City won the first European trophy in the club's history.
But this year, after the death of Pope Francis, will it be Arsenal's turn?