"Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen and like one Italian journalist likes to say, Here we go!" Alan Smith's voice carried across the Sky Sports broadcast, steady yet laced with the electricity of the night and a certain chuckle.
"A massive evening in North London and it's Arsenal, going against Paris Saint-Germain, two clubs built on ambition, one chasing their long-awaited goal of triumph at Europe's very summit, and the other, not very far off, as they are also desperate to turn dominance at home into triumph abroad and put a step forward into the final. It doesn't get bigger than this!"
Beside him, Alan McInally leaned closer to his mic, his tone rising with weight.
