Arsenal great Thierry Henry has said his former side are "not at the level" of Champions League final opponents Paris Saint-Germain.
Henry captained the Gunners to a runners-up finish in the competition in 2006, losing to Barcelona in the showpiece, and is desperate to see the current crop go one better.
But he is realistic enough to position Mikel Arteta's team as underdogs against the reigning champions, who defeated Bayern Munich in a blockbuster semifinal.
"We're not in a position to pick and choose. We're not at the level of those guys yet so you've got to be humble with it," Henry told CBS Sports.
"Hopefully we go there and be brave but we have to beat and battle against the champions so it won't be easy, we know that.
"I'm so happy that we're in the final. We'll see where we get against that team because that's an outstanding team. You've got to stay in your lane...It's going to be difficult. We didn't concede a lot of goals, that counts for something, but Paris Saint-Germain have the experience of knowing what it is to win it."
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Henry has an emotional attachment to Arsenal's European ambitions given his own near miss in Paris two decades ago and hopes the long wait is soon over.
"I woke up with a smile, they are are about to do something that I couldn't do myself," he said.
"You want your team to win. I didn't experience it as a player, the second thing I can experience it as is a fan. Hopefully it is going to happen.
"We've been pretty resilient, difficult to score against. We don't over-create but when we do create, we end up putting the ball in the net."
