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Paris St-Germain
The Eiffel Tower tonight.
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Hakimi opens scoring against old club, Doue doubles lead and then adds sensational third, Kvaratskhelia grabs fourth before Mayulu adds fifth
PSG win Champions League for first time in club's history
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Image source, EPAImage source, Getty ImagesImage source, EPA'Luis Enrique is one of the top European managers of all time'published at 22:42 British Summer Time 31 May
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Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at the Allianz Arena
Image source, EPAI think it's great the way he sets his team up and his work ethic and the way he has built this PSG team.
Luis Enrique was the final piece in the jigsaw to get them there. In terms of top European managers of all time, he has to be in that category.
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PSG without Mbappe is a force thoroughly deserved I think. Spare a thought for Inter's fans. They have lost the league and Champions League in a two week period.
Pande
'The best performance in any final'published at 22:37 British Summer Time 31 May
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Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on MOTD: UEFA Champions League
Image source, EPAIt's the best performance I can remember in a Champions League final, or pretty much in any final.
For them to win so convincingly will leave Inter to consider their own performance but I think they suffered because of the way PSG played - it meant they could never find the spark they needed to make it a contest.
For PSG it has been a long run to get here, 17 games in Europe this season in order to lift the trophy but they do it as deserving winners - there are not many people who would say they were not the best team in Europe in that last half of the season.
You can hear more from Onuoha on MOTD: Uefa Champions League at 23:00 BST on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app.
WATCH: PSG win the Champions League for the first timepublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 31 May
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A reminder there is a Champions League highlights show on BBC One at 23:00 BST.
If you cannot wait that long, click above to see all five goals.
They are well worth a watch.
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Paris St-GermainPictures of the Eiffel Tower show the famous landmark lit up in blue and red in celebration of Paris St-Germain's historic victory.
By the way, there were hundreds of celebrating PSG fans on the pitch at the Allianz Arena earlier. There was no sign of trouble. They have since returned to the stands.
Luis Enrique's 'gone from strength to strength'published at 22:27 British Summer Time 31 May
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Rio Ferdinand
Former Man Utd defender on TNT Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesOn Luis Enrique late-daughter Xana...
Luis Enriqueis a remarkable human being.
I have been in a position where you've had loss and it is difficult to know how you're going to react.
He has continued and gone from strength to strength.
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Champions League winning manager in 2015.
Champions League winning manager in 2025.
A 10-year wait for Luis Enrique. But worth it...
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Image source, Getty Images'A special group of players'published at 22:22 British Summer Time 31 May
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Steven Gerrard
Former England and Liverpool captain on TNT SportsDoes Luis Enrique deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Carlo Ancelotti, Jose Mourinho or Pep Guardiola?
The answer is yes.
This team he has created and put together over the past year or two can beat you in any given way.
The talent across this squad - it is a special group of players and they're getting coached by a special person as well.
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Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport at Allianz ArenaThere's a journalist behind me in the press box wearing a Morocco kit with Hakimi on the back. He's loving it. Doesn't seem very neutral though...
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Paris St-GermainOh. My. Word.
Paris St-Germain fans have just unveiled a huge tifo inside the Allianz Arena featuring Luis Enrique's daughter Xana, who passed away at the age of nine, in 2019.
These are really emotional scenes.
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Paris St-Germain
Paris St-Germain
Image source, Getty ImagesIs this the start of a period of PSG dominance in Europe?
They have waited an awful long time for this moment.
There's been pain, tears, mistakes and frustration along the way.
But finally...they are champions of Europe.
Luis Enrique is on the back of one of his staff holding the European Cup in the air.
Really lovely scenes.
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James Horncastle
Italian football expert on BBC Radio 5 LiveInter felt that this was the only thing they were missing.
Once again, they have to watch another team celebrating and jumping around and partying.
They have won a lot but they have lost a lot. But that's just part of sport.
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The famous trophy is decked in blue and red ribbons.
And PSG's players are going up to collect their medals.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gives the trophy a hug as he walks past.
Very soon PSG are going to be lifting it high into the Munich sky.
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Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport senior tennis reporter at Roland Garros
Image source, Getty ImagesPhotos of this PSG party might actually get hung in the Louvre.
The firework celebration begins at the Parc des Princes within seconds of the final whistle.
A series of colourful displays explode from the roof of the iconic stadium. An incredible sight.
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Paris St-GermainVitinha, a strong contender for player of the match, is being interviewed by TNT Sports.
"This means everything. It's my dream, it's our dream. It's incredible."
'Maybe this is just the start for PSG'published at 22:00 British Summer Time 31 May
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Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at the Allianz Arena
Image source, Getty ImagesA perfect PSG performance.
We can talk about the flair and the flamboyance but this is a team that works for each other as well.
They have blown away a wily old Inter team.
They barely put a foot wrong in every area. Maybe this is just the start.
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Paris St-GermainPSG's players are celebrating by throwing Luis Enrique in the air.
Unbridled joy from their players.
These are joyous scenes in Munich.
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Emlyn Begley
BBC Sport at Allianz Arena
Image source, Getty ImagesThe referee showed a bit of mercy on Inter there as he blew the whistle at 90:00 instead of adding on extra time.
Flares and smoke with the PSG ultras as they celebrate the biggest win in their club's history.
Huge in both importance and by the actual margin of victory.
There are over a hundred police officers and security guards forming a line in front of the PSG fans just to make sure they don't invade the pitch to celebrate with their heroes. But I haven't seen any threat of trouble in the crowd tonight.
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Guillem Balague
Spanish football journalist on BBC Radio 5 Live at the Allianz ArenaLuis Enrique has worked all year for this. This is the culmination of a new era at PSG.
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Five-star PSG smash sorry Inter to win Champions League
Paris St-Germain's brilliant teenager Desire Doue delivered an inspired display as they produced a masterclass to thrash Inter Milan in Munich and win the Champions League for the first time.
The 19-year-old confirmed his status as a new superstar as Luis Enrique's side capped a brilliant campaign by recording the biggest winning margin in a Champions League or European Cup final.
And they did it by sweeping Inter aside in a blaze of attacking football.
Doue helped PSG on their way to history by setting up Achraf Hakimi for a simple finish after 12 minutes, adding the second eight minutes later with a shot that deflected off Inter defender Federico Dimarco.
Luis Enrique, who becomes only the sixth coach to win this tournament with two different clubs after his 2015 triumph with Barcelona, saw his thrilling team pick Inter apart. Any doubt about the outcome was removed when PSG got the third goal their performance deserved after 63 minutes.
Ousmane Dembele's flick released Vitinha, who played in Doue for a composed finish as he became, at 19 years and 362 days, only the third teenager to score in a Champions League final - after Patrick Kluivert for Ajax in 1995 and Carlos Alberto for Porto in 2004.
PSG were outclassing Inter in devastating style, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia running clear to beat Yann Sommer, sending Luis Enrique running down the touchline in a dance of ecstasy.
The agony was not over for Inter, who lost to Manchester City in the 2023 final. PSG substitute Senny Mayulu, himself still only 19, became the fourth teenager to score in a Champions League final, adding a fifth goal four minutes from time.
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PSG deliver display for the ages
Luis Enrique emotional as fans unveil touching tribute to PSG boss' daughter
Paris St-Germain delivered one of the great performances in Champions League history as Luis Enrique's brilliant team gave the competition the winners it deserved.
As they grew into the Champions League this season, they cut a swathe through the Premier League elite - beating Manchester City, then knocked out Liverpool, Aston Villa and Aston Villa in the knockout stages.
PSG emerged as the best team in the competition. And it could not have been illustrated in more emphatic fashion as they ripped apart an experienced Inter Milan team from the first whistle, the contest effectively over when they established a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes.
They were relentless, torturing Inter with their passing and pressing, along with the sheer variety they possess in attack, led by the prodigious talent of Doue, named man of the match, and the young Georgian great Kvaratskhelia.
This was a stunning vindication of PSG's new strategy to move away from the superstar "bling bling" era of Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe to a team ethic based on young, hungry players under Luis Enrique's brilliant guidance.
The Champions League had remained tantalisingly out of reach for PSG, but the curse has been broken by a magnificent side who look built to last.
How PSG's 'perfect' gameplan blew Inter away
Inter suffer misery again
Inter Milan's players and supporters were reduced to tears on a chastening night. The oldest team in the competition looked their age as they were run ragged by PSG.
With doubts over coach Simone Inzaghi's future, and several players at the veteran stage, this defeat looks certain to usher in a new era at this great old Italian institution.
This was a brutal experience for Inter, as PSG tore into them from the first whistle. Inzaghi's side were unable to cope.
Danger man Lautaro Martinez never got a chance to pose a threat, and while there was some ill-fortune attached to their loss against Manchester City in Istanbul, this was a humiliation. In search of their fourth triumph in the competition, they were mauled.
It was a mismatch between youth and experience. Inter grew old before the eyes in Munich as this young and vibrant PSG team carried out a footballing destruction.
'Last chance saloon' for Inzaghi and Inter
Player of the match
Number: 14 D. Doué
Average rating 9.25
Number: 14 D. Doué
Average Rating: 9.25Number: 7 K. Kvaratskhelia
Average Rating: 8.58Number: 2 A. Hakimi
Average Rating: 8.54Number: 10 O. Dembélé
Average Rating: 8.47Number: 17 Vitinha
Average Rating: 8.38Number: 87 João Neves
Average Rating: 8.00Number: 24 S. Mayulu
Average Rating: 7.95Number: 8 Fabián Ruiz
Average Rating: 7.95Number: 5 Marquinhos
Average Rating: 7.91Number: 29 B. Barcola
Average Rating: 7.83Number: 25 Nuno Mendes
Average Rating: 7.81Number: 51 W. Pacho
Average Rating: 7.77Number: 1 G. Donnarumma
Average Rating: 7.69Number: 21 L. Hernández
Average Rating: 7.32Number: 33 W. Zaïre-Emery
Average Rating: 7.25Number: 9 Gonçalo Ramos
Average Rating: 7.04Number: 1 Y. Sommer
Average Rating: 4.23Number: 9 M. Thuram
Average Rating: 4.16Number: 2 D. Dumfries
Average Rating: 4.09Number: 95 A. Bastoni
Average Rating: 4.00Number: 10 L. MartÃnez
Average Rating: 3.93Number: 23 N. Barella
Average Rating: 3.84Number: 15 F. Acerbi
Average Rating: 3.75Number: 28 B. Pavard
Average Rating: 3.75Number: 20 H. Çalhanoğlu
Average Rating: 3.65Number: 22 H. Mkhitaryan
Average Rating: 3.60Number: 59 N. Zalewski
Average Rating: 3.51Number: 21 K. Asllani
Average Rating: 3.46Number: 31 Y. Bisseck
Average Rating: 3.43Number: 36 M. Darmian
Average Rating: 3.35Number: 30 Carlos Augusto
Average Rating: 3.33Number: 32 F. Dimarco
Average Rating: 3.12After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
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Team Lineups
home team, PSG
Manager: Luis Enrique
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
1, Donnarumma, Goalkeeper
2, Hakimi, Defender
5, Marquinhos, Defender
51, Pacho, Defender
25, Nuno Mendes, Defender
87, João Neves, Midfielder
17, Vitinha, Midfielder
8, Ruiz, Midfielder
14, Doué, Striker
10, Dembélé, Striker
7, Kvaratskhelia, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, G. Donnarumma
- Number 25, Nuno Mendes , substituted for L. Hernández at 78 minutes
- Number 51, W. Pacho
- Number 5, Marquinhos , Captain
- Number 2, A. Hakimi , Yellow Card at 90 minutes
- Number 8, Fabián Ruiz , substituted for S. Mayulu at 84 minutes
- Number 17, Vitinha
- Number 87, João Neves , substituted for W. Zaïre-Emery at 84 minutes
- Number 7, K. Kvaratskhelia , substituted for Gonçalo Ramos at 84 minutes
- Number 10, O. Dembélé
- Number 14, D. Doué , Yellow Card at 65 minutes, substituted for B. Barcola at 67 minutes
Substitutes
home team, PSG
- Number 29, B. Barcola
- Number 21, L. Hernández
- Number 3, P. Kimpembe
- Number 19, Lee Kang-In
- Number 35, Beraldo
- Number 9, Gonçalo Ramos
- Number 24, S. Mayulu
- Number 49, I. Mbaye
- Number 39, M. Safonov
- Number 80, Arnau Tenas
- Number 33, W. Zaïre-Emery
away team, Inter Milan
Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Formation: 3 - 5 - 2
Pitch Formation
1, Sommer, Goalkeeper
28, Pavard, Defender
15, Acerbi, Defender
95, Bastoni, Defender
2, Dumfries, Midfielder
23, Barella, Midfielder
20, Çalhanoglu, Midfielder
22, Mkhitaryan, Midfielder
32, Dimarco, Midfielder
9, Thuram, Striker
10, Lautaro MartÃnez, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, Y. Sommer
- Number 95, A. Bastoni
- Number 15, F. Acerbi , Yellow Card at 71 minutes
- Number 28, B. Pavard , substituted for Y. Bisseck at 54 minutes, substituted for M. Darmian at 62 minutes
- Number 32, F. Dimarco , substituted for N. Zalewski at 54 minutes
- Number 22, H. Mkhitaryan , substituted for Carlos Augusto at 62 minutes
- Number 20, H. Çalhanoğlu , substituted for K. Asllani at 70 minutes
- Number 23, N. Barella
- Number 2, D. Dumfries
- Number 10, L. MartÃnez , Captain
- Number 9, M. Thuram , Yellow Card at 69 minutes
away team, Inter Milan
- Number 8, M. Arnautović
- Number 21, K. Asllani
- Number 31, Y. Bisseck
- Number 36, M. Darmian
- Number 12, R. Di Gennaro
- Number 16, D. Frattesi
- Number 13, Josep MartÃnez
- Number 99, M. Taremi
- Number 59, N. Zalewski , Yellow Card at 56 minutes
- Number 7, P. Zieliński
- Number 30, Carlos Augusto
- Number 6, S. de Vrij
home team, PSG
Manager: Luis Enrique
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
1, Donnarumma, Goalkeeper
2, Hakimi, Defender
5, Marquinhos, Defender
51, Pacho, Defender
25, Nuno Mendes, Defender
87, João Neves, Midfielder
17, Vitinha, Midfielder
8, Ruiz, Midfielder
14, Doué, Striker
10, Dembélé, Striker
7, Kvaratskhelia, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, G. Donnarumma
- Number 25, Nuno Mendes , substituted for L. Hernández at 78 minutes
- Number 51, W. Pacho
- Number 5, Marquinhos , Captain
- Number 2, A. Hakimi , Yellow Card at 90 minutes
- Number 8, Fabián Ruiz , substituted for S. Mayulu at 84 minutes
- Number 17, Vitinha
- Number 87, João Neves , substituted for W. Zaïre-Emery at 84 minutes
- Number 7, K. Kvaratskhelia , substituted for Gonçalo Ramos at 84 minutes
- Number 10, O. Dembélé
- Number 14, D. Doué , Yellow Card at 65 minutes, substituted for B. Barcola at 67 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 29, B. Barcola
- Number 21, L. Hernández
- Number 3, P. Kimpembe
- Number 19, Lee Kang-In
- Number 35, Beraldo
- Number 9, Gonçalo Ramos
- Number 24, S. Mayulu
- Number 49, I. Mbaye
- Number 39, M. Safonov
- Number 80, Arnau Tenas
- Number 33, W. Zaïre-Emery
away team, Inter Milan
Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Formation: 3 - 5 - 2
Pitch Formation
1, Sommer, Goalkeeper
28, Pavard, Defender
15, Acerbi, Defender
95, Bastoni, Defender
2, Dumfries, Midfielder
23, Barella, Midfielder
20, Çalhanoglu, Midfielder
22, Mkhitaryan, Midfielder
32, Dimarco, Midfielder
9, Thuram, Striker
10, Lautaro MartÃnez, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, Y. Sommer
- Number 95, A. Bastoni
- Number 15, F. Acerbi , Yellow Card at 71 minutes
- Number 28, B. Pavard , substituted for Y. Bisseck at 54 minutes, substituted for M. Darmian at 62 minutes
- Number 32, F. Dimarco , substituted for N. Zalewski at 54 minutes
- Number 22, H. Mkhitaryan , substituted for Carlos Augusto at 62 minutes
- Number 20, H. Çalhanoğlu , substituted for K. Asllani at 70 minutes
- Number 23, N. Barella
- Number 2, D. Dumfries
- Number 10, L. MartÃnez , Captain
- Number 9, M. Thuram , Yellow Card at 69 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 8, M. Arnautović
- Number 21, K. Asllani
- Number 31, Y. Bisseck
- Number 36, M. Darmian
- Number 12, R. Di Gennaro
- Number 16, D. Frattesi
- Number 13, Josep MartÃnez
- Number 99, M. Taremi
- Number 59, N. Zalewski , Yellow Card at 56 minutes
- Number 7, P. Zieliński
- Number 30, Carlos Augusto
- Number 6, S. de Vrij
- Referee:
- István Kovács
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Dennis Higler
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Mihai Marica
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Ferencz Tunyogi
- Fourth Official:
- João Pinheiro
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Catalin Popa
Match Officials
Match Stats
Key, PSG v Inter MilanOverall possession
xG
PSG 3.2278Inter Milan 0.4911Shots
PSG 23Inter Milan 8Shots on target
PSG 8Inter Milan 2Total touches inside the box
PSG 31Inter Milan 14Goalkeeper saves
PSG 2Inter Milan 3Fouls
PSG 13Inter Milan 7Corners
PSG 4Inter Milan 6Advanced match stats
Shots
PSG 23Inter Milan 8Shots on target
PSG 8Inter Milan 2Shots off target
PSG 12Inter Milan 3Blocked shots
PSG 3Inter Milan 3Attempts out of box
PSG 3Inter Milan 2One-on-one attempts
PSG 2Inter Milan 0Total offside
PSG 0Inter Milan 5xG from open play
PSG 2.9415Inter Milan 0.2567xG from set play
PSG 0.2864Inter Milan 0.2344xA
PSG 2.13234Inter Milan 0.354657xA from open play
PSG 2.0658Inter Milan 0.214847xA from set play
PSG 0.0665204Inter Milan 0.139816Total tackles
PSG 13Inter Milan 11Won tackles
PSG 8Inter Milan 6Fouls
PSG 13Inter Milan 7Total yellow cards
PSG 2Inter Milan 3Total clearances
PSG 20Inter Milan 7Headed clearances
PSG 6Inter Milan 2Duels won
PSG 33Inter Milan 37Total passes
PSG 531Inter Milan 352Accurate passes
PSG 466Inter Milan 287Backward passes
PSG 87Inter Milan 63Forward passes
PSG 157Inter Milan 123Total long balls
PSG 48Inter Milan 45Successful final third passes
PSG 107Inter Milan 43Total crosses
PSG 9Inter Milan 19Touches
PSG 678Inter Milan 497Touches in the box
PSG 31Inter Milan 14Dispossessed
PSG 7Inter Milan 9Goalkeeper saves
PSG 2Inter Milan 3Diving saves
PSG 1Inter Milan 0Saved shots from inside the box
PSG 1Inter Milan 1Saved shots from outside the box
PSG 1Inter Milan 2Keeper throws
PSG 6Inter Milan 3Goal kicks
PSG 5Inter Milan 12
Season so far
UEFA Champions League
Key, PSG v Inter Milan
League position, PSG 15th, Inter Milan 4thTotal points, PSG 13, Inter Milan 19
Goals scored
PSG 38Inter Milan 26Form guide
All competitions
PSG won
v Reims
3
0
Coupe de France
Inter Milan won
v Como
0
2
Serie A
PSG won
v Auxerre
3
1
Ligue 1
Inter Milan draw
v Lazio
2
2
Serie A
PSG won
v Montpellier
1
4
Ligue 1
Inter Milan won
v Torino
0
2
Serie A
PSG won
v Arsenal
2
1
UEFA Champions League
Inter Milan won
v Barcelona
4
3
UEFA Champions League
PSG lose
v Strasbourg
2
1
Ligue 1
Inter Milan won
v Hellas Verona
1
0
Serie A
Previous meetings
All competitions
PSG and Inter MilanPSG Won 3Inter Milan Won 2Draw 1
Played
6
Previous scores
All competitions
Club Friendlies
PSG 1 , Inter Milan 2 on the 1st of August 2023
PSG
Inter Milan
1st of August 2023
PSG 1 , Inter Milan 1 on the 27th of July 2019
PSG
Inter Milan
27th of July 2019
International Champions Cup
Inter Milan 1 , PSG 3 on the 24th of July 2016
Inter Milan
PSG
24th of July 2016
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Match Facts
This is the first ever competitive meeting between Inter and Paris SG. It’s also the second European Cup/UEFA Champions League final between an Italian and a French side, after Marseille beat Milan 1-0 in 1993 – the only time a French side has ever won the trophy. That final was also held in Munich.
This is Inter’s seventh appearance in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, winning the trophy three times (1964, 1965 and 2010). They did lose their last final match, going down 1-0 against Manchester City in 2023.
This is Paris SG’s second ever appearance in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, losing 1-0 against Bayern Munich in 2019-20 previously. They remain the last French side to win a major European trophy – the 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
French clubs have only won two of their 15 major European finals: one out of seven in European Cup/UEFA Champions League, one out of three in UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and none in five attempts in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.
This will be the fifth European Cup/UEFA Champions League final to be held in Munich. The victors in each of the previous four were winning the trophy for the very first time, a run Paris SG will seek to continue (Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997, Chelsea in 2012).
Internazionale have scored 26 UEFA Champions League goals this season; their joint most ever in a major European season, also scoring 26 in 2002-03. They’ve scored two or more goals in all six knockout games and could be the third side to score 2+ goals in every knockout game including the final in a season, along with Real Madrid in 1959-60 (7 games) and Milan in 1993-94 (2 games).
This season has seen Paris SG both win their most games (10) and score their most goals (33) in a single major European campaign. They’ve also registered their most shots per game (18.6) in a UEFA Champions League season on record since 2003-04.
Internazionale have trailed for just 1.2% of their UEFA Champions League matches this season, falling behind in three games but never for more than 370 seconds in any of them – 285 seconds against Bayer Leverkusen in December, 370 against Bayern Munich in April and 343 against Barcelona in May. They’ve also spent the highest percentage of their time winning (50.8%).
Only Atlético Madrid (43.5%) have handed a higher share of minutes to players aged 30+ in the UEFA Champions League this season than Internazionale (43.3%), whose 6,151 minutes by players aged 30+ is the most by a team since Juventus in 2016-17 (6,186). All of the 1,350 minutes Paris SG have given to players aged 30 or over has been by just one player, Marquinhos.
Paris SG have currently played the fourth-most games (167) without ever winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League since it began in 1955, behind Arsenal (211), Dynamo Kyiv (185) and Atlético Madrid (176). A win in this game would see them have the most games before winning their first trophy, with Man City the current most on 116 before they won their 117th game in the final against Inter in 2023.
Internazionale manager Simone Inzaghi lost the 2023 UEFA Champions League final and is looking to avoid becoming the ninth manager to lose two or more finals. The only two managers to lose their first final but win their second are Fabio Capello (lost 1993, won 1994) and Thomas Tuchel (lost 2020, won 2021).
Paris SG manager Luis Enrique – who won the UEFA Champions League in 2015 with Barcelona – is looking to become the sixth manager to win the trophy with two different clubs, along with Carlo Ancelotti (Milan, Real Madrid), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich), Jupp Heynckes (Real Madrid, Bayern Munich), José Mourinho (Porto and Inter) and Pep Guardiola (Barcelona and Man City).
João Neves has applied the most high-intensity pressures to opponents in this season’s UEFA Champions League (824), while he’s also made 57 tackles for Paris SG. On record since 2006-07, the only players to make more in a season are Gennaro Gattuso (64 in 2006-07, 59 in 2007-08) and Javier Mascherano (70 in 2007-08).
Paris SG midfielder Vitinha has completed the most passes under high-intensity pressure from opponents (665) in this season’s UEFA Champions League. He’s also completed the most passes overall (1,222), with only Xavi in 2012-13 (1,299) and 2010-11 (1,244) ever completing more in a season on record since 2003-04.
Internazionale’s Francesco Acerbi – who scored their crucial late equaliser in the semi-final against Barcelona – could be the fourth oldest outfield player to start a UEFA Champions League final (37 years, 110 days), behind Paolo Maldini for Milan in 2007 (38 years, 331 days), Lothar Matthäus for Bayern Munich in 1999 (38 years, 66 days) and Ryan Giggs for Man Utd in 2011 (37 years, 180 days).
Ousmane Dembélé has been directly involved in 12 UEFA Champions League goals this season (8 goals, 4 assists); the most ever by a Paris SG player in one campaign, while only Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2013-14 (10) has scored more.
Internazionale’s Lautaro MartÃnez has scored in the last 16, quarter-final and semi-final of this season’s UEFA Champions League. Only five players have scored in those stages plus the final in one season – Frank Lampard in 2007-08, Diego Milito in 2009-10, Lionel Messi in 2010-11, Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14 and Sadio Mané in 2017-18. He’s also aiming to become the first Inter player with 10 goals in a major European season (currently nine).
In this season’s UEFA Champions League, the most line-breaking passes from one player to another while breaking a defensive line have been from Paris SG’s Ousmane Dembélé to Achraf Hakimi (13); six more than any other duo. Dembélé has created 35 chances this season, the most by a French player since Jerome Rothen in 2003-04 (45), while Hakimi’s 34 chances created is the most by an African player on record (since 2003-04).
Only two players have completed more passes in this season’s UEFA Champions League than PSG captain Marquinhos (1,051), who featured in the 2020 final defeat to Bayern Munich. The final could be his 107th appearance in the competition, with only Gianluigi Buffon and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (124 each) playing more games in Champions League history without winning the trophy.
Based on the quality of shots on target faced (using xG), Internazionale’s Yann Sommer has prevented more goals than any other goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League this season (+5.9 – 10 goals conceded from 15.9 xG on target faced, excluding own goals).