Paris Saint-Germain wins the Champions League
For the first time, Paris Saint-Germain has won the Champions League. Once again, Luis Enrique’s team, who have been amazing to watch throughout this season’s knockout stages, put on a display. Inter Milan was unable to handle it.
After just twelve minutes, teenager Desiré Doué found the defender in the area and tapped home into an empty net, setting up right-back Achraf Hakimi to give PSG the lead. The Moroccan has scored for the Parisians in the quarterfinal, semifinal, and now final.
Eight minutes later, the 19-year-old Doué’s half-volley bounced off Federico DiMarco, doubling PSG’s lead. In a Champions League final, he becomes just the third adolescent to score.
PSG’s movement and fluidity was scarily good and Inter Milan couldn’t live with it.
The mismatch continued in the second half. Any potential Inter Milan fightback was quashed in the 63rd minute, as teenager Doué was on the scoresheet again. The young Frenchman was found by a perfectly weighted pass by midfielder Vitinha, and Doué’s first time finish slid into the bottom corner.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added a fourth after 72 minutes, after he was slid through by Ousmane Dembélé and lifted the ball over keeper Yann Sommer at the near post. Then to add the icing to the cake, 18-year-old homegrown star Senny Mayulu added a fifth in the 86th minute. The 5-0 scoreline is now the biggest ever Champions League final win.
Luis Enrique’s incredible record in finals continues
Enrique has proven he is a man for the big occasion. Incredibly, the Spaniard has won all eight of the major finals he has managed in club football. He won all three Copa Del Rey finals he managed with Barcelona, as well as the 2014/15 Champions League final (3-1 vs Juventus) and the 2015/16 Club World Cup final (3-0 vs River Plate).
He has then won two Coupe De France finals with PSG, including the Parisians 3-0 win against Stade de Reims last week. Then of course the big one this Saturday against Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
