Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe triumph for the Parisians follows over a decade of huge investment from their Qatari owners, and comes five years after they lost to Bayern Munich in their only previous final appearance.<\/p>\n
Already domestic league and cup double winners, they are just the second French winners of European football\u2019s biggest prize — Marseille were the first in 1993, when they beat AC Milan in a final also played in Munich.<\/p>\n
It is also a second Champions League for PSG coach Luis Enrique, who won with Lionel Messi\u2019s Barcelona in 2015.<\/p>\n
This youthful PSG side is arguably the best the competition has seen since, one that has been intelligently pieced together over the last two years and fully unleashed this season following the departure of Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the objective since the start of last season to make history. I have felt a really strong connection with the players and the supporters,\u201d Luis Enrique told broadcaster Canal Plus.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>MUNICH, GERMANY – MAY 31: Presnel Kimpembe of Paris Saint-Germain is thrown into the air by players of Paris Saint-Germain as they celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron\/Getty Images)<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/amp-img>MUNICH, GERMANY – MAY 31: Luis Enrique, Head Coach of Paris Saint-Germain, is thrown into the air by players of Paris Saint-Germain as they celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron\/Getty Images)<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAustralian football great Craig Foster said on Stan Sport <\/i>the club had shed the tag of \u201cperennial chokers\u201d, hailing manager Luis Enrique for building a winning team that didn\u2019t need to rely on \u201cglobal superstars\u201d following the departure of Kylian Mbappe last season.<\/p>\n
Adam Peacock described Sunday\u2019s (AEST) performance as \u201cas great a performance you\u2019ll ever see in a game of this magnitude\u201d while UK football pundit Mark Pougatch added:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve watched a lot of big finals … I\u2019ve never seen anything like that. Where one team absolutely humiliated the other. They could have won by seven or eight tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
For a bewildered Inter, there was to be no first Champions League title since 2010 as they failed to add to their three previous triumphs in the competition.<\/p>\n
Simone Inzaghi\u2019s side have got to the final twice in three seasons and lost both, and this defeat comes a week after they missed out on the Serie A title to Napoli.<\/p>\n
They end the campaign trophyless, and their ageing side will need to be rebuilt. \u201cPSG absolutely deserved to win this match. We are very disappointed,\u201d admitted Inzaghi.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a coach I am proud of our campaign, but we\u2019re not satisfied with tonight\u2019s game. PSG outplayed us.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thanked the players for what they did this season. We won no silverware, but I\u2019m proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
PSG gave their opponents no chance from the off on a sweaty night at the Allianz Arena, going ahead in the 12th minute.<\/p>\n
It was a glorious goal, Vitinha threading a pass to Doue who squared for Hakimi to finish before refusing to celebrate against his former club.<\/p>\n
It was also the earliest goal in a Champions League final since 2019, and recent history was firmly against Inter.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>PSG’s Marquinhos celebrates with the trophy after winning the Champions League final soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo\/Michael Probst)<\/span>Source: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe last final in which both teams scored was in 2018, while the last team to concede first but still win were Real Madrid in 2014.<\/p>\n
But soon Inter were further behind with a goal from a counterattack. Willian Pacho prevented Inter from winning a corner, his clearance falling to Kvaratskhelia, who released Ousmane Dembele. His pass found Doue and the youngster, preferred in the starting line-up to Bradley Barcola, fired home via a deflection off Federico Dimarco.<\/p>\n
Inter only really came close to scoring in the first half when Marcus Thuram headed wide at a corner, but things got worse after the break.<\/p>\n
Their back line was in disarray as PSG made it 3-0 on 63 minutes, Dembele\u2019s flick releasing Vitinha before he set up Doue to beat goalkeeper Yann Sommer.<\/p>\n
Doue came off shortly after to rapturous applause, but his teammates were far from done.<\/p>\n
Dembele sent Kvaratskhelia away to to make it 4-0 in the 73rd minute, and the 19-year-old Mayulu played a one-two with Barcola before lashing in the fifth on 86 minutes.<\/p>\n
That rounded off an incredible night, with PSG becoming the first team to score five goals in the final since Benfica in 1962.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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