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Brilliant PSG demolish Inter Milan to win first Champions League title
Paris Saint-Germain’s Head Coach Luis Enrique lifts the trophy with his players as he celebrates winning the UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. (AFP)
Football, Sports
June 1, 2025

Brilliant PSG demolish Inter Milan to win first Champions League title

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the UEFA Champions League for the first time as Luis Enrique’s brilliant young side outclassed Inter Milan on Saturday in the most one-sided final ever, with teenager Desire Doue scoring twice in an astonishing 5-0 victory.

Doue supplied the pass for Achraf Hakimi to give PSG an early lead, and the 19-year-old went from provider to finisher as his deflected shot doubled the advantage in the 20th minute.

Doue scored again just after the hour mark, ending any doubt about the outcome before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ran away to get the fourth while substitute Senny Mayulu, another teenager, made it five.

Inter were simply no match for the French club, who recorded the biggest victory by any team in the final in the 70-year history of the European Cup and Champions League.

“This means everything. It’s our dream,” PSG midfielder Vitinha said. “It’s incredible. The result is not by magic. I’m happy we did it like this.”

The 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.

Already domestic league and cup double winners, they are just the second French winners of European football’s biggest prize as Marseille were the first in 1993 when they beat AC Milan in a final also played in Munich.

It is also a second Champions League for PSG Coach Luis Enrique, who won with Lionel Messi’s Barcelona in 2015.

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.

“It was the objective since the start of last season to make history,” Luis Enrique told broadcaster Canal Plus. “I have felt a really strong connection with the players and the supporters.”

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.

Simone Inzaghi’s side advanced to the final twice in three seasons and lost both times, with this defeat coming a week after they missed out on the Serie A title to Napoli.

They end the campaign trophyless, and their ageing side will need to be rebuilt.

“PSG absolutely deserved to win this match. We are very disappointed,” admitted Inzaghi.

“As a coach I am proud of our campaign but we’re not satisfied with tonight’s game. PSG outplayed us.

“I thanked the players for what they did this season. We won no silverware, but I’m proud.”

PSG gave their opponents no chance from the off on a sweaty night at the Allianz Arena, going ahead in the 12th minute.

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.

It was also the earliest goal in a Champions League final since 2019, and recent history was firmly against Inter.

The 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.

But soon Inter were further behind with a goal from a counter-attack.

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.

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.

Their back line was in disarray as PSG made it 3-0 on 63 minutes, Dembele’s flick releasing Vitinha before he set up Doue to beat goalkeeper Yann Sommer.

Doue came off shortly after to rapturous applause, but his teammates were far from done.

Dembele sent Kvaratskhelia away 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.

That rounded off an incredible night, with PSG becoming the first team to score five goals in the final since Benfica in 1962.

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Desire Doue (left) and Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni fight for the ball during the UEFA Champions League final.AFP

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Desire Doue (left) and Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni fight for the ball during the UEFA Champions League final. AFP

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