Champions League final: PSG 5 Inter 0 – Desire Doue stars as Parisians end long wait to become European champions
“Paris Saint-Germain landed European football’s biggest prize on Saturday night, dismantling Inter 5-0 in Munich to win the 2024-25 Champions League, only the second French side to win the competition after Marseille in 1993. PSG have made a habit of starting quickly in the Champions League this season and the final was no different, Luis Enrique’s team finding themselves 2-0 up after 20 minutes thanks to goals from Achraf Hakimi and Desire Doue. In an era in which showpiece events can be sterile, cagey affairs, this was very much business as usual for the French champions. To their credit, Inter improved after half-time but the game was sealed just after the hour mark when Doue scored his second of the evening after delightful work from Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha. Further goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu were merely the icing on a highly impressive cake. Their winning margin of five goals is the biggest ever recorded in a Champions League final. …”
NY Times/The Athletic
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Exile to ecstasy: How PSG’s ultras made their city seen and heard
“When Paris Saint-Germain face Inter on Saturday, hoping to lift the Champions League trophy for the first time in their history, they will be supported by a group of fans who have made themselves seen — and heard — throughout the season. Around 3,000 of PSG’s ultras will be at the Allianz Arena in Munich for the final. Their colourful and noisy displays have become a defining feature of the team’s Champions League run, featuring huge tifos or banners, supporters with megaphones leading songs and drums punctuating the air at their Parc des Princes stadium. …”
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Two people die and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League victory
“Two people have died and hundreds have been arrested amid violence on the streets of France which marred Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League final victory and provoked political recriminations. Cars were torched as flares and fireworks were set off while supporters clashed with police in the French capital on Saturday night after the match in Munich. Police arrested 491 people in Paris when crowds converged on the Champs-Élysées avenue, the French interior ministry said on Sunday. A further 68 people were arrested across France. …”
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