PSG vs Inter - Champions League final: Predicted lineups | OneFootball

On Saturday night in Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter will meet to determine which club wins this season’s Champions League.

PSG have never got their hands on the famous trophy, despite years of domestic dominance, while Inter are seeking to reclaim it, 15 years after their most recent triumph in 2010.

Luis Enrique has done away with the superstar culture that existed during the first decade of QSI ownership in Paris. After the Neymar and Lionel Messi experiments ultimately didn’t work out, Kylian Mbappe was the last to go – in search of Champions League glory at Real Madrid.

It’s ironic, then, that his new club exited the competition at the quarter-final stage, and his local boyhood team could now win it at the first opportunity without him.

For Inter, who were beaten narrowly by Manchester City in 2023, it feels like the culmination for a team that has been built out of the ashes of a poor decade following 2010’s treble.

PSG predicted lineup vs Inter (4-3-3)

Achraf Hakimi will play a huge role for PSG / David Ramos/GettyImages

GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma – The former teen prodigy already looks like a solid contender to clean up the goalkeeper prizes at the next Ballon d’Or and Best FIFA Football Award ceremonies. As much as PSG are incredible going forward, they owe their place in the final to Donnarumma.

RB: Achraf Hakimi – Like Denzel Dumfries on the Inter right, PSG depend enormously on their marauding full-back for plenty of their attacking creativity. His runs will stretch and test the back three and seek to pin the left wing-back, likely to be Federico Dimarco.

CB: Marquinhos – 30 years of age and already more than 600 senior career games under his belt – almost 500 of those have been in a PSG shirt. To have a club legend and adopted Parisian lift a first ever Champions League trophy would be a great story.

CB: Willian Pacho – The 23-year-old from has slotted straight in at the back, next to the skipper, since arriving from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer. He’s another recent South American success story and part of what appears to be a new Ecuadorian golden generation, 20 years after the first.

LB: Nuno Mendes – Portugal’s flying left-back missed most of last season because of a major hamstring injury, requiring surgery. But his return to fitness and form in 2024/25 was recently rewarded by a new long-term contract until 2029.

CM: Joao Neves – Not every player plucked from Portuguese football for big money thrives – Renato Sanches should know, ironically part of the deal that took Neves from Benfica last summer. But the 20-year-old is far doing really well and joined nine of his colleagues in Ligue 1’s Team of the Season.

CM: Vitinha – Wolverhampton Wanderers declined to use a €20m option to make a loan from Porto a permanent deal in 2021. Now, his estimated market value is three times that, but he arguably holds even more importance to PSG than that number alone would suggest.

CM: Fabian Ruiz – Spain’s Euro 2024 winner perhaps characterises the Enrique era at PSG more than anyone else. He struggled to get into the starting XI in the second half of last season but fought his way back into the manager’s thoughts by doing the simple things exceptionally well.

RW: Desire Doue – 26 goals and assists (check numbers before publication) in his first season at PSG, following last summer’s €50m transfer from Rennes, was the best start he could have wished for. Celebrates his 20th birthday three days after the final and will be hoping to have already had the perfect present.

ST: Ousmane Dembele – Should PSG win this final, the 2025 Ballon d’Or surely awaits for someone widely written off just a couple of years ago. Old disciplinary issues resurfaced when he was dropped for a league phase clash with Arsenal in October, but this calendar year has been different class.

LW: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – January transfer windows are notoriously challenging, but PSG managed to land someone who has improved their team for a sensible price. The Georgian superstar has been afforded plenty of rest for domestic games since April to keep him fresh in Europe.

Inter predicted lineup vs PSG (3-5-2)

Francesco Acerbi's dramatic late goal paved the way for Inter to reach the final / Ciancaphoto Studio/GettyImages

GK: Yann Sommer – After a decent career, the Swiss stopper has become one of the best goalkeepers in the world in his mid-thirties and has proven to be masterstroke of Inter’s recruiters. He replaced Andre Onana in 2023 for only a fraction of the price.

CB: Yann Aurel Bisseck – This is perhaps the one place in Inter’s back three that might be up for grabs. The 25-year-old German has taken a slightly circuitous route to the top but has generally impressed in a breakout season. Benjamin Pavard will be his biggest rival.

CB: Francesco Acerbi – The veteran defender, who turns 38 next season, showcased his attacking prowess in the semi-final against Barcelona, scoring the stoppage time equaliser in the second leg. He had never won a trophy before his 30th birthday, but this could be his eighth.

CB: Alessandro Bastoni – Part of the furniture at Inter these days, although this season is the first time he has surpassed 50 appearances in a single campaign. Watch out for an ability to step into midfield and create chances – he’s got six (check figure before publication) assists to his name in 2024/25.

RWB: Denzel Dumfries – Having either scored or assisted five of Inter’s seven goals across both legs of the semi-final, the Dutch wing-back has come into his own at exactly the right time. The coaching staff have been careful with him since a hamstring injury in April, so fitness shouldn’t be an issue.

CM: Nicolo Barella – Regular transfer links with Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester City in recent months is plenty of an indication as to Barella’s standing among elite midfielders. Ballon d’Or nominations in 2021 and 2023 will surely be followed by a third in 2025.

CM: Hakan Calhanoglu – Swapping Rossoneri for Nerazzurri in 2021 has absolutely proven to be the right decision for the set-piece expert. He’s played the best football of his career in the last couple of seasons and will cause PSG all kind of problems.

CM: Henrikh Mkhitaryan – The 36-year-old is a different kind of player than the prolific assister known to Borussia Dortmund fans a decade ago. But, even with age, he’s as important as ever to Inter after resurrecting his career since arriving in 2022.

LWB: Federico Dimarco – A bit less impressive than Dumfries and more readily replaced, the Italian wing-back will hope to simply wear down whoever he is faced with. Making Achraf Hakimi think about defending, rather than ploughing forward, is a huge battle ground.

ST: Lautaro Martinez – Played through the pain in the semi-final to help spur his team into the final, and only a really bad injury would rule him out. Victory could easily cement his status as a club legend, having arrived as a little known 20-year-old in 2018.

ST: Marcus Thuram – A solid foil for Martinez over the past couple of seasons with a strong, if not outstanding, goal record. The Champions League was one trophy his legendary father, Lilian, never won, so this could be a big moment for the Thuram family.

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