3️⃣ things we learned as PSG destroy Inter to finally win UCL title | OneFootball

PSG ended their long, long wait for a Champions League triumph with an incredible 5-0 victory over Inter in the final at the Allianz Arena.

Here is what we made of it all.

PSG's long wait ends in stunning fashion

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From the moment Qatari Sports Investments bought Paris Saint-Germain in 2011 and changed French football forever, the ambition has been for the club to be the kings of Europe.

Tonight, it finally happened in simply stunning fashion, but not in the way that was envisaged for so many years of the project. Gone were the biggest egos and the biggest names, and instead a brilliant team won the famous trophy with one of the best final displays in history.

Of course, huge amounts of money have still been spent in constructing this side, with three of the goalscorers, Achraf Hakimi, Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, all arriving for major fees, but it has finally been a collective effort, and one that had some history to go with it.

Hakimi scored against his old side, adding to goals in the quarters and semi finals, as well as the French Cup final, and Doué became the youngest player in the 21st century to score twice in a final on a star-making night.

As for the Georgian superstar, he's won the Champions League, the French Cup and both Ligue 1 and Serie A this season, and Napoli and PSG beat Inter to do it.

It's PSG's night, and it could be their era as a young side looks primed to dominate the continent.

Inspirational Enrique completes his mission

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While there is rightly serious questions around the ownership, there can be no question about the mastermind behind this stunning PSG transformation: Luis Enrique.

The Spanish manager has been the inspiration to his side's success, and to many people for his incredible strength following the tragic loss of his daughter Xana to a rare bone cancer aged just nine in 2019.

Enrique bravely stepped back into the game, with the spirit of his daughter with him all the way. He has repeatedly said he considered himself "very fortunate" to have had her in his life, and to have so many memories.

One such memory came in 2015 when they planted the Barcelona flag in the pitch following their Champions League final victory over Juventus.

Prior to he final he said: “I want to be able to do the same with a PSG flag. My daughter won’t be there in the physical sense, but she will be there spiritually, and that’s very important to me."

He did so tonight after leading his side to a record European Cup final win, joining his old friend Pep Guardiola as the only managers to win two trebles with two different clubs.

A truly inspirational human story.

A hurdle too far for Inter

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While for PSG, it's the stuff of dreams, it's the nightmare of all nightmares for Inter who simply could not live with the pace of the game almost from the kick off.

They were 2-0 down inside 20 minutes, becoming the first side to do so in a Champions League final, and barely laid a glove on the young guns of Paris, looking every bit the oldest side in the competition this season.

However, while it is a night that will go down in infamy for the three-time champions, the Nerazzurri can still hold their heads high after making a second final in the space of three years against the odds.

In comparison to the super clubs of Europe, Inter have not heavily invested in recent years, with Hakimi moving to PSG a sign of both theirs and Italian football's standing in the modern game.

Simone Inzaghi and his battle hardened side beat Arsenal in the league stage, before knocking out Bayern Munich and Barcelona to make the final, with the semi-final clash arguably being the greatest pair of games in European history.

PSG just proved far too much and a hurdle too far, but when the dust settles, this European season can still be considered a major achievement.

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