Desire Doue dances around Inter as PSG win maiden Champions League | OneFootball

Desire Doue put on a masterclass to hand Paris Saint-Germain the first Uefa Champions League title in the club’s history, beating Inter Milan 5-0 in the final in Munich.

The 19-year-old set up Achraf Hakimi for the early opener before doubling the Parisian outfit’s lead with a goal of his own.

PSG were as dogged in defence as they were brilliant in attack as they refused to let up in the second half. Doue grabbed his brace shortly before being subbed, Kvaratskhelia got the fourth, before Senny Mayulu completed biggest Champions League final drubbing of all time.

The French club are the 24th different winner of the competition.

Desire Doue dances around Inter as PSG win maiden Champions League

It took just 11 minutes for PSG to open the scoring, though Hakimi of all players. The former Inter full-back was on the end of a beautifully worked goal as Vitinha cut the defence open with a lovely throughball for Desire Doue. Federico Dimarco not only played everyone offside, but brainlessly abandoned his position to leave his ex-clubmate completely free in the box for a tap in.

PSG dominated the early proceedings, pressing Inter’s backline relentlessly. The Italians struggled to find an outball as their passing left a lot to be desired.

Even when they did get into the opposition half, PSG posed a threat on the counter. When Inter tried to create an opening from a Denzel Dumfries throw-in, Paris won the ball back before breaking quickly. Ousmane Dembele found Doue with a terrific crossfield switch and the French youngster’s strike found its way into the net following a deflection off Dimarco.

Inter found their way into the match and the final third more as the half wore on, but truthfully were toothless in attack. They had just two attempts before the interval, both headers from corners. To their credit, they continued looking for chinks in the backline’s armour, but they should have found themselves three down heading into the second half.

Dimarco was once again at the scene of the crime as Doue supplied a superb cross to the back post. The wingback should have cleared his lines; instead he hesitated, allowing Dembele a glorious chance which he somehow sent in the opposite direction of the goal.

PSG were back on top now, Doue having a pop from range before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s deflected shot caused yet more heart attacks in the box. The Georgian powered a header just over the bar from the resultant corner. Inter drew a huge sigh of relief when the half-time whistle sounded.

The key questions following the break were: could PSG maintain their merciless press and could Inter put it together in attack? It didn’t take long for us to get our answers.

Luis Enrique’s continued as they started from the restart. Kvaratskhelia whizzed a shot wide and, from the subsequent goal kick, Dembele crouched on the edge of the box in a sprinter’s stance, ready to harass whomever received the ball from Yann Sommer.

Nonetheless, the Nerazzurri persisted with playing the ball out from the back, but arguably their biggest problem was an inability to stop PSG progressing the ball into their half so quickly. Paris got three shots off by the time Inter got their first of the half, ten minutes in.

Moments later the destination of the trophy was put beyond any doubt. Dembele, Vitinha and Doue combined wonderfully yet again; a deft backheel from the former Barcelona forward found the Portugal international, who in turned set up Doue for a side-foot finish into the bottom corner.

The teenager whipped off his shirt in celebration, taking the requisite booking in his stride, before exiting the pitch to a massive ovation to make way for Bradley Barcola.

Inter are no strangers to coming back from the dead on big European nights, but this was too great a mountain for them to climb. At this stage they were just begging for the French superclub to stop piling on the misery.

Their please went unheard as Kvaratskhelia finally got the goal he was desperately looking for and the one his performance deserved. Barcola thought he scored the fifth, but somehow missed the target, finding the side netting instead.

The winger did, though, set up Mayulu for the fifth and final goal of the night. The victory was so comprehensive that the referee didn’t even bother with stoppage time, blowing up when the clock hit 90.

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