Sky Sports assesses Paris Saint-Germain's Bonzende 5-0 Champions League final above Inter Milan in Munich, because the French champions have won the title for the first time and now look more silverware in the coming months, including in August against English opposition …
End of the 'bling-bling' era brings real glitter for PSG
In the 79th minute, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia sprinted back from his left-wing position to rob the Inter Wing-Back Denzel Dumfries of the ball and then polluting the Dutchman.
It is a work ethics that embodies how PSG is now a team under Baas Luis Enrique.
For years, PSG had pursued the 'Galacticos' route, but with a front three from Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, the team essentially defended with eight players.
Enrique knew that PSG had to continue from the 'bling-bling' era if they would build a Champions League-winning side, and that is emphatically proven to be the case.
The urgent and working speed of his front three of Ousmane Dembele, Desire Done and Kvaratskhelia in Munich on Saturday was clear from the first whistle to the latter.
Their ruthless Harry helped to contribute to one of the great European definitive displays of all time, with their 5-0 win the biggest victory margin in a Champions League final.
The Parisians were a pleasure to watch in Germany while they cut interlaves to Will, with PSG's breathtaking third goal scored by Doue embodies what Enrique's side is about.
PSG Eye More Glory in the coming months
After having won the Champions League, Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, PSG now have the opportunity to win the four -fold this season during this summer's World Cup.
“We are going to approach it seriously,” said Enrique of the tournament after the victory in Munich.
PSG starts with their club World Cup campaign in the US on 15 June and hopes for more glory on 13 July.
Subsequently, their attention will turn to the UEFA Super Cup of Augustus, where they are confronted with Europa League winners Tottenham, who will certainly vibrate in their boots against this French Juggernaut.
The narrow and tense Europa League victory of Spurs on Manchester United in Bilbao was light years behind PSG's compelling and dominant victory over Inter.
The Enrique side this season had no problem dealing with English opposition after he defeated four Premier League parties – Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal – during their run to Champions League Glory.
A fifth Premier League head skin on August 13 in Udine, Italy, most likely seems to be proof of the two finals.
Age catches Inter Milan
It was still a failure of the last squat for Inter Milan.
The Serie A -side has now lost four of their last five Champions League finals -only Juventus (7), Benfica (5) and Bayern Munich (5) are more occasions than Inter (4).
Saturday's final in Munich saw the age finally catching up with this interkant.
The average age of PSG's starting line -up (25y 96d) was five years and 146 days younger than Inter's (30Y 242D) – the largest age gap ever between two starting XIS in a Champions League. And told.
Inter's midfield of Henrikh Mkhitaryan (36), Hakan Calhanoglu (31) and Nico Barella (28) were flooded by the hustle and bustle of PSG's youthful midfield trio of Joao Neves (20), Vitinha (25) and Fabian Ruiz (29).
Inter was brought by football by football by the football of the next generation when they ended the season, even though they had been on track for the Treble in April.
The defeat against PSG will probably start a big reset for them with Baas Simone Inzaghi who is confronted with an uncertain future, which is heavily connected to a move to Saudi Pro League Club Al Hilal, while the outdated team has to be re -enacted.
Raw PSG fans help Munich again deliver a first winner
Before the kick -off in the stadium there was a real feeling that this was so important for the fans of PSG.
They were louder than their Italian counterparts and did not stop singing during the game.
They generated an excellent atmosphere, which had been absent at their previous Champions League final when they were defeated by Bayern Munich in an empty Estadio du Luz during the Coronavirus Pandemie.
Five years later, their fans showed what they had missed in Lisbon when they helped their side to only become the second French winners of the competition, because fierce rivals Marseille achieved the performance in 1993.
Marseille had also won in Munich against the Italian opposition while defeating AC Milan – and 32 years thereafter was Déjà Vu.
It meant that Munich continued his history in producing a first winner in all his five European Cup finals, with PSG at Nottingham Forest (1979), Marseille (1993), Borussia Dortmund (1997) and Chelsea (2012).
It has been a season of teams that end their trophy drugs, and PSG who earned their Maiden Champions League title, felt a suitable way to end the European club season.
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