The eyes of the football world will now switch to the Allianz Arena in Munich, such as Paris Saint-Germain and Inter on Saturday go the main head for European glory.
Both teams have become Champions League two in the last five years: PSG lost to Bayern Munich in 2020, while Inter in 2023 was defeated by Manchester City.
PSG have been demonstrably Europe's best artists this season. Just as entertaining as a free-scoring Barcelona, ​​who lost to Inter in the semi-final to deny many spectators the final where they hunes, the Luis Enrique team is hunting for a Treble, after they won the Coupe de France last weekend to succeed their Ligue 1-success.
This is the seventh performance of Inter in the final of the European Cup/Champions League and wins three times the trophy (1964, 1965 and 2010). They lost their last last performance and dropped 1-0 against Man City in 2023, when the Pep Guardiola team won the Treble.
On the other hand, this is only PSG's second performance in the final of the European Cup/Champions League. They remain the last French side to win a large European trophy-the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1995-96.
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PSG has currently played the fourth most games (167) without ever winning the European Cup/Champions League since it started in 1955, behind Arsenal (211), Dynamo Kyiv (185) and Atletico Madrid (176).
A victory in this game would have seen them most competitions before they won their first trophy, with Man City the current most at 116, before they won their 117th game in the final against Inter in 2023.
It is therefore somewhat surprising that this is the very first competitive encounter between Inter and PSG.
Here we dive into the most important OPTA insights prior to what promises to be a fascinating Champions League showdown.
What is expected?
The latter not only brings out the first competitive encounter between PSG and Inter, but also marks the first meeting between Luis Enrique and Simone Inzaghi.
Both coaches have supervised 32 Champions League matches in their career, in which Luis Enrique won 20 matches and collects 17 wins.
Inter have been unbeaten in their last four games against French opponents in Europe (W2 D2) since a 1-0 loss for Marseille in the Champions League 2011-12 last 16.
This is just the second final of the European Cup/Champions League between an Italian and a French side, after Marseille defeated 1-0 in 1993 with 1-0 only the only time that a French club ever won the trophy. That final was also held in Munich.
In fact, this will be the fifth European Cup/Champions League final that is held in Munich. The victors in each of the previous four won the trophy for the first time, a Run PSG tries to continue (Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Dortmund in 1997, Chelsea in 2012).
But French clubs have only won two of their 15 major European finals (one of the seven in European Cup/Champions League, one in three in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and none in the UEFA Cup/Europa League).
But Opta's supercomputer does not support them to continue that run.
PSG comes at the top in 44.6% of pre-match simulations, while Inter won in 29% in 90 minutes. The chance of a draw, which means that punishments are needed is 26.4%.
The model gives PSG a 57% chance to lift the trophy.
Luis Enrique's great entertainers
From teams in the top five competitions of Europe, only Barca (174) have scored more goals in all competitions than PSG (147), and it is only the Blaugrana that can have a higher expected goals (XG) in the course of the campaign (XG).
PSG at the top of the graphs for shots (1,074), shots on goal (450) and great opportunities (280). Man City (2,239) is the only team that has more accents in the opposition box than PSG (2,207).
Luis enrique won the Champions League with Barca in 2015, and is look to Become the Sixth coach to win the trophy with Different Clubs, After Carlo Ancelotti (Milan, Real Madrid), Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bayern, Bayern), Bayern), Bayern), Bayern), Bayern), Bayern, Bayern), Bayern), Bayern, Bayern), Bayern, Bayern, Bayern, Bayern, Bayern, Bayern), Bayern), Bayern, Bayern, Bayern), Bayern (Baynck, Bayern )nck, Bayern (Bayern). Munich), Jose Mourinho (Porto and Inter) and Guardiola (Barcelona and Man City).
Indeed, that success with the Blaugrana came ten years ago as part of a Treble, and Luis Enrique could only be the second coach, after Guardiola, to win a Treble that consisted of the Champions League, a large domestic trophy and competition title, with two different teams.
A good omen for PSG is that when Luis Enrique won the Treble 10 years ago, Barca team beat an Italian side – Juventus – in the final.
PSG has won 10 Champions League matches (D1 L5) – Most victories of each French side in one season in large European competition.
This season, PSG both won their most competitions (10) and scoring their most goals (33) in a single major European campaign.
They also registered their most shots per match (18.6) in a Champions League season since 2003-04, when OPTA started recording such data.
Ousmane Dembele has taken over the headlines for his frightening form, but this PSG side is a complete unit.
Gianluigi Donnarumma came up with some huge saves during this campaign. He held five clean sheets in the Champions League, with only Mickael Landreau (seven in 2006-07) that has included more shut-outs for PSG in a large European campaign.
Marquinhos is an integral part of defense.
Only two players have completed more passes in this season's Champions League than the leader of PSG (1,051), which could be seen in the final defeat of 2020 against Bayern.
The final could be his 107th performance in the competition, with only Gianluigi Buffon and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (each 124) play more matches in the history of Champions League without winning the trophy.
Midfielders Vitinha and Joao Neves have also been fantastic.
Vitinha has completed the most passes under high intensive pressure from opponents (665) in the Champions League of this season. He also completed the most passes (1,222), with only Xavi in ​​2012-13 (1,299) and 2010-11 (1,244) once completed more in a season that has been registered since 2003-04.
Neves has applied the most intensive pressure on opponents in the Champions League (824) this period, while he also made 57 tackles.
The only players who make more tackles in a season are Gennaro Gattuso (64 in 2006-07, 59 in 2007-08) and Javier Mascherano (70 in 2007-08).
Inzaghi's Rock-Solid Veteran campaigners
But as they proven in their exciting semi -final victory over Barca, Inter are not pushovers.
Inzaghi may have left the buoys in those two legs against the side of Hansi Flick, but the success of Inter in the Champions League is this term largely built on solid foundations.
They have kept eight clean sheets, more than any other team, which have only given 11 goals.
Integral with their defensive firmness was the performance of Yann Sommer.
Based on the quality of the shots on targeted goal (with the help of XG), Sommer has prevented more goals this season than any other goalkeeper in the Champions League (+5.9 – 10 goals awarded from 15.9 xg on goal, excluding own goals).
Sommer is running the road in the Champions League (from goalkeepers) for clean sheets (seven) this season. Only two Shot-Stoppers-Thibaut Courtois (52) and Emiliano Martinez (49)-this season more rescues registered in the competition than Sommer (48).
The reliability of their keeper has certainly been a crucial factor for Inter, which has admitted a tournament-high 214 shots. Although their 17.3 XGA (expected goals) shows that they generally give up opportunities of low quality. Indeed, the average XG of the shots that Inter is confronted is only 0.08.
In anticipation of Sommer, experienced campaigner Francesco Acerbi has played more than his role.
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Then there is flying wing-back Denzel Dumfries, which was directly involved in five goals in the semi-final legs against Barca (two goals, three assists), such as many target contributions such as in its 51 previous performances in Europe.
Experience was the key for Inzaghi. Only Atletico (43.5%) has handed over a higher part of the 30+ minutes in the Champions League this season than Inter (43.3%), whose 6,151 minutes by players of 30 years the most by a team since Juventus is in 2016-17 (6,186).
All 1,350 minutes have given PSG to players aged 30 or older are justified by only one player (Marquinhos).
It certainly worked. This season has only left 1.2% of their Champions League matches and left in three games, but never more than 370 seconds in one of them – 285 seconds against Bayer Leverkusen in December, 370 against Bayern in April and 343 against Barca in May. They also spent the highest percentage of their time winning (50.8%).
Not that it was all about watching results.
This season, Inter has scored 26 Champions League goals; Their joint the most ever in a big European season and also scored 26 in 2002-03.
They have scored two or more goals in all six knockout matches and can be the third side that scored 2+ goals in every knockout match, including the final in a season, together with Madrid in 1959-60 (seven games) and Milan in 1993-94 (two games).
Players to watch
PSG – Ousmane Dembele
It has been an incredible season for Dembele, who was directly involved in 12 Champions League goals this season (eight goals, four assists); Most by a PSG player in one campaign, while only Ibrahimovic scored more times in a single edition of the competition in 2013-14 (10).
But it was not just about goals – Dembele has also been a creative power.
The most line-breaking passes from one player to the other while breaking a defensive line in the Champions League This term were from Dembele to the robbery of full-back Achraf Hakimi (13); Six more than any other duo.
In general, Dembele has created 35 opportunities this season, the most by a French player since Jerome Rothen in 2003-04 (45).
Inter – Lautaro Martinez
Inter's attacking Talisman is Martinez, who sustained an injury in the semi -final and has since been wrapped in cotton by Inzaghi.
Martinez scored in the last 16, quarterfinals and semi -final. Only five players scored in that phases plus the final in one season-Frank Lampard in 2007-08, Diego Milito in 2009-10, Lionel Messi in 2010-11, Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14 and Sadio Mane in 2017-18.
The Argentina International also wants to become the first internal player with 10 goals in a major European season (he is nine as it looks now).