UEFA Champions League proved to the one who got away for Barcelona in their dominant season 2024/25.
The first Hansi Flick campaign in Catalonia saw Barcelona back to dominance in the interior when they all won El Clasico meetings with Real Madrid.
Two of those victories came in the final of the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercup and Flick also dethroned Carlo Ancelotti as La Liga champion.
Defeat against Inter Milan ended the Barcelona European campaign in the final phase and left Flick frustrated for a tense night in the San Siro.
The side of Simone Inzaghi was eventually beaten 5-0 in the final by first winners PSG and the Parisians were dominant the last UEFA Awards.
The 19-year-old Desire Done scored two goals in PSG's last victory over Inter Milan to end in a season a total of 15 goals in all competitions.
Both he and Lamine Yamal yielded five in the UCL, but the UEFA committee gave him the UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Tournament Award, after his competition -winning impact in Munich.
Former La Blaugrana -Vleugel player Ousmane Dembele won the top MVP trophy after scoring eight goals in the competition.
Raphinha held up to claim the Golden Boot together – scored with 13 goals – next to Borussia Dortmund -Spits Serhou Guirassy.
As expected, PSG dominated the UEFA team of the tournament, with seven players named after the Luis Enrique team, next to two from Barcelona.
Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Dembele and Doue were admitted as part of an attack by four players with Ginaluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes and Vitinha, also mentioned by the UEFA panel.
The last two places were claimed by the internal defender of Milan, Alessandro Bastoni and Arsenal star Declan Rice, where the last two times scored to eliminate Real Madrid in the quarterfinals.