About 90 minutes before the start in the Champions League final in the Allianz Arena on Saturday the team magazines were published.
Luis Enrique, who offered to become only the second coach who won a Treble of a domestic cup, competition title and the Champions League with two different clubs, called the youngest ever XI in the final of the competition in the 21st century.
Inter-coach Simone Inzaghi meanwhile strived for a fine for a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City two years ago, when Pep Guardiola became the first coach to win the Treble with two different sides.
Inzaghi, who is perhaps on its way to Saudi Arabia, where Al-Hilal reportedly wanted to secure his services, went with experience.
Six Inter -players who started in Istanbul were from the off in Munich, and Inzaghi became the first coach to select at least three players between the ages of 35 in a Champions League final.
The average age of the starting line-up of PSG was 25 years and 96 days, five years and 146 days younger than Inters-the largest age gap between two starting XIs in a Champions League final.
5Y 146D -The average age of PSG's starting line -up tonight (25y 96d) is five years and 146 days younger than Internazionale's (30Y 242D), the largest age problems ever between two starting XIS in a UEFA Champions League final. Contradictions.
– Optajoe (@Optajoe) May 31, 2025
If the question was which approach would be at the top of the youth and experience, the answer was emphatically in a record-breaking, 5-0 victory for PSG.
The children are fine
Luis Enrique made a daring claim earlier in the season. With Kylian Mbappe who had followed Lionel Messi and Neymar out, PSG stood for the prospect of a new era.
The Galactico approach had not paid off in PSG's search for European glory. They had only reached one final and lost to Bayern Munich behind closed doors in 2020.
But PSG quickly started to make sure that they banish those spirits in style, by including the biggest victory ever in a European cup/Champions League final.
Desire Doue enlightened it. After he had the opener of Achraf Hakimi Cool, the 19-year-old then struck twice to be the first player involved in three goals in a final of the Champions League.
Doue is only the third teenager who scores in a Champions League final after Patrick Kluivert in 1995 (for Ajax v Milan) and Carlos Alberto in 2004 (for Porto against Monaco), while he is the youngest who is a brace in the showpipe match of the tournament.
He also became the youngest player who scored and assisted in a Champions League final, and only the sixth player in general.
Doue's sublime display was supported by the sparkle of Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Dembele offered two assists, including playing Kvaratskhelia-a winner of the Champions League, Coupe de France, Ligue 1 and Serie A this season-to bring the stand on 4-0, before replacement Senny Mayulu, at the age of 19 years and 14 days, was the third-year-old player and bird.
While Luis Enrique trusted the youth and that faith was repaid, Dembele is a player in his first years.
At the age of 28, Dembele finally creates his potential. He may not have scored on Saturday, but he was the first player to give two assists in a Champions League final since Marcelo in 2018, while the 14 goal contributions of the attacker this season in the competition (eight goals, six assists) is the second most for a French player in a single campaign (17) in Karim Benzema.
Luis Enrique: Treble Special
Football is not everything and finally. Luis Enrique lost his daughter, Xana, to cancer in 2019. She was nine years old.
A moving banner, who depicted Xana that planted a PSG flag in the field, was evident by the PSG fans. Luis Enrique wore a shirt with the same as he celebrated that he was the sixth coach to win the Champions League with two different teams.
The death of Xana came four years after the first Champions League triumph of Luis Enrique and his first Treble. He won it with Barcelona, ​​and it met an Italian team (Juventus).
“Writing history is a goal since the start of the season,” Luis Enrique told Canal + on full -time.
“It's time to have a big party! I felt a real connection between the players and the fans. I think we deserve it. It's hard to play at this level, but we knew how to deal with the pressure.”
But this was a suitable final for what a remarkable season of PSG has been. They have been the best team in Europe, not just in this competition.
Of course, Barcelona could also make a claim on that, but they fluffed their lines in that exciting semi-final defeat against Inter.
PSG, who will soon go to the United States for the World Cup club, finished 2024-25 After having scored 152 goals in all competitions, with only Barca (174) under teams in Europe's top five competitions.
They surpass the European charts for expected goals (145.7), Non Penalty XG (137), Schoten (1,097), Schoten on Doel (458) and great opportunities (288).
PSG was only the third side that scored at least five goals in a final of the European Cup/Champions League after Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960 (7-3) and Benfica against Madrid in 1962 (5-3).
And what is it about Munich that it makes the place where Maiden European champions are beaten?
This was the fifth European Cup/Champions League final that was held in Munich. The victors in each of the five finals won the trophy for the first time, with PSG at Nottingham Forest (1979), Marseille (1993), Borussia Dortmund (1997) and Chelsea (2012).
It was Bayern who denied PSG in Lisbon five years ago, but this Bavarian city will forever take a special place in Parisian hearts, and also in the heart of Luis Enrique.
What kind of inter?
A season that promised so much for Inter is terribly faded. In mid -April they shot to a treble. But they lost from AC Milan in the semi -final of the Coppa Italia, before they finished second behind Antonio Conte's Napoli in the Serie A.
Their incredible defeat of Barcelona in the semi -final offered a glimpse of what this team can do on their day. Yet a team that was built on solid foundations was cut time and time again.
In the final, Inter was chased for only 1.2% of their Champions League matches, on the back of three games, but never more than 370 seconds in one of them.
They also spent the highest percentage of their time winning (50.8%), but the enchanting attackers from PSG made sure that Inter became the first team that was two goals in the first 20 minutes of a Champions League final to put the Nerazzurri firmly behind the black ball.
Indeed, Inter ran 81 minutes and seven seconds behind, more than in their 14 previous games in the competition this season combined (16 minutes and 38 seconds).
2 – For the first time, a team has admitted two goals in the first 20 minutes of a UEFA Champions League final. Shock. #Uclfinal #ucl pic.twitter.com/qwufnw79NG
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Francesco Acerbi, the fierce warrior, was the embodiment of Inter's issues.
Acerbi, een van de helden van Inter tegen Barca, werd de vijfde oudste outfield-speler die een finale van de Champions League begon (37 jaar, 110 dagen), achter Paolo Maldini voor Milan in 2007 (38 jaar, 331 dagen), Lothar Matthaus voor Bayern in 1999 (38 jaar, 66 dagen) en Ryan Giggs voor manchester verenigd in 2011 (37 jaar, 180 days).
However, he was made to see his age, by Doue, Dembele and then Barcola, who sat the veteran campaigner at a certain stage at a certain stage, but to cut wide.
However, Barcola made up for it, with a neat one-two to play in Mayulu-the static Acerbi was the man who played the teenager aside, because Inter became the first team that became five goals in a Champions League final.
It felt like a last chance for this Inter team to really leave their mark. If Inzaghi, who is the ninth coach who loses two or more European Cup/Champions League finals, has to leave, he bends in a low tone, and this blow becomes a task for a team that could do with an innovation.
Inter, such as PSG, can be seen at the Club World Cup. When asked if he would be in charge of the Nerazzurri or Al-Hilal during that tournament, Inzaghi simply said that he “did not know how to answer that”. Time will learn it.