Paris Saint-Germain have won the Champions League for the first time by thrashing Inter Milan 5-0 in the most one-sided final in the competition’s history.
Teenager Desire Doue scored twice for PSG and set up the opening goal for Achraf Hakimi in Munich’s Allianz Arena before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia made it four and then 19-year-old substitute Senny Mayulu completed the scoring.
PSG took the lead after 12 minutes when Hakimi sidefooted home a pass from Doue. The Parisians went 2-0 ahead eight minutes later when their defender Willian Pacho improbably kept the ball from going out at the PSG end and the resulting fast-flowing move led to Doue firing in a deflected shot that evaded Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
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MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 31: Marquinhos and Presnel Kimpembe of Paris Saint-Germain acknowledge the fans as they celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 31: Marquinhos and Presnel Kimpembe of Paris Saint-Germain acknowledge the fans as they celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 31: Desire Doue of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates after their teams UEFA Champions League final record breaking victory following the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 31: Desire Doue of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates after their teams UEFA Champions League final record breaking victory following the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
PSG made it 3-0 with a goal created by Vitinha’s surging run. He exchanged passes with Ousmane Dembele, before delivering a pass into the path of 19-year-old Doue who drilled the ball into the net.
The match was put beyond doubt by Georgian international Kvaratskhelia’s brilliant low finish before Mayulu rounded off a slick passing move.
Qatari-owned PSG are just the second French club since Marseille in 1993 to win European football’s top trophy.
The victory ends a long wait for one of the world’s most most powerful and rich clubs, who were runners up in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 31: Presnel Kimpembe of Paris Saint-Germain is thrown into the air by players of Paris Saint-Germain as they celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 31: Presnel Kimpembe of Paris Saint-Germain is thrown into the air by players of Paris Saint-Germain as they celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
Australian football great Craig Foster said on Stan Sport the club had shed the tag of “perennial chokers”, hailing manager Luis Enrique for building a winning team that didn’t need to rely on “global superstars” following the departure of Kylian Mbappe last season.
Adam Peacock described Sunday’s (AEST) performance as “as great a performance you’ll ever see in a game of this magnitude” while UK football pundit Mark Pougatch added:
“I’ve watched a lot of big finals ... I’ve never seen anything like that. Where one team absolutely humiliated the other. They could have won by seven or eight tonight.”
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