The UEFA Champions League football winners PSG team held a victory parade through Paris with the trophy on an open bus.
Munich ∙ What Messi, Neymar and Mbappe could not achieve, a 19-year-old fan of theirs, Desiree Duve, won for PSG! Duve and his team, who paved the way for the first goal and scored 2 goals, won the maiden Champions League title for Paris Saint-Germain, defeating Italian club Inter Milan 5-0. The billions poured in by the Qatar Business Group, which acquired the French club in 2011, have finally paid off. An achievement that can be described as the French Revolution in European football. In the first phase, the PSG management tried to win the trophy by lining up superstars. Despite the arrival of superstars and super coaches such as Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, the Champions League title remained elusive. Despite reaching the final in 2020, they lost to German club Bayern Munich. The Champions League triumph is a reflection of the changes implemented by Louis Enrique after Mbappe joined Real Madrid and brought in young players. In the final held on Saturday night, the result of the match was determined by the two goals that PSG managed to score within 20 minutes of the start of the game, breaking through Inter’s strong defense. PSG scored the remaining three goals through the gaps that were revealed in the collapsed Inter defense. Achraf Hakimi (12th minute), Desire Duve (20, 63), Hwicha Quaretshel (73) and Senny Maillu (86) scored the goals, defeating Inter’s experienced goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
A goal scored in the 12th minute by PSG defender Achraf Hakimi, who is also a former Inter player, broke the tie for Inter. The moves started on the left wing. Vitinya’s through ball from just outside the box tore through the Milan defense and landed at the feet of Dzire Duve. Duve, who coolly took the ball, crossed straight to the right wing at a 90-degree angle through the middle of the Inter defenders who had rushed to the left wing to break the fierce defense. Achraf Hakimi’s first touch, which was not enough to mark, went straight into Inter’s net (1–0).
The next goal was also achieved through the ‘wing change’ surgery that tore through Inter’s defense. In the 20th minute, the next move was made on the left wing. Ousmane Dembele’s cross volley to the right wing. Duve’s lightning kick. The ball rolled around the legs of an Inter defender and into the net (2–0). With these 2 goals, Inter’s story ended. Duve found his second goal at the beginning of the second half when Inter was mentally broken. Soon after, Hvicha Quartetsheli and Senni Maillu scored to complete PSG’s historic victory (5–0).
Luis Enrique is only the second coach in club football to complete the treble (winning three major trophies in a season) with two different teams. Enrique, who completed the treble this time with PSG, also achieved the feat with Barcelona in 2015. Pep Guardiola, who completed the treble with Barca and Manchester City, was the first coach to achieve this feat.
