Paris Saint-Germain has won the Champions League. © ANSA / MICHAELA STACHE

Press comments after the final: “PSG humiliates Inter”

Paris Saint-Germain has won the Champions League for the first time. The French champions defeated Inter Milan 5-0 (2-0) in the final in Munich. This was the report of the international press.

June 01, 2025

From: dpa/sn

France

"L'Equipe": “The search was long, arduous, and sometimes demotivating, but the salvation was worth the wait.”

“Le Monde”: "For PSG coach Luis Enrique, who won the title with Lionel Messi's Barcelona ten years ago, this is the second Champions League. The young PSG team is the best the competition has seen since. They have been skillfully assembled over the past two years and can fully thrive this season after the departure of Kylian Mbappé."

“Le Figaro”: “Certainly the year we least expected, when PSG, after the era of stars, relied on youth, team spirit and patience.”

Italy

“Gazzetta dello Sport”: "Inter, what a nightmare! Doué's show and a thrashing from PSG."

“Corriere dello Sport”: "A one-sided final, PSG humiliates Inter. The Champions League goes to Luis Enrique. The French team wins 5-0 in a match they dominate in every respect. For Inzaghi and the Nerazzurri, it's a historic defeat."

“Tuttosport”: "Inter are humiliated in Munich, PSG are European champions. Treble for Luis Enrique."

“Corriere della Sera”: "Inter humiliated, the final becomes a nightmare. PSG wins with a thrashing."

Germany

"Picture": "Paris in a frenzy – Inter crying. What a final! Too much pace, too much technique, too much class – this PSG team was simply too good!"

“Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”: "The longing of Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari investors has been satisfied: The top French club has finally won the most important title in European club football. For years, PSG boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi had invested enormous sums of money in the squad to finally achieve this one special goal – for Messi, Neymar, or Kylian Mbappé. But none of these three players were there when Paris triumphed. A special twist."

“Kicker”: "Peaceful, atmospheric, rocking: Munich experienced a summer party on Saturday evening with roaring PSG football. ... Only Paris St. Germain rocked on the pitch, making Inter Milan look like washed-up Rolling Stones with no sense of rhythm. A worthy victor on Europe's football throne."

PSG President Nasser al-Khelaifi has achieved a major goal. © ANSA / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

England

“Daily Mail”: “The Italians are being slaughtered in Munich.”

"The Sun": "Thanks to the infectious enthusiasm of the youth and the enormous oil wealth of Qatar, Paris Saint-Germain is finally crowned champion of Europe."

"The Times": "Paris conquers Europe with a record-breaking humiliation of Inter. The Parisians are the new kings of Europe."

"The Guardian": "To the last man—some of them still children—they were extraordinary. They will all go down in history. They all deserve it. Who needs Galactics?!"

Spain

“AS”: "It will go down in history that on a hot May evening in Munich, after an outstanding match, football embraced PSG forever, and the Champions League embraced a new champion, a Qatari who, in less than 15 years, invested €2,283 billion in signings until he was crowned. And it will also go down in history that the person who did it was Luis Enrique, that genius frowned upon in half of Spain but idolized in the rest of the world. His project, which was less about the media than about football, proved the experts right once again: In this sport, strategists win and megalomaniacs lose. Always."

“El Pais”: “PSG beat Inter 5-0 in the Champions League final in a game in which the Parisians were far superior to the Italians.”

“Marca”: “What’s happening in Munich is madness.”

Switzerland

"View": "PSG set off a firework from the start, but Yann Sommer's Inter suffered a shipwreck in Munich. In the end, a well-deserved 5-0 win was broadcast on the screens at Munich's Allianz Arena, and the Parisians won the Champions League for the first time in the club's nearly 55-year history. Inter couldn't get into the game at all, completely overwhelmed by their opponents' pressing and pace. The fact that the halftime whistle was a relief for Inter speaks volumes."

PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumms. © ANSA / RONALD WITTEK

Netherlands

“The Telegraph”: "After fourteen years of money-making, the Qatari owners have finally brought in the coveted prize that Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and PSG President Nasser bin Al-Khelaïfi have been chasing all these years."

USA

“ESPN”: "Qatari-owned PSG had spent over a decade trying to win the Champions League by signing the world's biggest stars, including Lionel Messi, Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Kylian Mbappé. But after abandoning that strategy two years ago and signing young players instead, PSG became champions of Europe—ironically in their first season without Mbappé, who left for Real Madrid last summer with the intention of winning the Champions League."

“The Athletic”: "Everyone expected Luis Enrique's team to at least have more possession. In the end, they completely dominated the match. Despite all the talk about Inter's dangerous transition moments after the chaotic semi-final against Barcelona, ​​the Serie A team remained in check, controlled, and completely overwhelmed."