PSG beat Inter Milan 5-0: Champions League final – as it happened

Thanks for joining us as PSG blew away Inter Milan to lift the Champions League for the first time.

XEn News will be back with plenty more sporting action soon.

But for now, from Kevin Hand and Patrick Keddie, goodbye.

Our live coverage keeps coming with Germany against Portugal in the first semifinal of the UEFA Nations League on Wednesday.

We’ll also have Spain against France on Thursday in the second semifinal.

On the same day, Indonesia face China in the AFC World Cup qualifiers – we’ll have full coverage of that one, too.

Click here to read our full match report following the match in Munich.

PSG will play Europa League champions Tottenham Hotspur in the European Super Cup final on August 13 in Udine, Italy.

I would fear for Spurs in that game after PSG’s performances this season.

Inter’s coach Simone Inzaghi has congratulated PSG, but said that he is also proud of his players.

“Paris deserved to win this game and the trophy,” he told reporters.

“We’re disappointed, but the path to this point was great. As coach, I am proud of my players. The game, of course, wasn’t good enough on our part.

“I thanked my players for what they did this season. We didn’t win a trophy, but I am proud to be their coach.

“We need to learn from defeats and come out stronger. This hurts like the Istanbul final [in 2023]. It was a different game, of course. Paris were constantly first on the ball. We needed to do much better.

“We gave everything we had to get to this point, playing 58 games this season. We’re disappointed, sad. The players gave their all.”

Enrique, who won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015, has become only the seventh coach to win the competition with two different teams, along with Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes, Carlo Ancelotti, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.

He also won the treble this season for the second time – with PSG’s Champions League being added to Ligue 1 and the French Cup – after he achieved the same feat with Barcelona 10 years ago.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, PSG’s goalkeeper, has been speaking to Sky Sports.

“We were almost out a few times during the season, then we managed to progress and completed an extraordinary season,” he said.

“Our coach gave us the freedom and kept us calm. This is his philosophy. He prepared the final in the best possible way, and we saw that.”

Doue has given an interview to TNT Sports:

“I have no words,” he said. “That was just incredible for me, simply incredible. I have no words, sorry.”

“[Luis Enrqiue] has been here for two years and he has made history for the club. Tactically and mentally, he is a really good coach, unbelievable, and as a human being, too.

“It is a pleasure to work with him. I don’t know how we’ll celebrate, but it’s going to be crazy.”

There’s an interesting stat that shows the depth of young talent coming through at PSG.

While Desire Doue (at 19 years and 362 days) became the third-youngest-ever scorer in a Champions League final tonight, he was soon pushed into fourth place by his teammate Senny Mayulu (19 years and 14 days).

Mayulu is second-youngest only to Patrick Kluivert, who scored for Ajax against AC Milan in 1995 at the age of 18 years and 327 days.

“I think making history was a goal from the start of last season. I really felt a connection with the players and the fans, a very strong connection that we saw throughout the season,” PSG coach Luis Enrique has told reporters.

“We were able to handle the tension and excitement in the best possible way.”

PSG defender Achraf Hakimi has also given his thoughts to the media:

“We have made history, we have written our names in the history of this club. For a long time, this club deserved it, we are very happy. We have created a great family.

“He [Luis Enrique] is the man who has changed everything at PSG. Since he came here, he has changed the way football is seen. He is a loyal man, he deserves it more than anyone else.”

PSG’s captain Marquinhos has been speaking to reporters:

It’s a mix of joy, of all the emotions we’ve spent together. I’ve suffered but I’ve grown up with this team. I think of all the players who have come through and not succeeded. My idol Thiago, Lucas, Zlatan, Cavani, Di Maria.

“So many players who have come through here who deserved this and didn’t succeed.

“Now we’re here and we’re bringing it home. I’m thinking of all the supporters who have been with us, those at the Parc and those around the world. I love you, enjoy it and we’re going to enjoy it here. This is the best day of my life.

“My family have been with me and have been through this with me …

“When we arrived, nobody believed we could go this far. It’s been 12 years of hardship and suffering. I value this title too much, it’s with us and we’re bringing it home, I’m so happy.”

Thousands of PSG fans are descending on the boutique-lined Champs Elysees boulevard, while inside the club’s Parc des Prince stadium, transformed into a giant fan zone for the night, 48,000 people let out a roar of ecstasy at the final whistle.

“Total euphoria, crazy atmosphere,” Gilles Gaillot who had been watching the game in the Paris stadium told the Reuters news agency. “It made up for the wait and the years of disappointment. Finally, Paris and its supporters have been rewarded,” Gaillot added.

Supporters in the French capital set off fireworks and hung out of moving cars waving PSG scarves, delighting in their side’s first victory in European soccer’s top tournament.

Nearby, the Eiffel Tower lit up in PSG’s blue and red colours. On the Rue de Rivoli, which runs past the Louvre museum, joyful crowds thronged the street.

“Two goals and an assist in a UEFA Champions League final at the age of only 19 is incredible,” the UEFA Technical Observer Group said in a statement.

“He played with unbelievable maturity, was very generous in laying up [Achraf] Hakimi for his goal and also worked very hard in defence.”