¨PSG’s long wait for a Champions League title ended in extraordinary fashion this Saturday night in Munich as the Ligue 1 champions thumped Inter Milan with a 5-0 scoreline. Luis Enrique’s Les Parisiens dominated every aspect of the game against an outclassed Nerazzurri side. PSG are the second ever Ligue 1 side to win Europe’s premier club competition.

PSG keep on flying out of the traps early on

Les Parisiens have made a habit of making a strong start in the knock-out stages of the Champions League. And tonight was no different in Munich. In the very first minutes, it was evident that the Ligue 1 champions were very much up for it, whereas the Nerazzurri looked out of gas. Luis Enrique’s youthful side confiscated the ball to apply spells of sustained pressure. And like they often do, they made their domination count.

Ousmane Dembélé opened the scoring at Anfield in the 12th minute. Achraf Hakima did the same, but a minute earlier, against Aston Villa in the quarter-finals’ second leg. Dembélé again drew first blood in only four minutes against Arsenal in the semi-finals at the Emirates Stadium. On the biggest stage of all, it only took 12 minutes for PSG to go ahead courtesy of a sleek team move started by Vitinha and concluded by Hakimi.

Désiré Doué achieves historic feat

One of the subplots in France before the Champions League revolves around whether Désiré Doué or Bradley Barcola would start on the right wing. The Lyon Academy product made a serious case for himself last week with a Man of the Match performance against Reims in the Coupe de France final. Instead, Luis Enrique gave the nod to the Stade Rennais Academy graduate, and it proved an inspired choice.

Doué did great to lose his marker as he roamed on the left of Inter’s penalty box to receive Vitinha’s line-cutting pass. Sent through one-on-one in the Champions League final, Doué could have lost his composure and rushed a shot, but he didn’t. He spotted an unmarked Hakimi and laid it on a plate for the Morocco right-back to open the scoring. Eight minutes later, Doué would find himself as the last link of a swift counter-attack from PSG. His half-volley took a heavy deflection from Federico Dimarco to escape Yan Sommer’s reach.

Doué became the tenth French player to score in a Champions League final, and the youngest ever to both score and assist in Europe’s greatest game. He put the game to bed with an ice-cold finish before his substitution. As his former Rennes coach Julien Stéphan said, only a divine could determine what level he could reach. One thing is for sure: he belongs at the very top, and now, in history.

A complete team performance

PSG completely dominated the Nerazzurri. To a man, every single Parisien turned up and delivered a performance worthy of a Champions League final. Gianluigi Donnarumma responded when called upon with a great save to deny Marcus Thuram. Like his teammate Lautaro Martinez, the France international centre-forward was expertly handled by Marquinhos and the impeccable Willian Pacho. Nuno Mendes played through the pain and was still restless.

PSG’s midfield trio again killed the opposition with passes, athleticism, guile and graft. Despite some misses, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia kept on trying and he was rewarded with the team’s fourth goal. The Georgian winger has been a relentless menace on his left wing. PSG substitutes even took part in the party with “titi” Senny Mayulu blasting one in Sommer’s top corner for good measure. The finishing touch of the biggest ever win in a Champions League win and, arguably, the most-sided UCL final ever.