UEFA Champions League final live updates: PSG, Inter battle for ultimate glory in Munich

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Simone Inzaghi has said ahead of the UCL final that he wants to see determination and not obsession from his players in Munich.
"I have seen determination and not the obsession that shouldn't be there," Inzaghi told reporters.
"Instead, there should be the right concentration and determination, and this is what the guys have shown me in these days.
"I asked during the week for concentration and determination, but not obsession, we must be free, free of mind in preparing in the best possible way."
Luis Enrique said that PSG is a team that is used to playing in the finals and that experience will matter. Enrique has claimed that his team won't be afraid in the final and are ready for the clash against Inter.
"We're a team that's used to playing in finals; these are situations we're accustomed to and have already experienced. Motivation is important, but we're used to it," Luis Enrique told a press conference.
"There are always two ways to interpret experience, it can play both ways. I think it's important to have experience, but that it's still very relative."
"What makes us strong as a team is that our journey has been difficult: there have been ups and downs, but having struggled can be an advantage. We're used to playing these finals, we've played against some of the best teams in Europe, and we've played some real finals along the way. We're ready, we won't be afraid."
Inter Milan will be wearing their third kit in the final against PSG on Saturday. They will be the first team since 1999 to do so.
Inter Milan will wear their third kit in today's Champions League final — becoming the first team to do so since 1999.🟡🟡 pic.twitter.com/l7VQ4DrWvg
— The Touchline | Football Coverage (@TouchlineX) May 31, 2025
Ahead of the Champions League final in Munich, it seems that the PSG and Inter fans have come to blows in the German city. A video circulating on social media shows that the fans were fighting inside a train.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: PSG and Inter fans are fighting in Munich ahead of the UCL final.pic.twitter.com/MOJJpU5mE9
— The Touchline | Football Coverage (@TouchlineX) May 31, 2025
Inter Milan were one of the teams that secured straight passage to the Round of 16 after finishing in the top 8. After that, they beat Feyenoord in the Round of 16, before dumping out Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals. Up next was a tricky fixture against Barcelona, which Inter put on a show in both legs and ultimately beating the Spanish giants 7-6 on aggregate.
PSG's road to Munich was a tough one as they had to play in the playoff round after finishing 15th in the league. In the play-off round, they beat Brest 10-0 on aggregate, before dispatching Liverpool on penalties in the Round of 16. This was followed by a win over Aston Villa in the quarters, before beating Arsenal in the semis.
This is the first time PSG and Inter Milan will be facing in the Champions League. The stakes cannot be more bigger than this!
The Allianz Arena in Munich is ready to host a final few expected but every football romantic craves: Paris Saint-Germain vs Inter Milan. France against Italy—two proud footballing nations, two clubs that have rewritten their identities, and two managers who have rebuilt from wreckage, now chasing the same elusive prize. For all the glitz the Champions League promises, this final is not about tradition versus ambition—it is about trust, ideas, reinvention, and above all, redemption.
In one dugout, Luis Enrique—the purist, the professor, the man who once led MSN to immortality in 2015—guides a youthful, hungry PSG side that has dared to look inward rather than outward. In the other, Simone Inzaghi—the alchemist, the pragmatic artist, the tactician who rebuilt Inter not with gold but with grit. Both men, chasing their second Champions League titles, arrive in Munich with one common mission: write a new chapter in Europe's elite history.
Finals are rare, and this one is rarest of all
For all their riches and reputations, French and Italian clubs have found little joy on this stage in recent decades. Ligue 1 hasn't celebrated European glory since Marseille's 1993 triumph—ironically, over an Italian team. Since then, French sides have stumbled at the final hurdle: Monaco in 2004, PSG in 2020. Serie A, once the gold standard of club football, has watched from the shadows. No Italian team has lifted the trophy since Inter's historic treble under Mourinho in 2010—a long, quiet drought of 15 years and counting.
That changes now. One way or another.
Both teams have earned their place. PSG tore through Premier League royalty, eliminating Liverpool and Arsenal with the verve of a squad no longer shackled by reputation. Inter, meanwhile, knocked out Barcelona and Bayern Munich—two juggernauts with Champions League DNA flowing through them. These were no accidents. They were blueprints in motion.
Enrique: From brink to brilliance
Enrique: It's easy to forget how close PSG were to the exit this season in the first round. A sluggish start to the group stage left PSG flirting with disaster. Whispers of dismissal began to circle. But three straight wins, a surge of belief, and the Spaniard—armed with conviction and a bold vision—dragged his team into the knockouts.
Now he stands on the brink of something special, again.
Unlike his 2015 Barcelona, PSG under Enrique is not a galctico galaxy—it's a constellation of promise. The Qatari owners, once obsessed with marquee names and marketing buzz, have taken a step back. The Neymar-Messi-Mbappe era is over. In its place, a team built on youth, cohesion, and positional discipline. The French core—elegant, agile, fearless—is now the identity. Enrique's imprint is visible: control the ball, dictate tempo, and strike when it matters. This is a PSG that defends as one, attacks as one, and plays the kind of structured football France has long demanded from its richest club.