Not Even Close – Inzaghi Takes The Blame For PSG 5-0 Inter Milan Champions League Final Thrashing

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Not Even Close – Inzaghi Takes The Blame For PSG 5-0 Inter Milan Champions League Final Thrashing
Simone Inzaghi has taken the lion's share of the blame for yesterday's humiliating PSG win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
Today's print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, argue that the Nerazzurri coach was simply nowhere near good enough in setting up his team.
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There would be little point trying to deny that Inter Milan were completely inferior to Paris Saint-Germain yesterday.
That could have come down to the individual quality on the pitch. And above all, to the relative lack of athleticism of the Nerazzurri players compared to their PSG counterparts.
But at the same time, the way that Inzaghi had set his team up certainly played a huge role.
Inzaghi Takes The Blame For PSG 5-0 Inter Milan UCL Humbling
TURIN, ITALY – MAY 11: Simone Inzaghi. Head Coach of. FC Internazionale, looks on prior to the Serie A match between Torino and FC Internazionale at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on May 11, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by)
Inter coach Simone Inzaghi went with his usual 3-5-2 formation. He had his entire squad fit and available, and was never likely to tinker with the shape.
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However, Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique came prepared.
PSG were extremely aggressive in how they closed down Inter deep in their own half. Their forwards and midfielders rotated constantly to ensure that a Nerazzurri player never had time and space to pick up their heads and receive the ball.
And Inter simply had no answers to this. They were never able to find free players or routes up the pitch.
Meanwhile, Inter also looked rather hapless trying to defend their penalty area against the pacey and fluid PSG attack.
In the view of the Gazzetta dello Sport, this was simply a match in which Inzaghi had not prepared his team for the scale of their task.