Champions League final: PSG thrash Inter to win their first title
A wide view of the Allianz Arena before kick-off. The three-time European champions Internazionale face never-before-winners PSG. Photograph: Christina Pahnke/sampics/Corbis/Getty Images
Javier Pastore and Javier Zanetti, former PSG and Inter players respectively, walk out with the Champions League trophy. Photograph: Michael Regan/Uefa/Getty Images
Inter fans make some noise, hoping their team can go one better than the 2023 final, when they lost 1-0 to Manchester City. Photograph:PSG captain Marquinhos enters the pitch with his teammates before kick-off. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP
Inter are wearing their third kit – all yellow. Photograph:After 12 minutes, PSG's Achraf Hakimi finds himself free in the box following a lightning quick exchange of passes … Photograph: Friedemann Vogel/EPA
And Hakimi slots the ball calmly past Inter Milan keeper Yann Sommer to make it 1-0. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
The goalscorer, a former Inter player, celebrates apologetically with Ousmane Dembélé. Photograph: Matthias Schräder/AP
PSG's Désiré Doué hammers a volley towards goal which deflects off Inter's Federico Dimarco and into the net. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Yann Sommer is helpless as the ball flies past him. 2-0 to PSG, 10 minutes in. Photograph: Getty Images
The PSG manager, Luis Enrique, celebrates on the touchline. Photograph:Marcus Thuram wastes a rare chance for Inter as the first half ends 2-0 to PSG. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
After a lovely backheel from Ousmane Dembélé on the halfway line, PSG break clinically and Désiré Doué scores his team's third goal. Photograph:Désiré Doué celebrates in front of the PSG fans; his second goal has well and truly ended Inter's hopes. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Uefa/Getty Images
PSG fans are in dreamland. Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
PSG fans are watching their team in a Champions League final for the first time – their 2020 defeat to Bayern Munich was played behind closed doors. Photograph:In the 73rd minute, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia strides free and curls a fourth goal in at the near post … Photograph: Friedemann Vogel/EPA
And becomes the first Georgian player to scorein a Champions League final. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni and Yann Sommer of Inter Milan look dejected. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images
Another slick exchange in the box and PSG academy boy Senny Mayulu slams home the fifth. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters
Look at the joy on the teenager's face. Photograph:At the final whistle, PSG's substitutes pour on to the pitch. Photograph:Inter's players are bereft. Their incredible run to the final has ended in a painful defeat. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters
Luis Enrique looks elated. It is the second managerial treble of his career, having won the league, Cup and Champions League with Barcelona in 2015. Photograph:/Allstar
Inter defender Alessandro Bastoni can barely look at the trophy. Photograph:Marquinhos, PSG's captain and their oldest player, gets his hands on 'old big ears'. Photograph:PSG finally lift the trophy. Photograph:Luis Enrique is the centre of the celebrations. Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
Achraf Hakimi and Ousmane Dembélé leg it with the trophy. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters
PSG fans invade the pitch to join in the party.
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
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