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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Report – Inter Milan Held Emergency Transfer Talks After Champions League Final Debacle
Inter Milan held emergency transfer talks following the debacle of their loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. This according to today's print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInter1908. Advertisement Saturday's loss to PSG in the Champions League final exposed glaring faults at Inter Milan. It is not just that the Nerazzurri lost to the Parisians. They were utterly humiliated, looking sluggish and out of condition. This made it clear – the average age of Inter's squad is not sustainable. Wins over teams like Bayern Munich and Barcelona may have papered over some cracks. However, the Nerazzurri cannot hope to compete at the highest level with the players have now. Inter Milan Held Emergency Transfer Talks After Champions League Final MUNICH, GERMANY – MAY 31: Nicolo Barella of FC Internazionale reacts towards Referee Istvan Kovacs during the UEFA Champions League Final 2025 between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Internazionale Milano at Munich Football Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by) According to the Corriere dello Sport, the Nerazzurri hierarchy reacted immediately after Saturday's final. Advertisement Club President Beppe Marotta along with Sporting Director Piero Ausilio spoke with Oaktree Capital representatives. It is clear that Inter owners Oaktree want to start investing in young players. And they are even willing to spend to do so. But senior figures at the club reckoned with the implications of Saturday's lost for the transfer market immediately after the match.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Inter's curse against debut winners strikes again 🥶
Perhaps Arsenal could win its first Champions League title against Inter. Despite their heavy defeat against PSG, Inter Milan has had its share of European glory. 1964, 1965, and also 2010, the Inter fans have lifted the Champions League title three times. Advertisement But winning it is no easy feat. Inter has suffered defeat four times in the Champions League final throughout its history: 1967 - 1971 - 2023 - 2025. Of these four finals, three have a common point: the winner had never won it before. Celtic Glasgow in 1967, Man City in 2023, and PSG this Saturday. Only Ajax Amsterdam (1972) won its second Champions League title. Even more astonishing, these four finals were lost against clubs that achieved a historic treble: league, national cup, and European cup. Also read: - Haaland, Rio Ferdinand… Désiré Doué has shocked everyone and done Rennes' business Advertisement - PSG - Nicolo Barella has a major regret after Inter Milan's defeat and acknowledges Parisian superiority - Italy in shock after Inter Milan's humiliation against PSG in the Champions League final This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here. 📸 FRANCK FIFE - AFP or licensors
France 24
4 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Inter coach Inzaghi delays talk about future after 'bitter' defeat
PSG were utterly dominant against the Italians, winning their first Champions League trophy by the biggest margin in the history of the competition. Inzaghi, who has been linked with an Inter exit, said discussions about his future -- and that of the club -- would need to take place another time. "There will be time to talk about it calmly with the club," the coach told reporters, adding "it's not the right time... It's awkward to talk about my future now." On track to repeat the treble heroics of 2010 just a few weeks ago, Inter end the season trophyless after falling away in each competition. Booted out of the Italian Cup semi-finals by bitter rivals AC Milan, Inter fell behind Napoli in Serie A and end the season empty handed. Inzaghi took over Inter in 2021 and has a contract until 2026. The 49-year-old has taken the side to one Serie A title and two Italian Cups, but Inter have now lost two Champions League finals in the past three seasons. Inter had made it past the Dutch, German and Spanish champions to reach the final, but could barely lay a finger on the French champions in Munich. The coach said "the club is strong, the club supports us," but lamented "as it was two years ago, we failed to win the most important match". With the average age of Inter's starting XI just over 30 -- six years older than that of PSG -- Inzaghi will need to oversee a rebuild, if he elects to stay on. Inzaghi said his side showed tiredness in the final, having "played 58 or 59 games since last July". Inter midfielder Nicolo Barella agreed, but said "fatigue is not an excuse in a final. "The impression is that they wanted it more and this is the biggest disappointment. Heart is much more important than tactics and today it was missing". Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer said his side were "unbelievably disappointed". It was a "tough night, we didn't perform well," he added. "What we prepared all week, we didn't manage to bring it onto the pitch. "We need to swallow it. It hurts a lot. It was a big opportunity to win a huge title." © 2025 AFP
Metro
4 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
Why Inter are wearing yellow in Champions League final vs PSG
Inter have opted to wear their striking yellow third kit for the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday night. The Serie A club are famous for their black and blue striped home shirt they've worn for decades. But with PSG named as the home team for Saturday's final in Munich, Inter are unable to wear their home strip due to a kit clash with the French champions. Inter have a white away shirt which they have worn on three occasions in the Champions League this season. The first ended in a 1-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in December and for their next away game in Europe, Inter switched to their third yellow kit and went on to secure a 1-0 win against Sparta Prague. Inter continued this for the knockout stage as they wore the yellow strip for their 2-0 win away to Feyenoord in the last-16 stage. The Italian club wore their home shirt away to Bayern Munich in the quarter final but for the away leg of their semi-final against Barcelona which ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw, Inter opted to revert back to their white away kit. Inter were given the choice of wearing their white away shirt or their yellow third strip for the Champions League final by UEFA. The Serie A runners-up did not give an official reason for their decision but they have won both of their games in their yellow third kit in the Champions League this season. When asked about the decision to wear the third kit for the final, Inter midfielder Nicolo Barella dismissed suggestions that there was any superstition involved. 'We had a chat, there were a number of options on the table and we went for the yellow shirt,' Barella said. 'Nothing more than that, it's a shirt that we like and so we hope that this jersey can help us as well in this final.' Inter also released a statement on their choice of kit for the final which read: 'Ahead of the big game, UEFA has declared the kits that the two teams will wear: PSG, who are officially the home side, as established in the tournament brackets months ago, will play in their traditional Home Kit which is blue, red and white, the same colours that represent Paris. More Trending 'More specifically, Luis Enrique's side will wear the blue shirt with a red line running through the centre, with blue shorts and socks, and white details all through the kits. The goalkeeper will be dressed in all-green. 'Inter, the official away side, will play in this season's Third Kit. Simone Inzaghi's boys will therefore wear the yellow kit with a design based on symbols referring to the city of Milan, all in black. This will be the kit for the ten outfield players: the Inter goalkeeper, however, will wear an all-orange kit. 'The tones that have represented the colour of the Clubs' third kit for many years are very much back for the 2024/25 season. During this year's Champions League, the Nerazzurri have worn this kit in their away game against Sparta Prague on Matchday 7 of the Legaue Phase (0-1, Lautaro) and in our win against Feyenoord in Rotterdam in the first leg of the Round of 16 (0-2, Thuram, Lautaro). 'Inter will wear yellow shorts and socks to match the shirt. The small new detail that will be added will be the special writing above the club's logo, referring to the extraordinary occasion that the kit is being used for: FINAL MUNICH 2025 – Munich Football Arena 31 May – Paris Saint-Germain VS FC Internazionale Milano.' For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. MORE: PSG vs Inter Milan LIVE SCORE: Champions League final goals and updates MORE: PSG vs Inter Milan: Predicted lineups and teams for Champions League final MORE: Inter Milan in mourning hours before Champions League final as former president dies
The Independent
5 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
The contrasting styles and unique pressures that make PSG vs Inter Milan a classic Champions League final
In the Inter Milan camp, Nicolo Barella was reflecting on the rare atmosphere at moments like this. The midfielder was on this stage two years ago, of course, so has even more to dwell on. 'A lot of things go through your mind on the eve of the Champions League final.' Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique was still considering how to press Inter, but of course his daughter was somewhere in his thoughts. His boss, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, whose own ultimate boss is the Emir of Qatar, was being feted as the man of the hour in the Uefa hotel. Through his presidency of PSG, he has risen to become one of the most powerful figures in European football, and that extended here to calming the nerves of tense staff. 'Under control, under control,' he smiled. As Barella touched upon, there is little in football like the atmosphere in a big host city on the eve of this match. There's the growing excitement of the fans, already visible in numbers, offset by that unique stillness among the teams. Thomas Tuchel, who was the last coach to take PSG to this stage, has admitted that the Champions League final is the only game that made him feel nervous. It remains unique, what they all reach for. There is still a classic glory under all the modern issues. And in a football world where so much has become predictable and repeatable, largely due to clubs like state-owned PSG and a domestic power such as Inter, there is a genuine novelty to this game. It is the first time the two clubs have ever met, in any setting. In this setting, they are both aiming to make up for lost finals. PSG lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in 2020. Inter lose 1-0 to Manchester City in 2023. The very names of the winners touch on another novelty to this game. It is the first final that hasn't featured an English or Spanish club, or Bayern Munich, since 2004. In fact, the only previous final between Italian and French clubs was in this very city in 1993, the first campaign when the old European Cup became the Champions League. It also represented France's only trophy to date, as Olympique Marseille beat the great AC Milan 1-0 in the Olympiastadion. That was under some controversy, as Marseille were soon stripped of the French title and relegated for match-fixing. They weren't stripped of the Champions League, and it means the historic record shows that Munich always gives us new winners. The city's four finals have ensured all of Nottingham Forest, Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea also won their first European Cups, as well as Marseille. This has of course been talked about a lot in the PSG camp. Luis Enrique has inspired a belief that they can finally win their first, and just France's second. Except, it would not just be France's Champions League. It would also be Qatar's, who are now envisaging their second great 'sportswashing' moment after the 2022 World Cup. These are the modern issues above that classic glory. Victory would be politically used, just like 2022 was. Will the Emir again bestow a bisht on someone? One of the reasons PSG are even here, of course, is because they have jettisoned two of the stars from that epic final in Lusail, in Leo Messi and Kylian Mbappe. Luis Enrique has instead been able to build a young, intense and invigorating team, that has commonly been described as 'a breath of fresh air'. That is quite the status given that expenditure remains huge, even on young talent like Bradley Barcola and Desire Doue. Inter's entire revenue is almost half of PSG's wage bill, which is close to £600bn. It also makes the rise of Simone Inzaghi's side all the more remarkable. Inter have twice defied expectation to reach this stage, only to twice have to play against state-owned clubs. PSG's players and staff obviously want this, but there is another element. That's modern football. Inter, who have had their own ownership issues in recent years, want to burnish their glorious history. This would be a fourth European Cup, putting them sixth on the pantheon with Ajax. And that when Italian football has been on a low. This team have had to go to the depths of their will to get here. Such aspirations makes Inzaghi's comment on the eve of the final even more conspicuous. 'We need to go out there not with obsession but with desire.' The world saw plenty of that in that sensational semi-final win over Barcelona, itself hailed as maybe the greatest European tie. And, in pure football terms, that is the exciting aspect about this final. The tactical dynamics are similar to that semi-final, right up to how one of Luis Enrique's great successes has been in imposing the Barcelona ideology onto a notoriously fractious PSG. The great hope is that we see something similar. It has been a while since there has been a truly great final, after all. That is shown in how it's seven years since both finalists scored, and 20 years since both finalists each scored more than twice. If styles make finals as well as fights, one club insider made a notable comment on the contrast. There was even a chuckle at how it could be construed as conforming to national stereotypes, if it weren't for the globalist nature of club football now. 'It's like haute cuisine against spaghetti pomodoro,' the source says. PSG play the most sophisticated modern football possible, where they constantly surprise the opposition. It's that intricate. It's most visible in the exhilarating footwork of Kvicha Kvaratshkelia and Ousmane Dembele. Against that, most teams know what Inter are going to do but they also know they're going to do it very well. That's what Barca found. It's high quality. And it isn't all predictable, either. Hansi Flick, like Pep Guardiola before him in 2023, found Inter very difficult to press due to their intensity. That is most visible in their own wide players, in Denzel Dumfries and Federico Dimarco. This is what Luis Enrique was wrestling with on the eve of the game, after weeks of preparation. Inter have had a much more demanding period, given they went head to head with Napoli for Serie A. Second place has made this final all the more important. That forms just another factor and sub-plot that may well decide this final, from whether PSG can really rise now the moment is here to whether Lauturo Martinez can score the goal that would settle all debates. Barella is right. There's so much to think about, so much to dwell on. That's because there's still no glory like it. This city knows that as well as any other.
