Key Takeaways:
On Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter meet at the Allianz Arena in Munich to decide the next winner of the Champions League. Parisians barely made it past the league stage of the tournament, and had to go through the play-offs, while Inter enjoyed a solid campaign, finishing 4th.
Head to Head
Both sides have not met in a competitive game in recent history, not alone the showpiece of the elite continental tournament. The last encounter dates to August 2023, when the Nerazzurri came from behind to win 1-2 in a friendly. Prior to this, from 2014 to 2019 both clubs have met another 4 times with PSG recording 3 wins and a draw.
Luis Enrique vs Simone Inzaghi 😤#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/jbraqNsqQ2
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The Coaches
Luis Enrique is about to experience his second Champions League final. He already has a Champions League gold medal, after leading Barcelona to a famous treble in 2015. Back then Enrique’s side defeated another Italian team in the face of Juventus. The Spaniard was on the verge of being sacked if failing to qualify for the Champions League knock-out phase earlier this season, after a slow start, but finished the league phase with 3 straight wins, thus making the play-offs.
Simone Inzaghi is also coming into his second Champions League final but his story is different. His previous final appearance was also with Inter but the Italian experienced disappointment in 2023 when facing Manchester City, losing 1-0. The experience is on Inzaghi’s side because he’s led this group of players to another final clash, while Enrique has not achieved anything significant on the European stage with PSG so far.
Recent Form
PSG will enter the game on a run of four straight wins, including the French Cup final, where they trashed Reims 3:0. A sign of concern for Luis Enrique might be that Parisians have managed to keep just two clean sheets across the last 10 outings in all competitions. Just one draw has been registered in the team’s last 20 meetings.
Inter come into the final with a taste of disappointment after losing the Serie A title to Napoli. The team is undefeated in six straight meetings, recording 3 wins and 3 draws in the process. Nerazzurri’s defence has shaky of late as the team has managed only 3 clean sheets across the last 20 games, but all of them were recorded in the last 6 outings.
Star Players
PSG: Ousmane Dembele has 8 goals and 4 assists in the tournament. He scored or assisted in each of the quarter and semi-finals meetings against Aston Villa, and Arsenal respectively. The speedy forward finished as Ligue 1’s joint-top scorer with 21 goals.
Inter: Lautaro Martinez has hit 9 goals on the way to the Champions League final. The Nerazzurri captain found the back of the net in 3 of the four quarter and semi-final clashes against Bayern Munich and Barcelona. In Serie A, Martinez ended the campaign with 12 goals, two behind his attacking partner Marcus Thuram.