Heaviest ever UCL final win 

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Paris-Saint-Germain have finally won the Champions League for the very first time. Luis Enrique’s side, who have been so incredible to watch throughout the knockout stages this season, once again put on a show. Inter Milan could not cope. Right-back Achraf Hakimi gave PSG the lead after just 12 minutes after teenager Desiré Doué found the defender in the box to tap home into an empty net. The Moroccan has scored for the Parisians in the quarter-final, the semi-final and now the final. The 19-year-old Doué then doubled PSG’s lead just eight minutes later after his half-volley deflected off of Federico DiMarco. He becomes just the third teenager to score in a Champions League final. PSG’s movement and fluidity was scarily good and Inter Milan couldn’t live with it.

The mismatch continued in the second half. Any potential Inter Milan fightback was quashed in the 63rd minute, as teenager Doué was on the scoresheet again. The young Frenchman was found by a perfectly weighted pass by midfielder Vitinha, and Doué’s first time finish slid into the bottom corner. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added a fourth after 72 minutes, after he was slid through by Ousmane Dembélé and lifted the ball over keeper Yann Sommer at the near post. Then to add the icing to the cake, 18-year-old homegrown star Senny Mayulu added a fifth in the 86th minute. The 5-0 scoreline is now the biggest ever Champions League final win.

Luis Enrique’s incredible record in finals continues

Enrique has proven he is a man for the big occasion. Incredibly, the Spaniard has won all eight of the major finals he has managed in club football. He won all three Copa Del Rey finals he managed with Barcelona, as well as the 2014/15 Champions League final (3-1 vs Juventus) and the 2015/16 Club World Cup final (3-0 vs River Plate). He has then won two Coupe De France finals with PSG, including the Parisians 3-0 win against Stade de Reims last week. Then of course the big one this Saturday against Inter Milan in the Champions League final.

The only final he has ever lost in any capacity in club football was the two-legged 2016 Super Copa against Athletic Club. It’s an incredible record and proves that Enrique is one of the very best tacticians in the game. This Champions League victory will etch Enrique’s name in PSG folklore, and he has now become one of very few managers to win Europe’s top club competition. He won the treble with Barcelona in 2015, and has now done the very same with the Parisians. An iconic manager and a special team. Their average age of their starting XI was just 25.3 in the final – this team isn’t going away and Europe should be frightened.