Regardless of whether you supported Inter Milan or Paris Saint-Germain, regardless of your stance towards the Saints’ billions and the Nerazzurri’s (somewhat) defensive playing style, regardless if you find Ousmane Dembele annoying or Lautaro Martinez arrogant, or you have something against any other member of either team, you have to admit one thing:Everything that happened last night in the UEFA Champions League final was well-deserved. Football deities were fair.First and foremost, after everything he’s been through, Luis Enrique deserved to lift the UCL trophy once again. The memory of his late daughter Xana has constantly been pushing him forward, and – who knows – perhaps even she helped a bit from the heavens, with that kind smile on her face we’d seen so many times lately.’She is always here’: Enrique’s touching words about late daughterEnrique deserved this trophy because he believed in his team. When he said PSG would be better without Kylian Mbappe, not many people took his words seriously. It seemed like a cheap attempt to boost the team’s confidence. After all, the Parisians barely progressed from the league phase and looked nowhere near like future winners at that time.Enrique lifted them and made them champions.Belgrade, Birmingham, Eindhoven, and Bucuresti – for instance – had European Champions. Paris did not. Not that those cities did not deserve it, but the fact that the capital of France, one of the most popular places in the world, lacked the UCL winner seemed just wrong.Paris Saint-Germain 🔴🔵achieved a historic victory yesterday against Inter Milan becoming the first French club to win the UEFA Championsleague since Olympique de Marseille in 1993 !The Eiffel tower glowed in PSG colors and Paris celebrated the club’s victory late in the night… pic.twitter.com/ke6q4Q1oYV— France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi (@FrenchEmbassyZA) June 1, 2025 Last night, the City of Lights got its spot among the European elite, where it always belonged. Yes, PSG’s management and owners tried to achieve their ultimate goal in their own way, walking on a path paved with money, but it didn’t work.Money can’t buy a team. It has to be created and nurtured, and only then would football give you mercy and allow you to get the grand prize.Haaland makes it 2–0! PSG are just 30 minutes away from a group stage exit…This season – with what seemed to be a “starless” team without Leo Messi, Mbappe, and other Neymars – PSG proved that they have finally learned what’s necessary for the UCL trophy: it must be deserved, not bought.And that team thoroughly deserved it. Even though Inter knocked out Bayern Munich and Barcelona, the Parisians played the best football. Many were sad when the Catalans were eliminated, as their playing style was way more exciting than the Nerazzurri’s. What would they have said if Inter triumphed last night?##NAJAVA_MECA_8958618##Still, Simone Inzaghi’s team was absolutely abysmal, and this time, it didn’t stand a chance. After everything both sides showed throughout the season, it was only fair for PSG to win, and football was just. But it won’t always be.Sometimes an excellent manager will be defeated. Sometimes a historic city will remain trophyless. Sometimes a worse team will triumph.And that’s exactly why last night’s final is so special and should be remembered.
