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00:00They've given in to Milan today, they've made them look like an old age team
00:04with nowhere to go, absolutely dominated them, suffocated them, pressed them all from the word go, pressed the life out of them
00:11and had players that were just in killer mode today
00:14Astonishing performance in a game of this magnitude as I've said before
00:19and I don't know if we've ever seen a game, yes we've never seen one of this margin
00:24but also the dominance that we've seen from one side to the other
00:27and now this is a warrior times for opposition teams around Europe
00:32because this team is young, hungry and ready
00:34Well this is a lovely moment for Luis Enrique as well
00:38they must be thinking about his daughter Zana right now as well
00:41you think about that iconic night Barcelona one
00:45and she planted the flag in the pitch
00:48and he's spoken about that this week and the emotions that he's going to be feeling
00:52and you can't even begin to wonder what's going through his mind right now Enrique
00:56you can only imagine what's going through that man's mind and thoughts right now
01:01clearly overrating joy and happiness for his team, for his fans, for his club
01:10but also what he's been through and what his family's been through
01:15incredible moment
01:17well Paris is a city of culture, a city of elegance and style
01:22it's where the beautiful people go
01:24and tonight PSG embody that city
01:27a stylish team full of flair, full of Parisian chic
01:31and now a team that can be called Laura, the champions of Europe
01:35the one they've been waiting for Darren, the heartbreaker 2020 far behind them now
01:50the Parisians finally join Europe's elite
01:53guided by that man, Luis Enrique, what a moment for him
01:57a treble for the man who completed the treble back in Barcelona in 2015
02:02you saw those incredible scenes a moment ago
02:05he said he wanted to get this back
02:07he said he wanted to plant it in the ground
02:09and he said he wanted to do it for his daughter, Sara
02:12who passed away aged nine
02:14four years after he did it with Barcelona
02:16what an exceptional moment
02:18and what an exceptional manager as well
02:20for a team
02:21that before this even kicked off
02:23we said they're young guns, they're inexperienced
02:25but wow, they blew everyone out of the water, Owen
02:28honestly, that was a masterclass
02:30in every phase
02:31in possession, out of possession
02:33work, weight, effort
02:34the manager is the architect
02:36the blueprint CV is absolutely remarkable
02:39that's one of the best final performances that I've seen
02:42yeah, I mean, I'm still stunned
02:43I feel like one of the Inter Milan players after watching that
02:46I mean, the tower could have went in after 60 minutes
02:48you know, there was a huge gulf in both teams
02:51to a man across the pitch
02:53even the subs that come on
02:54they contributed
02:55just an absolute wonderful performance
02:59a spectacle
03:00and, you know, as a young coach
03:02or young players watching that
03:03that's the go-to game
03:04all over the pitch
03:05in possession
03:06out of possession
03:07it was the perfect performance
03:08oh, and they got rid of the Galacticos
03:10and they created history
03:11but you know, in the end
03:13football's a team game
03:14you know, there's only one ball
03:15you've got to run around
03:17if you don't have the ball
03:18then you've got to make runs for your teammates
03:19the effort and sacrifice
03:20from this group of players
03:21from what it used to be
03:22to what it is now
03:23it is
03:24the transformation is remarkable
03:25credit Luis Enrique
03:27credit the sporting director
03:28the recruitment's been absolutely fantastic
03:30no superstars now
03:32they get these young French boys
03:33that are hungry
03:34desire to do it
03:3519 years old
03:36Stevie, look
03:37and the bravery to back the manager
03:39I mean, how many times have we seen PSG
03:41you know, changed the coach
03:42because maybe
03:43Neymar's there
03:44or Messi's there
03:45or Mbappe's there
03:46they've shown complete bravery
03:47from the top
03:48they've been bold
03:49they've recruited extremely well
03:50can't post these herbs
03:51and medal
03:52just as much as the players
03:53but listen
03:54these are littered with superstars
03:55all over the pitch
03:56they've got four or five players
03:57that walk into most teams in Europe
03:59waiting to come on
04:00waiting to play
04:01and they're all under 23 years of age
04:02I mean, the future for this club
04:04is so bright
04:05it's scary
04:06they've waited this long
04:07to get a European trophy
04:08the big one
04:09the Champions League
04:10and now they have a team
04:11that could go further into the future
04:12and pick up more trophies
04:13and more trophies
04:14Owen
04:15yeah, the guys mentioned in commentary
04:16these guys are going to be the team
04:17to beat for
04:18potentially a decade
04:19you know, they're in their early 20s
04:20the only one who I think is
04:21Marquinhos is 31
04:22the rest of them are
04:23young, brilliant players
04:24and they're going to get better
04:25they're going to start
04:26Rio made a really good point
04:27it's going to be hard to get players
04:29to actually break into this starting 11
04:31if they're going to recruit players
04:32Rio Ferdinand has been up in commentary
04:34watching what an exceptional performance that was for PSG
04:37Rio, we thought that perhaps they could win
04:39but not a demolition job like this
04:41no, I've always said I thought they would win
04:43the lockout stages came
04:44they looked like the team to beat for me
04:46but to come into a final
04:47with such an experience at this level
04:49and to perform with the confidence
04:51and the purity that we saw today
04:53it's absolutely amazing
04:54and I said upstairs
04:55I think it's ominous for a lot of the other teams
04:56they're going to have to go some
04:57to stay with this team
04:58because they're young
04:59they're hungry
05:00they're a vibrant team
05:01they're dynamic
05:02they're a part manager
05:03who's instilled now a mentality
05:04and not only that of confidence
05:06that it's hard
05:07this is a train
05:08that could be hard to stop right now
05:10their name now
05:11being etched on the Champions League trophy
05:13it's hard to do it once
05:14but Luis Enrique
05:15has managed to do this twice now
05:17yeah we spoke about the game
05:18you know
05:19does he deserve to be mentioned
05:20in the same breath
05:21as your Ancelotti
05:22your Jose Mourinho
05:23your Pep Guardiola
05:24the answer is yes
05:25and in such an emphatic way as well
05:27this team he's created
05:28what he's put together
05:29over the last year or two
05:31this can beat you in any given way
05:33it can beat you with speed
05:34it can beat you with quality
05:36it can force you into a low block
05:38and have the variety
05:39to open low blocks up
05:41it's fantastic with set pieces
05:43it's got so many game changes
05:45I mean the talents across this squad
05:47I mean
05:49it's a special group of players
05:51and they're getting coached
05:52by a special person as well
05:54we asked the question
05:55before the match even kicked off
05:56what would it take for Luis Enrique
05:58to join that group
05:59of really elite
06:00elite managers
06:01some of you said
06:02he's already in there
06:03Steven you said perhaps this
06:04I'll tell you one way to answer it
06:05go and put in the best
06:06Champions League performance
06:07there's ever been
06:08I mean
06:09I'm 45 years of age
06:10I've never seen a performance
06:11like that
06:12I mean
06:13you know
06:14challenge that
06:15challenge that
06:16we wondered as well
06:17if this was going to be a night
06:18for the goalkeepers
06:19but in terms of one of the goalkeepers
06:20he barely had to stop anything
06:21yeah
06:22he had one save to make
06:23and he done it well
06:24listen
06:25you need all your players
06:26performing moments like this
06:27to be successful
06:28and to win
06:29and Paris Saint-Germain
06:30to every man
06:31even the substitutes that came on
06:32impacted the game
06:33in positive ways
06:34Rio you know yourself
06:35I mean the type of defender
06:36you was
06:37to be a dominant team
06:38possession wise
06:39you've got to be comfortable
06:40defending the halfway line
06:41how good
06:42was PSG's back four tonight?
06:43they were all
06:44they were brilliant
06:45I mean Hakimi
06:46in the way
06:47what he'd done with the ball
06:48scored the goals
06:49obviously impacted going forward
06:50he's come out of nowhere
06:5323 years old
06:54he's come out of nowhere
06:55I think his first Champions League game
06:56was this season
06:57but there are great athletes aren't there
06:58so they can squeeze the pitch
06:59and be aggressive
07:00yeah and I think today's game
07:01you've got to be able to do that
07:02you've got to be able to one play
07:03with the ball
07:04and they're all comfortable with the ball
07:05and can play through different parts of the pitch
07:06but again
07:07if you're going to be an attacking
07:08I mean a dominant team
07:10pressing the game high
07:11like we saw
07:12Dembele was like a sprinter
07:13at the beginning in the blocks
07:14waiting to get
07:15if you're going to do that
07:16the people behind you
07:17you've got to be comfortable
07:18in the halfway line
07:19with big spaces around them
07:20you know what else is well to them man
07:21there's no ego
07:22they're prepared to do the dirty work
07:23I think they were 4-0 up
07:24and both wingers are chasing back
07:26to regain the ball
07:27they're prepared to do the hard yards
07:28they fight for each other
07:29they survive when they need to survive
07:31they're an all-round good team
07:32they're brilliant at both sides of the game
07:34what about Vettinha?
07:35oh
07:36it was just
07:37like he had the freedom of the pitch
07:38nobody got near him at any point
07:39the new Javi
07:40it's the new Javi
07:41yeah he is
07:42but you know what I couldn't
07:43one thing I couldn't believe
07:44they didn't get any tackles in did they?
07:45you know they weren't physical enough
07:46it was
07:47but they knew the other side of the game as well
07:48well look Vettinha
07:49you mentioned him there
07:50why don't we get some reaction with him
07:51he's speaking now with Jules Breach
07:53Vettinha congratulations
07:56PSG are Champions League winners
07:59what does it mean
08:00to finally deliver the trophy
08:01this club so desperately wanted?
08:03it means everything
08:04it means everything
08:05to the fans
08:06I think
08:07I think
08:08they are the
08:09the
08:10the main
08:11reason
08:12that we wanted to win this trophy
08:13but
08:14we wanted to win this trophy
08:15for a lot of reasons
08:16it's our dream
08:17it's everyone's dream
08:18it's my dream
08:19and I'm glad we made it
08:21it's
08:22it's incredible
08:23your dreams have come true
08:24the club though
08:25have tried absolutely everything
08:26even the biggest stars in the world
08:28couldn't do what you've done tonight
08:30what does it say about this group of players?
08:32it says a lot
08:34like you said
08:35the group of players
08:36the team
08:37it's a very good team
08:38the result
08:39it's not by magic
08:40we are a very good team
08:41and we are very very happy
08:42that we did it
08:43like this
08:44and we know we're going to celebrate
08:45go and enjoy it
08:46thank you
08:47well this isn't just a win for PSG
08:50this is an absolute hammering
08:51and the highest score line
08:53in Champions League final history
08:555-0
08:56it was such a dominant performance
08:58Rio
08:59the 18 year old
09:00that came off the bench
09:01they scored the fifth goal
09:02when you look at some of the superstars
09:04that were in this team
09:05in the past
09:06even in the last few years
09:07imagine a moment
09:08for an 18 year old to do that
09:09yeah and I said in commentary
09:10I think that signifies
09:11where the club is now
09:12the change
09:13that we spoke about before
09:15the big superstars
09:16that they've had
09:17it has never really worked for them
09:18this is a team
09:19that's in tune
09:20with working hard
09:21and being aggressive
09:22with and without the ball
09:23and every single player
09:24that comes into that change room now
09:25knows what the level is
09:26and what's expected
09:27of each and indeed
09:28every individual
09:29there's no superstars
09:30what about the way they celebrated
09:31with the kids
09:3218 years old
09:33as a team
09:34that is amazing
09:35that's what it's about
09:36but even a 3-0
09:37a 4-0
09:38a 5-0
09:39they didn't change
09:40they're still pressing all over the pitch
09:41they're still putting the hard work in
09:42and they got the rewards
09:43this was a total maul
09:44and I've never seen one
09:45in a championship
09:46and that work ethic
09:48is that from the manager
09:49is that from Luis Enrico
09:50who not just wants them to play as a team
09:51but also wants them to keep going
09:52keep that intensity up
09:53100%
09:54listen I mean from the top
09:55they've been brave
09:56they've recruited well
09:57they've gave the manager the tools
09:59and the right players
10:00well he has to have the credit
10:01for gelling it together
10:02taking all the ego out the dressing room
10:04believing in the players
10:05because they're still very young
10:07but the manager's had the bravery
10:08to back them
10:09he's been very bold
10:10and he's been rewarded tonight
10:11with an incredible performance
10:12you've all done it
10:13you've all won the Champions League
10:14so you know what it does to a player
10:16what's it going to do to this group of players Owen?
10:18I mean they're young
10:19the guys manager
10:20the youngest team in the competition
10:21they're only going to get better
10:22they can add one piece of the puzzle
10:24to take them to the next level
10:25but these guys are going to be the best team
10:27for a while
10:28they're just
10:29and once you get the first one
10:30then I just think
10:31they're going to get more
10:33they have to
10:34well this is the test for them
10:36because now they're going to be the favourites
10:38now they're going to be
10:39spoken in the same breath
10:41maybe Liverpool's
10:42you're right on Madrid's
10:43when they're peaking
10:44the big test is
10:45can they back it up
10:46after they've got the hunger
10:47to keep improving
10:48and keep pushing for more
10:49because it's certainly there for them
10:50Rio you have said about this fan base all season
10:52how special they are
10:53and how brilliant they've made the atmospheres
10:55this will mean the absolute world to them
10:57yeah and these fans are immortalised
10:59these players
11:00this performance makes them immortal
11:01the way no one's ever done this
11:02and again
11:03they've had genuine superstars
11:05at this football club
11:06that haven't managed to achieve this
11:07these guys have
11:08now these guys are walking around Paris
11:10for the rest of their lives
11:11above anybody
11:12who came here
11:13they've had Ronaldinho
11:14they've had Zlatan Ibrahimovic
11:15Cavani
11:16Messi
11:17Neymar
11:18Mbappe
11:19these are household names
11:20that are just iconic
11:21haven't achieved what these guys have achieved
11:23they're different now
11:24but you know what I think sums it up in a way
11:26is the fact that Dua
11:27a 19 year old boy
11:28French player
11:29is
11:30was the star of the show
11:31it's the new project
11:32and it's
11:33it's so good to watch
11:34the biggest problem they've got
11:35if they've got a problem is
11:36where did they go to improve it
11:38you know
11:39did he give the recruitment some time off now
11:41to you know
11:42who's out
11:43who's out there that can really
11:44who's available
11:45who could really come in
11:46and take this team to the next level
11:47because they've got everything
11:49for Inter Milan as well
11:50as they go up to
11:51the presentation
11:52get their runners up medals
11:53what went wrong for them Ria
11:54where can you start tonight
11:55they're completely outclassed in every area
11:57I think there's a big
11:59there's going to be issues there
12:00I think they're an old aging team
12:01they look very old today
12:02I don't think they're as old as they look today
12:04it's going to be difficult
12:05I think this
12:06this has been a terrible week
12:08this is probably the worst
12:09this is definitely the worst week
12:10any of these guys would have had
12:11losing the league on the last day
12:12and then getting absolutely destroyed
12:14in the Champions League final
12:16in April they were on for a treble
12:17yeah
12:18and to lose like that
12:19it's heartbreaking
12:20it's tough for them
12:21but it's
12:22football's a brutal game
12:24individually and collectively
12:25you'd have a day
12:26you'd have a moment
12:27where it's over
12:28and you need to change
12:29it needs to transition
12:30into the heat
12:31listen you've got to give them credit
12:32they've been a fantastic team
12:33they deserve to be in the final
12:35they've got fantastic players
12:36they've still got a future
12:38because you can still recruit
12:39and build on the good players
12:40that they've got
12:41but tonight they're going to be sore
12:43because they've been mauled
12:44and torn apart
12:45they're going to be sore for the season
12:46as well because they missed out
12:47on three potential trophies
12:49they've finished the season
12:50trophy-less
12:51and it's Paris Saint-Germain
12:52that complete the treble
12:53with Luis Enrique
12:54and as the players get ready to get
12:55the actual trophy underway
12:57the proper presentation underway
12:58which we'll see in a second
12:59we're going to hand you back up
13:00to Ali McCoyson
13:01Darren Fletcher
13:02yeah thank you Laura
13:03there's Simone and Taghi
13:05I mean you can't even begin to wonder
13:06what's going through their minds
13:07losing the title to Napoli
13:09eight days ago
13:10the final day of the season in Italy
13:12they just never got started tonight
13:14by any stretch Ali
13:15yeah torture
13:16absolute torture
13:17they've been
13:18they've been absolutely outclassed
13:19in every department
13:20you've actually got a degree of sympathy for them
13:23I mentioned it during the
13:24during the match
13:25they had 90 minutes
13:26where they lost
13:27a couple of league games
13:28the last minute goal against Lazio
13:29but
13:30look at this here
13:31it's fabulous scenes
13:32well this is the moment that they've
13:33waited so long for
13:34and look at the embrace between
13:36Nasser El Khalifi and his coach
13:38Luis Enrique
13:39and that's the second time that he's embraced
13:41Usman Dembele
13:42they played behind closed doors
13:44when they lost in Lisbon five years ago
13:46and for a team with so much talent
13:48and so much financial clout
13:50it's a surprise it's taken this long
13:52Donnarumma's had some massive moments
13:54en route to the final
13:56it's a road that's had so much heartbreak
13:58and disappointment along the way
14:00in recent seasons
14:01but tonight all of that
14:03can be forgotten
14:04the French team at the pinnacle of European football
14:06once again
14:0732 years after Marseille
14:10one right here in Munich
14:12and it is a team that very much mirrors their manager
14:14that's exactly what it is
14:16real mention beforehand
14:18a victory for football
14:19yeah
14:20you've got to say it has been
14:21they've been absolutely wonderful
14:23every department
14:25heard Steven talk about them defensively
14:27yeah
14:28defensively they've never put a foot wrong
14:32so the team has started to gather
14:34and a couple of the scorers are about to get their medals
14:37Desiree Due
14:38what a night he's had
14:39and what a season he's had at 19
14:41and there's Khabar and Scalia
14:43the big money transfer from Napoli
14:46and the owner can't contain his joint
14:49and in Marquinhos
14:50who's going to stride forward in a minute
14:52they couldn't have a better man
14:53for the biggest moment
14:54that the club's ever had
14:55no players played more games for the club
14:57than the great Brazilian defender
14:59who's chased this trophy with them
15:01for 12 long years
15:03and there is
15:05the emotional embrace
15:07and he's going to get his medal
15:09and he's being cheered on by the Paris Saint-Germain supporters
15:14such a loyal servant to this football club
15:18and a kit of a medal
15:19from the Paris Saint-Germain captain
15:21do you know what they've been unbelievable
15:23fitness levels
15:24well the moment's arrived
15:25and Marquinhos takes the trophy from Alexander Seferin
15:29the whole of Paris has dreamed about this
15:31and now that dream becomes a reality
15:34and Marquinhos with a smile as wide as the Riverside
15:38and the golden confetti raining down
15:41of his teammates ready
15:43and he raises the trophy high
15:45Paris Saint-Germain have won the Champions League in 2025
15:49French football and PSG on top of the world
15:53just the most amazing scenes
16:03after an amazing performance
16:05for this Paris Saint-Germain team
16:07guided by Luis Enrique
16:09it's going to be a special day if they did it
16:11and they have done it
16:12and they've done it in some style
16:145-0 as Inter Milan leave the pitch
16:17their players absolutely dejected
16:19Paris Saint-Germain in an absolute dreamland
16:22and their fans who've just been spectacular
16:25from start to finish in this competition
16:27and especially on this night
16:29it really was a Parisian party
16:30pretty much from kickoff Rio wasn't it?
16:32yeah it was a one-sided affair
16:35if it was a boxing match
16:37it'd have been stopped early
16:38in the first half I'm sure
16:40every player faultless today
16:41in a Paris Saint-Germain shirt
16:43the game plan
16:45set out executed perfectly
16:48and I can fast say that
16:49don't forget
16:50you get one of these in your career
16:51when it's that good
16:52when it's that perfect
16:53this was that night for them
16:54I'm sure
16:55yeah listen they deserve the celebrations
16:57every single one of them
16:58absolutely brilliant
16:59this is going to be spoke about
17:01for days, weeks, months to come
17:03you know Inter Milan can't get off the pitch quick enough
17:05they have to lick the wounds
17:06they've had a really tough end to the season
17:08the league maybe they've had a hangover
17:10going into today's game
17:11they certainly look that way
17:13but yeah I mean let's just pay credit
17:16to the boys on the podium
17:17they deserve the rewards
17:19they dominated literally every phase
17:21and again with the ball
17:22without the ball
17:23remarkable really
17:24the work rate and the effort
17:26from what they use of
17:27it's just
17:28it's astonishing real
17:29the difference
17:30the contrast to the old PSG
17:32do you have a special mention
17:34for do a 19 year old kid
17:36playing on the biggest stage
17:37like as a playground
17:38at the back of his house
17:39where he's from
17:40have we seen now
17:42I want to ask you guys
17:43what you think
17:44have we seen now
17:45we've had two players who dominated
17:46world football for long
17:47many many years
17:48and our generation
17:49Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
17:50Laminio Malco
17:51going into this
17:52was a superstar
17:53didn't get to the final
17:54lit up the quarterfinals
17:55lit up the semis
17:56do I've done it now
17:57in the final
17:58have we seen now
17:59the change of the guard
18:00the two players
18:01likely to be them players
18:02listen I think
18:03it's very dangerous
18:04to make comparisons
18:05especially so young
18:06and so early
18:07you know yourself
18:08touch wood
18:09they stay clear of injuries
18:10but
18:11to be spoken in the same breath
18:12so young as Cristiano
18:13and Lionel Messi
18:15for me
18:16it's a bit premature
18:17but
18:18on the evidence of tonight
18:20and the season
18:21the two young kids
18:22they've certainly got the potential
18:23to follow in the footsteps
18:24the way
18:25the way Dewey took the ball
18:26on his back foot all the time
18:27it was just
18:28he made it look so easy
18:29he looked so at ease
18:30didn't he
18:31in those little tight spaces
18:32in those half spaces
18:33like you said
18:34the confidence
18:35for such a young man
18:36is frightening
18:37but my point is
18:38we've been sitting there
18:39saying the next two people
18:40are going to be Harland
18:41and probably Mbappe
18:42and Vinicius maybe
18:43maybe one or two others
18:44these two have come out of nowhere
18:46and stolen the show
18:47you'd never have said that
18:48a year ago
18:49you know what I think
18:50is remarkable about him
18:51he can play anywhere
18:52he can play on the left
18:53on the right and out front
18:54but I think seven of their players
18:55rotated the whole game
18:56the two centre-backs stayed
18:57and the rest of them
18:58just rotated
18:59so I don't think
19:00Inter knew who to pick up
19:02you just saw there
19:03Inter Milan
19:04a couple of fans
19:05with Denzel Dumfries
19:06who had one of the brilliant
19:07performances across the semi-finals
19:08against Barcelona
19:09they're in tears
19:10they're so upset
19:11what would be next
19:12for some of those players
19:13that have had stand-up performances
19:14in the lead up
19:15to this final
19:16for Inter Milan Rio
19:17sorry
19:18sorry
19:19we talk a lot about
19:22Inter Milan
19:23and their ageing squad
19:24and it's been
19:25it's been quite a highlight
19:26or quite a topic
19:27a conversation
19:28in the build up to this match
19:29what is next
19:30for some of those stand-out players
19:31who have brilliant games
19:32in the semi-finals
19:33for Inter Milan
19:34and also I suppose
19:35the next question is
19:36what next for the manager
19:37listen I think
19:38recruitment is always key
19:39when you're doing well or bad
19:40they're in a moment
19:41where they've had some
19:42big disappointments this season
19:43they're going to have
19:44one thing they're going to have to do
19:45whoever they bring in
19:46they're going to have to
19:47rebuild these boys
19:48from a mentality point
19:49or form mindset
19:50because it's been some hard
19:51hard hard defeats
19:52and moments in this season now
19:53and they've ended it
19:54with trophiness
19:55when they're on the cusp
19:56of getting free maybe
19:57there's the Paris
19:58Frenchman fans
19:59and players just unite
20:01here in Munich
20:02this is Paris at the moment
20:04this is at the Parc de France
20:05they're having their own party
20:06themselves
20:07and so many fireworks
20:08better than our fireworks
20:09here at the moment actually
20:10I hope they've got
20:11something special lined up
20:12this is the pinnacle for the
20:14you know for the ownership
20:15for the fans for the players
20:16they've got to enjoy this
20:17moment you know the final game
20:18of the season some of them
20:19will go away on international
20:20break
20:21but it's their night
20:22it's their moments
20:23I'm sure they'll party hard
20:24into the night
20:25I certainly did
20:26and it's certainly well
20:27deserved
20:28I mean the fans have been
20:29amazing tonight
20:30but the players have certainly
20:31backed that up with the
20:32performance
20:33I mean look at this here
20:34look at this here
20:35these pictures right
20:36but imagine when they land
20:37in Paris
20:38what it's going to be like
20:39it's going to be crackers
20:40have we got time to get over
20:41I'm sure we do
20:42I'm sure they're going to be
20:43on a jet heading back over there
20:44now
20:45do you remember what it was like
20:46I mean not so long ago
20:47for you to remember back
20:48but just that feeling of
20:49finally doing it
20:50I mean winning is special
20:52but to do it in that manner
20:53is completely different
20:54it's hard to win a final
20:55you know you got the best teams
20:57the best players
20:58the best managers
20:59but to do it in that manner
21:00is
21:01it's just even better isn't it
21:03it's just
21:04you couldn't even dream of
21:05playing that well in a final
21:06like that
21:07you're on the pinnacle of your career
21:08and you experience that and things
21:09but this really is in club football
21:11this is the top
21:12the best thing that you can experience
21:14do you think
21:15100%
21:16you're on a wave of emotion now
21:17for a long time
21:18this is where you know
21:20all the hard work
21:21all the sacrifices
21:22all the dedication
21:23this is the rewards
21:24you know we spoke about it in game
21:26the way they went about it tonight
21:28every area of the pitch
21:30every player to a man
21:31subs that come on
21:32if you could picture and pose the perfect performance
21:37it was PSG tonight
21:38they've not done it easy as well
21:40in terms of who they've had to face Rio
21:42throughout the league phase
21:43and throughout the knockout stages
21:45they beat England's best
21:48wherever England had to offer
21:49they dispatched
21:50and they've
21:51you have to play the hard games
21:52to get to the final
21:53to win trophies
21:54you've got to be big teams
21:55and have heavy games
21:57at every moment
21:58this moment here
21:59you can see there
22:00this flag that
22:01the Paris Saint-Germain fans
22:02have brought along
22:03in tribute to
22:04Luis Enrique's daughter
22:05Sana
22:06we mentioned her earlier on
22:07and we said how he
22:09wanted to plant that flag
22:11in the ground
22:12just as he had done
22:13and just as Sana
22:14had done with him
22:15when he won the treble
22:16with Barcelona
22:17in that Champions League final
22:18and he said look
22:19she's not going to be here
22:20physically
22:21but she'll be here
22:22alongside me spiritually
22:23and what a fantastic moment
22:24and a really heartfelt tribute
22:26from those fans
22:27to Luis Enrique
22:28whose daughter Sana
22:29passed away
22:30when she was just nine years old
22:31I mean it is absolutely heartbreaking
22:33he has one of the most
22:34incredible attitudes
22:35when you hear him speak
22:36about his daughter
22:37and how special
22:38she was to him
22:39one of the things
22:40that you said
22:41which really choked me up
22:42is I'm grateful for the time
22:43that I did have with her
22:44and that really
22:45I think for any parent
22:46that's watching
22:47that has children
22:48that they perhaps
22:49are still here
22:50or perhaps that they've lost
22:51I mean what an incredible
22:52heart
22:53I can actually catch you
22:54in my own brain
22:55what heartbreaking
22:56but a really heartwarming
22:57moment Rio
22:58yeah I mean
22:59he's a remarkable human being
23:02because I think
23:03I've been in a position
23:04where I've had loss
23:05and it's very difficult
23:07to know how you're going
23:08to react
23:09and he's actually continued
23:10and he's gone on
23:11from strength to strength
23:12working
23:13and used that as something
23:14that's pushed him on
23:15and propelled him
23:16into a position here
23:17where he's so demanding
23:18of his players
23:19but he maybe used that
23:21again as an inspirational
23:22moment for his fans
23:23look at the fans
23:24coming on there
23:25look pitch invasion
23:26with the fans
23:27also of his players
23:28sort of looked at that
23:29and they've used it
23:30as inspiration and motivation
23:31to try and win for the manager
23:32it's a very emotional story
23:35it's difficult to put into words
23:37I can only imagine
23:39I'm not even sure
23:40I'm in the place
23:41to speak about that
23:42but the strength of the man
23:43to work under that situation
23:45and them circumstances
23:46I mean credit to the man
23:47forget the coach
23:48I mean these fans
23:50you can see that
23:51have come onto the pitch
23:52to celebrate with their team
23:53they adore Lewis Enrique
23:55they adore what he's done
23:56they've stood by him
23:57in terms of what he needed
23:58to do with this club
23:59and they just must be
24:01so grateful to have
24:02someone like that
24:03at the helm
24:04that's finally brought them
24:05this trophy
24:06I mean imagine having him
24:07as your boss
24:08leading like he is
24:09as a human he is
24:10as the manager
24:11he was a brilliant player
24:12by the way
24:13he understands the boys
24:14he can relate to them
24:15but everything that he's been through
24:16still have a smile on his face
24:17but what a man
24:18what a brilliant manager
24:19he just
24:20that's what it's about
24:21prepare the statue
24:22innit?
24:23right
24:24look at these incredible scenes
24:26lifting him up
24:27with a trophy above his head
24:28I mean I can't believe it
24:29they could go on
24:30like we said
24:31they've got so much more
24:32to gain in the world
24:33of football
24:34they've got such a young team
24:35and they're so talented
24:36and this experience
24:37that they've had tonight
24:38will just set them up perfectly
24:39look it wasn't all plain sailing
24:40at the beginning of the league phase
24:41for Paris Saint-Germain
24:42was it?
24:43yeah they could have been out
24:44you know and again
24:45the new format
24:46the new competition
24:47they could have been out
24:48in a time when there's 2-0
24:49down against Man City
24:50they found a way
24:51and like Ali said
24:52since that
24:53they've been by far the best team
24:55in every phase
24:56it is
24:57they are a privilege to watch
24:58yeah I feel that
24:59we are privileged to be here
25:00but I think this has been a club
25:01it's been a city
25:02that's been desperate
25:03for this competition
25:04you can see the reaction
25:05with the fans
25:06the connection with the fans
25:07and the team now
25:08they've been desperate
25:09they've been disappointed
25:10at many occasions
25:11they've had belief
25:12that was warranted
25:13when you buy supersize
25:14you expect results
25:15at the top level
25:16they've never been able
25:17to deliver
25:18and they've done it now
25:19and this team I think
25:20go on from strength to strength
25:21and become an actual team
25:22that could steamroll
25:23this competition
25:24for a while now
25:25Peter Schmuggler
25:26just finding his way
25:27onto the pitch as well
25:28just to wish
25:29Luis Enrique congratulations
25:30no doubt
25:31now as all of these fans
25:32just enjoy themselves
25:33climb up onto the goal there
25:35perhaps take down the next
25:36wow
25:37they are absolutely enjoying themselves
25:38and they will do
25:39straight on into the night as well
25:40the action is going to continue
25:41into the night on TNT Sports 2
25:43and this
25:45yeah what a super line up
25:46we have on TNT Sports
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26:01of the Premier League
26:02the Champions League
26:03and the Europa
26:04and Conference League too
26:06gosh so much football
26:07to enjoy next season
26:09and meanwhile we're just going to
26:10soak up these scenes
26:11here in Munich
26:12Paris Saint-Germain
26:13they have finally done it
26:14they lift the Champions League
26:15trophy
26:16they do it in some style
26:17not only creating their own
26:18history but creating history
26:19in the Champions League as well
26:21the biggest win
26:235-0 over Inter Milan
26:24one way traffic
26:25more reaction coming up next
26:27from these guys
26:28long into the night as well
26:29as the fans celebrate
26:30over here in Munich
26:31see you in a moment
26:32Paris Saint-Germain
26:38Paris Saint-Germain
26:39winners of the Champions League
26:40it's been a very long wait
26:41for these Parisian fans
26:42and now have a team they connect with
26:44and the European trophy
26:45they have longed for
26:47all under the guidance of
26:48Luis Enrico
26:49who's just been a standout manager
26:51in world football this season
26:53and the players are going to be
26:54taking the trophy
26:55there you go
26:56back to the dressing rooms
26:57where their party is going to continue
26:59I imagine that will be fun
27:00and we're going to wait
27:01to see if they come back out
27:02in the meantime
27:04this is what's happening
27:07over in Paris
27:08don't you love it when it does that
27:09the Eiffel Tower
27:10absolutely beautiful
27:12shimmering over there
27:14in the capital
27:15now the fans that came onto the pitch
27:19here in Munich
27:20at the Elianz
27:21they are actually going to be
27:22guided out now
27:23so they're going to be moved out
27:24of the stadium
27:25and hopefully their party will continue
27:26somewhere outside
27:28and then maybe we welcome
27:29the PSG fans
27:31the players back out here
27:32perhaps to do another lap
27:33in there
27:34just to take it all in
27:35and they will have a lot to take in
27:36what does it feel like
27:37initially after you win
27:38the Champions League
27:39in these moments
27:40when perhaps the stadium
27:41begins to empty
27:42and you can kind of
27:43let it all settle in
27:44after the initial
27:45lifting of the trophy
27:46and that feeling that you get
27:48is just like
27:49you can't describe it
27:50I've got to be honest with you
27:51it's hard to put that into words
27:52but it is an accumulation
27:53of all the hard work
27:54you start thinking about
27:55the journey to get to this point
27:56the ups
27:57the downs
27:58the family members
27:59the friends
28:00your network of people
28:01that have helped you
28:02propel you to this moment as well
28:03and then you start looking
28:04for those people as well
28:05even in the stands
28:06and seeing where they are
28:07and I think you have them
28:09a little moment on the pitch
28:10or at the bottom of the stairs
28:11wherever it is
28:12just to go you know what
28:13you're thankful
28:14but obviously there's been
28:15a lot of work that's gone into
28:16getting there
28:17for me
28:18the family and the friends
28:19have got to be a little bit patient
28:20you know
28:21the most important people
28:22in the big picture
28:23I get all that
28:24but give the players the moment
28:25let them celebrate with each other
28:26first and foremost
28:27let them
28:28you know let it settle in
28:29the pride
28:30the emotion
28:31the satisfaction
28:32the joy
28:33you've got to give the players
28:34and the staff
28:35the moment first
28:36then you bring your family
28:37and your friends in
28:38you share it with them
28:39but tonight it was the other way around
28:40yeah
28:41the family and the friends
28:42wanted to be on before
28:43the players could get the selfies
28:44and the pictures
28:45what did you all say to each other
28:46in the dressing room?
28:47can you remember?
28:48I just remember talking how tired I was
28:50every single body
28:51cramp all over the place
28:53but just
28:54it was all worth it
28:55it was all worth it
28:56because the buzz
28:57you feel on top of the world
28:58you're on this wave of emotion
28:59and to share it with your teammates
29:01you know and the staff that put all the hard work in
29:03I mean what a place to be
29:05what was it like for you?
29:06yeah it's true actually the staff as well
29:07you know everybody's putting in so much work
29:09you're like a big family
29:10you spend more time with your teammates
29:11than you do with your family
29:12and I think a moment like this
29:13when you can connect to everybody
29:15you know it lasts forever
29:16so when you go and see these people
29:17you know in 5 or 10 or 20 years
29:20a moment like this
29:21connects you forever
29:22which is amazing
29:23let's go back through the goals
29:24and just remind ourselves
29:25of exactly how this happened
29:26it was an early goal
29:27for PSG Rio
29:28which really started off the landslide
29:30yeah this feels like ages ago
29:32this but I mean yes
29:33it's a very good ball out there
29:34to the left hand side
29:35and it's
29:36again direct
29:37assertive football
29:39this pass from Bettina
29:40right through the heart of the defence Rio
29:42oh
29:43that pass there
29:44straight foot pass
29:45forward pass
29:46but then the
29:47receiving on the back foot
29:48oh
29:49I mean
29:50how calm
29:51but you know what even to make that run
29:52as a 19 year old boy
29:53he recognised a chevy's out of position
29:55runs in behind
29:56and again you know Pacho chasing lost cause
29:58we spoke about the no ego in the team
30:00and in this position
30:02any defender would be worried
30:03look at here
30:04he's scared to get tight
30:05the passive
30:06you know Chadoglu tries to help him
30:08but it was the decision making in the final third
30:10that there was the difference
30:11I thought they did that well
30:12I thought they switched the play really well
30:14went from one side to the other
30:16and in the big moments they were just decisive
30:18I mean this kid
30:19wow I mean what
30:20that was the only bit of luck they had all night
30:21that they needed
30:22do you know what I mean
30:23I mean it was
30:24it's just a decision making
30:25like you say
30:26they all made
30:27played the right pass
30:28at the right occasion
30:29that none of them was trying to be the superstar
30:30Dembele I think was the best example of that
30:32he's obviously going for the Ballon d'Or tonight
30:34he could have been selfish
30:35and tried to do things on his own
30:37he played what the game presented
30:38and that's a sign of a really really mature player
30:40from a defensive point of view though
30:42DeMarco
30:43you cannot turn your back at this level
30:45young defenders watching the game
30:46you've got to be brave in that moment
30:48this is the moment when the rest of the team
30:49need you to stand up be brave
30:51and unfortunately he was very weak
30:53Dube as well
30:54man of the match performance
30:55the first player
30:56in a Champions League final
30:57to have three goal involvements
30:59is two goals and an assist
31:00he was exceptional
31:01this was the best goal for me
31:02yeah
31:03Bettina running through the heart of midfield
31:04the ball from Dembele
31:06the awareness for
31:07DeMarco to peel off
31:08and the finish just passes it into the goal
31:10I mean that goal
31:11I love this
31:12absolutely love this
31:13Ruiz gets away
31:14Bettina runs through
31:15little set
31:16Dembele you guys made a great point commentary
31:17Dembele's movement
31:18killed Inter
31:19yeah
31:20all the time
31:21coming away from the defenders
31:22that was one of my big question marks about Inter
31:24how would they deal with one striker
31:26who's going to come away from the defenders
31:27they have three defenders
31:28that's almost playing like one or two men down
31:31elsewhere in the pitch
31:32they never got to grips of it
31:33at this stage of the game
31:34no the towel was ready to go in
31:36I mean they were passive all over the pitch
31:37Vettina the smallest man on the pitch
31:39he runs through the whole team
31:41we were speaking how good they were defensively
31:42and how organised they were tonight
31:44he wasn't
31:45let's have a look at Kvar Escalia's goal as well
31:47he joined in January
31:48he settled in very very quickly
31:49and scores in a Champions League final
31:50oh he's such a beautiful player
31:51I mean on the ball he's amazing
31:52but he's tracking back
31:53but again look at
31:54Stevie makes a great point
31:55the spaces that opened up
31:56look at that
31:57I mean it's just far too easy
31:59beat Summer at his near post
32:00but
32:01the awareness
32:02and the willingness
32:03to run in behind
32:04even so late in the game
32:05I just saw
32:06they're ruthless
32:07they pass forward
32:08and they pass forward with spite
32:09they never look for safe passes
32:11they're a team that are brilliant
32:12at breaking lines
32:13with passing and running
32:14they've got great vision
32:15this kid can do everything
32:16he can score with his left foot
32:17his right foot
32:18he can assist with his left foot
32:19right foot
32:20he's great in 1v1s
32:21they've got so much variety
32:23from an attacking point of view
32:24Do you know what I love about them
32:25is that sometimes teams have possession
32:27of the ball
32:28and they can dominate a game
32:29and they let you off the hook
32:30this team
32:31they've got a bunch of killers in there
32:32that want to affect the game
32:33and impact the game
32:34and have devilment in everything that they do
32:36like with running
32:37with them without the ball
32:38they're passing
32:39and again
32:40the final
32:41the cutting edge of it finishing
32:42they're
32:43I keep saying it but
32:44if you're a team
32:45and you're sitting at home on your sofa
32:46watching that
32:47I'll probably have turned off after 30 minutes
32:48and just like
32:49I can't watch too much of this
32:50it could scare me
32:51every manager will be taking notes from that
32:52and going
32:53yep
32:54we're going to
32:55in possession
32:56out of possession
32:57second balls
32:58every phase
32:59was a masterclass
33:00I love how Luis Enrique held it together as well
33:01until that point
33:02and then he thought
33:03perhaps it was done earlier on
33:05but 4-0 he waited for
33:06yeah well
33:07I think he knew a 3-0
33:08I think you could see by his reaction
33:09he knew it was done a 3-0
33:10but what happened was
33:11Due got a yellow card
33:13and I think
33:14any other manager
33:15might have been sentimental
33:16should we keep him on for us
33:17Hatik
33:18he was ruthless as a coach
33:19get him off
33:20because the only way Inter Milan
33:21could have maybe come back into the team
33:22whereas if they went to 10 men
33:23so it was a real big learning curve for me
33:25as a young coach
33:26looking at how ruthless he was
33:27getting Due off the pitch
33:28on that yellow card
33:29that's a good point
33:30speaking of youngsters
33:31I mean
33:32Maulu
33:3319 years of age
33:34coming off the bench
33:35and scoring to make it 5-0
33:36in a Champions League final
33:37so many cool moments in this game
33:39but this might have been one of the best
33:40his reaction to scoring
33:42and his teammates reaction to him scoring
33:44is literally one of the best parts
33:46everybody just goes mad
33:47he can't believe it
33:48his teammates can't believe it
33:49this is the dream now innit
33:50as a young boy
33:51Champions League final
33:53you come on
33:54you get your chance
33:55your moments in front of the Paris fans
33:56bang
33:57and look at that celebration
33:59we'll show you in just a second time
34:00because you're right
34:01right in front of the PSG fans
34:02and that little run there
34:03that he makes
34:04oh my god what a moment
34:05and you say like
34:06oh and the team
34:07also to win
34:08and bring young kids in from the academy
34:09I think it's a stuff of dreams
34:11for any football club
34:12we've seen all these superstars come
34:13but when you've got young kids
34:14that are coming in
34:15and Paris is probably one of the best
34:16hotbeds of talent
34:17in Europe
34:18if not the world
34:19of players we've seen come through
34:20from that part of the world
34:21and they
34:22I think they've got a conveyor belt
34:23of them coming through now
34:24as we've seen in the squad
34:25that's the signal from Enrique
34:26yes
34:27just like this is
34:28this is the new PSG
34:29yep 100%
34:30look at this as well
34:31if you can see in your screen there
34:32two of the youngest
34:33five Champions League scorers
34:35in finals
34:36have reached in here tonight
34:38so two of them have made that list
34:39no one's beating Patrick Kluiver
34:4118 years of age
34:42327 days
34:43but wow
34:44it's a sign for the future isn't it
34:45very much so
34:46I mean the potential in this squad
34:47is a scary thought
34:48but the difference now
34:49with this PSG team
34:50is they're coming in
34:51under a manager
34:52that believes in them
34:53will play them
34:54is not frightened
34:55he'll put them in
34:56and there's no ego in the team
34:58they've got the likes of Marquinhos
34:59the goalkeeper
35:00I mean
35:01there's not much experience in the team
35:02but they're helping these young players
35:03to blossom
35:04to evolve
35:05and to become better players
35:06some of them are already world class
35:08will it be now controlling
35:10so they don't become egos?
35:11this is nothing
35:13when you're successful
35:14I think that's a big controller
35:15of the environment as well
35:17but you need certain people
35:18within that dressing room
35:19and they seem
35:20Kimpembe hasn't played any minutes
35:21but he's a leader
35:23he's been there a long time
35:24Marquinhos obviously
35:25the captain
35:26Donnarumma
35:27he's done magnificent things
35:28and wonderful things
35:29in his career
35:30but the focal point
35:31and the main person
35:32is the manager
35:33he's energy
35:34he's the way
35:35he sets his mindset
35:36and sets his team up
35:37that's the thing
35:38that is the signal
35:39and filters down to all the others
35:40and they feed off that
35:41you're right
35:42he'll be the one to keep them grounded
35:43but not tonight
35:44tonight they get to enjoy
35:45everything they have just achieved
35:46a 5-0 scoreline
35:48in a Champions League final
35:49Luis Enrique
35:50he's done the trouble once before
35:51he fancied doing it again
35:52congratulations to him
35:54he is definitely up there
35:55with Europe's elite
35:56perhaps even the world elite
35:58what a manager
35:59and what a moment for PSG
36:00we'll get more reaction after this
36:01very quick break
36:02the end of the day
36:03you have to be
36:04there
36:05you have to be
36:07a grab
36:08with the team
36:0915-year
36:10it's a lovely ball
36:11through
36:12Douai
36:13flag stays
36:15Douai's up there
36:16so is Fabian Ruiz
36:17and
36:18JoĂŁo Neves
36:20it's Douai
36:21to hit Warden
36:23lovely flick
36:24from Depp Ele
36:25brilliant football game
36:26from PSG
36:27on it goes
36:28and now to Douai
36:29Douai is in
36:30That is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
36:37And Dembele's got Kavar and Scalia in.
36:39And he's bearing down on goal. And it's Vorda.
36:44Mayulu.
36:47Barkley gives it back to him. And he's... Oh, it's him!
36:50It's number five. And he can't believe it. Look at him.
36:52Yeah!
36:57Paris Saint-Germain have won the Champions League in 2025.
37:02French football and PSG on top of the world.
37:07They are kings of Europe tonight in Munich.
37:10And the PSG players who just went back down the tunnel into the dressing room
37:13just to have a few moments as a team have come back out onto the pitch.
37:17And there are still quite a lot of PSG fans in the stands here to celebrate with them
37:22and just watch on as they really soak up these final moments.
37:26JJ Koch has just joined us as well.
37:28Pitch side. Hello, sir. We'll get to you maybe in just a second's time.
37:31They're just going to have a moment here in a photo.
37:32So while they do that, let me tell you about what else is going on.
37:36Oh, OK. I'll tell you what. If we can, let's just see if we can get a word with him.
37:40JJ, before we let you... Come on. Come and join it.
37:42Great to see you, by the way.
37:46And congratulations to your former team.
37:48What was that like? Because you know exactly how long the fans have waited for this.
37:51I mean, it's amazing. And the way they did it, you know, they made it look so easy.
37:57They came with a good game plan and it worked out really well for them.
38:01And I think they totally deserve it.
38:03Did you think it was going to be 5-0, though?
38:06No, I predicted 2-1. But who cares?
38:08I mean, I wanted to see them win and they won.
38:12Which is great for the club, you know, first time in their history.
38:15And I think it's good for football as well.
38:18JJ, we all know you as the man who produced outrageous skills.
38:21We've got some players on show here in attacking positions for PSG.
38:24How impressed were you with them?
38:26Well, I think that was the difference, you know, because they played...
38:31They used their individual talent, you know, for the team.
38:36You know, and I think they held the ball very well.
38:39They made it to suffer a little bit.
38:42And it's down to the ability, you know, to do something with the ball.
38:48JJ, imagine if you had to play in this team in the front three, you'd have to press like that?
38:51Oh, well, I have no choice.
38:53When you're around great players, you know, they make you look good.
38:57But don't you think the hard work was incredible?
38:59It is. It is. But it's in the mind.
39:01You know, if everything is working out well, you don't mind, you know, going extra mile, you know, for the team.
39:07And I think that was what they did.
39:09You've seen so many world-class players play for this club and this team over the years.
39:12But what difference has the manager made in terms of their culture and the new style?
39:18I think he made us realise that football is a teamwork.
39:22It is a team game.
39:24No matter how good you are, if you're not playing for the team, you can win anything.
39:28You know, and they just justify that.
39:30All right, JJ, thank you very much.
39:31Go and join the celebration.
39:33Great to see you.
39:34Thank you for that impromptu interview.
39:39Why do I always get pied?
39:40And it's not even meant either.
39:41Anyway, brilliant.
39:42JJ Kocha, just leave it over there.
39:44Why don't we get some reaction?
39:45Because Dewey had a brilliant performance today.
39:47And Jules, luckily, is with him.
39:50That performance was ridiculous.
39:52You know, that's the same.
39:53I have no words.
39:54That's just incredible for me.
39:56That's simply incredible.
39:58Yeah, I have no words.
39:59Sorry.
39:59Sorry.
40:00What about your manager, Luis Enrique?
40:01He's a hero in Paris now.
40:03Yeah, of course.
40:04He's been here since two years.
40:06And he made his story for the club.
40:09Tactically, mentally.
40:10That's a really good coach.
40:13A unbelievable coach as a human being, too.
40:17And that's a pleasure to work with him.
40:19How are you guys celebrating tonight?
40:21I don't know, but that's going to be crazy.
40:23Go have fun.
40:26I imagine it's going to be an incredible night for all of those players and the fans.
40:29And one fan especially, Julian Laurenz, who was with us pre-match, just a wax lyrical about this incredible PSG side.
40:37And look at the smile on his face, Rashmin.
40:39Honestly, do you know what?
40:40I know James and Karen are here as well.
40:42But I'm going to hone in on this guy because, look, you are our PSG legend.
40:49Okay.
40:49We've seen JJ Akotra.
40:50We've seen Due.
40:51You're a boyhood PSG fan.
40:53Absolutely.
40:53You've been waiting for this moment your entire life.
40:56Yeah.
40:57What on earth does it feel like?
40:58Incredible.
40:59I won't lie.
41:00Incredible.
41:00I never thought I would see that day, to be fair, to see this team, my team, in the Champions League final, playing that well as well, winning here with my sons in the stands and the rest of the family.
41:11I came here from where I was on the platform.
41:13I hugged maybe 15 people that I didn't know before, before hugging the whole crew here and all our colleagues.
41:19But even before that, random people that I just bumped into.
41:22I was hugging.
41:23I saw Ousmane Dembele's brother and we bumped into each other, hugged each other, saying we're champions of Europe.
41:29That's where we are right now.
41:30It's incredible.
41:31It is incredible.
41:31And the thing is, because when you're working, it's really difficult to actually let those emotions out.
41:36What do you think it's going to be like when you see your family?
41:38I think we're going to cry.
41:39I think the boys have cried already, the cousins as well.
41:43I had a few tears, I won't lie, at full time, because it's all the stress that we mentioned in the pre-match.
41:50And Laura and the boys were laughing at me as well because I could not eat all day.
41:53And you sat down in the car on the way.
41:55You were so white all day.
41:56I know.
41:56And it's all that, that even at 3-0, I was not sure.
42:00I said, imagine it's another Istanbul.
42:01Imagine just where it's on the fourth goal.
42:03I let it go.
42:04I won't lie.
42:05Yeah, yeah.
42:05Do you know what?
42:06I've watched a couple of PSG, no, yeah, a couple of PSG games with you this season.
42:10I did have bruises on my arms because this is where he's like punching me.
42:13But do you know what?
42:14I've seen this reaction.
42:15Hang on.
42:16Take a look at this.
42:16Take a look at that.
42:18Oh, that's the second goal, I think.
42:22That's one for the archives, isn't it?
42:24That's one to show the grandchildren.
42:25Look at that.
42:27It's so much emotion.
42:29And again, you've been waiting all your life.
42:31This club is a great club.
42:32The fans are wonderful.
42:34What Luis Enrique has done and built is very special.
42:37And I think when you're part of it, when we followed them, we covered them, all those games,
42:41we all come to the Paris des Princes.
42:43We watched them, and finally they got it over the line.
42:46Also, Jules has been through it all.
42:48He has.
42:48Isn't he?
42:49The road posters.
42:49Remember the years when he would see PSG collapse.
42:52Absolutely.
42:52And everyone would make fun of him.
42:54Yeah.
42:54And then the Farmers League things.
42:56And now here you are.
42:57And that makes it all the more satisfying, doesn't it?
42:59Yeah.
42:59And really, you're right.
43:00I know we're laughing, but it's true.
43:02The remontada was the worst night of my life, professionally-wise.
43:06And today is the best.
43:10And this is my stadium.
43:11It was full of fans who could not be here tonight.
43:1448,000 people in that stadium.
43:17The other half of the Laurence family is there.
43:19Is it?
43:20Yeah.
43:20It's just incredible.
43:21And Paris tonight is going to be on fire.
43:24And tomorrow, the parade on the Champs-Elysées.
43:27It's just all of it.
43:28Jules, can you get us into the after party?
43:30Are you going to sort us all out, all the team?
43:33Come on.
43:33We've got contacts.
43:34Yeah, I'm sure we can work something out.
43:37Do you know what?
43:38It's not just for Paris, though, is it?
43:40It's for French football.
43:41I mean, no French side has won this trophy since Olympic Marseille.
43:44Didier Deschamps lifting that trophy.
43:45And French football has been so strong over recent years.
43:48Your World Cup winners multiple times.
43:50But this trophy was so elusive for any French side.
43:54That in itself is huge, isn't it?
43:56Yeah, incredible.
43:5732 years of waiting, of heartbreaks, as we mentioned.
44:01Finals lost before in the Champions League,
44:03but also in the other European competitions.
44:06And I think finally it's there.
44:08And, of course, there's the Farmers League tag
44:11because a lot of people don't watch the league.
44:12It's a very good league, but it's a feeder league still.
44:14At some point, Desiree Douai is going to leave PSG and Ligue 1
44:18to come probably to the Premier League, to England.
44:20And same with Neves and maybe Vitinha and others
44:23because this is the way it works.
44:24But for now, we'll enjoy this one.
44:27What was the difference, Jules, this year?
44:29What was the difference?
44:29The team, and JJ said it just before coming to us,
44:34this team is a real team.
44:35They have the cohesion.
44:36They play for each other.
44:37They fight for each other.
44:38They attack.
44:39They defend together.
44:40And that's the big difference.
44:41You can have Messi and Neymar and Mbappé,
44:43and that's wonderful.
44:44And they will win you things.
44:46But at the top of the top,
44:47you need more than just individual talent.
44:50What a couple of transfer windows.
44:51Sorry, Resh.
44:52No, not at all.
44:53You know, we always talk about the time
44:54when PSG would sign Neymar and Mbappé
44:58in the same transfer window.
45:01This summer, more or less all no-names,
45:04Douay being one of them.
45:05And then in January, Kabbalat-Skelia.
45:08Oh, my goodness.
45:08Yeah.
45:08I mean, that's...
45:09The man who everybody wanted,
45:11but no one really went for.
45:12And you guys got him.
45:14Yeah, and we were saying with Karin,
45:15he will have a Sarriya medal
45:18because he won the title with Napoli.
45:19A Ligue 1 medal, the French Cup medal,
45:21as we see him here with the Georgian flag
45:23and the Champions League medal as well.
45:25Texting you, Jules.
45:26An incredible, incredible year for him,
45:28really, and for Desiree Dewey, of course.
45:30It's incredible.
45:31It's just so many superstars as well in this side,
45:33the kind of superstars that are emerging now.
45:35What we've seen is, you mentioned it, James,
45:37that, you know, PSG crumbling over the years,
45:39but this is the side where they've remained strong.
45:41The side that crumbled tonight was Inter,
45:44and that rebuild, how painful is that going to be?
45:48I think that's what we should focus on, really, the pain.
45:51And actually have some compassion
45:52because put yourself in those players' boots
45:55over the last week.
45:57Now, you have played 60 games.
46:00You have taken a title race in Serie A
46:03down to the final season.
46:04You win your game, but you come up short.
46:08And then you lose here tonight.
46:10And one of the questions that I found
46:12a little bit puzzling yesterday
46:13when the Inter players were talking to the media was,
46:17you guys have won a lot, haven't you?
46:18But you've also lost a lot.
46:20And this group of players have lost
46:22a Europa League final to Sevilla.
46:24They've lost two Champions League finals
46:26to Man City and now Paris Saint-Germain.
46:29They've lost Scudetti on the final day
46:32twice in the last four years.
46:35Your heart kind of goes out for these players.
46:38They've unwittingly become the nearly men.
46:39They're such a strong side
46:40with such a strong heritage.
46:42It's a very unusual place for them to be in.
46:44It is.
46:44And I think Hakan Chananolu said yesterday
46:47that this was their second chance.
46:49It was also their last chance, I think,
46:52for many of these players who are in their 30s,
46:54some in their mid-30s.
46:56And, yeah, there'll be a lot of...
46:59There are going to be some meetings
47:00between the club executives and the coach
47:01over the next few days.
47:03You know, what does Simoni Inzaghi think after this?
47:05Does he think I've taken this team as far as I can?
47:08Or when you suffer a defeat like that,
47:11do you want to go out like that?
47:13I'm not sure you would.
47:14I think you have to stick around
47:15and be there for this rebuild.
47:18It's a difficult one for them to balance as well.
47:20And, Karen, you know, you weren't wrong
47:22when you predicted this side
47:23to be able to win this trophy.
47:25Inter were solid.
47:26The teams that they beat to get to this point as well
47:29and the performances that they put in
47:30throughout the course
47:31and the resilience they showed
47:32throughout the course of this entire tournament.
47:34Like I say, you weren't wrong
47:35to tip them as your favourites.
47:37Are you surprised by how it unravelled
47:39and how fast it unravelled?
47:41And was that the key,
47:42that it unravelled so quickly,
47:43those two early goals,
47:44completely changed the complexion?
47:46To be fair, Resh,
47:46for the first five minutes,
47:48they couldn't cope with PSG's press.
47:49They couldn't cope
47:50and they couldn't solve it.
47:51And straight away,
47:52the arguments with the wing-back
47:54and Bastoni,
47:55they were right at each other
47:56and it just didn't feel right.
47:58And I don't know whether it's fatigue,
47:59I don't know whether it's the mentality
48:00of what's happened,
48:01you just explained there, James.
48:03But it didn't feel right
48:04because it's not the same Inter Milan
48:05I watched at the start.
48:07So I do think it's a big regroup.
48:10I said it was now or never.
48:12I do think now they'll have to go
48:13and refresh in this squad up
48:14because usually squads stay together
48:16for three or four years
48:17and then you go again.
48:18And I think what we've seen tonight
48:19is a young team that,
48:21as the lads have said,
48:22are going to be here for a long time.
48:23So what do you do
48:24to try and catch up with them?
48:25You're going to have to refresh
48:26and go again.
48:27And it is big questions for the manager
48:28because it is disappointment,
48:30but you've got to have the energy
48:31to go again and you've got to dig deep.
48:33And if it's not in you,
48:34there's no harm in what he's done,
48:35what he's achieved.
48:36And you go again.
48:37But they were humble tonight.
48:39There was only one team in it
48:40and that was from the very get-go
48:41and they absolutely deserved it, PSG.
48:44And they have some superstars
48:45and some new icons of football.
48:48Big smile, Julianne.
48:49After that conversation,
48:50I feel like we need to sort of
48:51bring it back round to you.
48:52Yeah, we can't leave you without that.
48:54There you go.
48:55All the teeth out
48:56is going to be crying soon as well.
48:58We're going to leave the emotion
48:59to flow.
49:01And I'll hand you back
49:02to Laura and the guys.
49:03Thank you very much, guys.
49:05Excellent insight.
49:06We're going to get some
49:06from the pitch now as well
49:07because Jules is with a man
49:08who's only played for PSG
49:10for four months
49:10and has completed the travel with him.
49:12Let's get some reaction
49:13with Kvara Escalia.
49:16Kvita, congratulations.
49:17You've won the Champions League.
49:19How does it feel?
49:20It's crazy.
49:21I cannot imagine
49:22that today I'm a Champions League winner.
49:25So it's really dreams come true
49:27and I cannot describe it.
49:29It's crazy emotions today.
49:31And you're wearing
49:31that Georgian flag with pride.
49:33Yeah, I'm so proud
49:34that I'm Georgian
49:35and I think they are happy
49:37in my country.
49:38So I'm proud that I'm Georgian.
49:40And I'm sure they're
49:41very happy in France as well.
49:43Do you realize how happy
49:44you have made
49:44these PSG supporters tonight?
49:46Yeah, I think all of the team
49:47we made together
49:48because this is crazy team,
49:50incredible.
49:51everybody.
49:52And I'm just happy
49:53that I'm one of them.
49:55You only joined this club
49:56in January.
49:57What's it been like
49:57to be part of this team
49:59that have now won
49:59the Champions League
50:00and play in this amazing
50:02group of players?
50:02Yeah, I was very happy
50:03because I really wanted
50:04to come here.
50:06And today we see.
50:08So it was the right choice.
50:09So I'm really happy
50:10that I'm here
50:11with these amazing guys.
50:12Congratulations.
50:14Wonderful moment for him.
50:15And also just to kind of
50:16highlight the intensity
50:17of each and every one
50:19of these players.
50:19At 4-0,
50:21he was still tracking back,
50:22wasn't he?
50:23Yeah.
50:23I mean,
50:23this was probably
50:24one of my favorite clips
50:25from the whole game.
50:27You know,
50:274-0 that.
50:28Look at him tracking back.
50:30Not only did he track back,
50:31it's the strength
50:32and the power
50:33and the fight
50:33and the determination
50:34to win the ball back
50:35for his team.
50:35I think that's from
50:36the whole performance
50:37in this team up
50:38at the moment.
50:38But look at that
50:39Vettini giving him a hug.
50:40You know what I mean?
50:40They couldn't be more different
50:41from the old PSG,
50:42Ree.
50:44All of us have played
50:45in teams
50:46where you've got
50:46super talented
50:47forward players
50:48who feel that
50:50they maybe have
50:50a little bit of a right
50:51to walk a little bit
50:52and maybe not work.
50:53I'm just looking
50:54over in your direction.
50:56But feel they made me,
50:57listen,
50:58I do the other stuff
50:59at the top end
50:59of the pitch
50:59and I'll get you the goals.
51:01Few of you can run
51:01a bit extra for me.
51:03These guys don't live like that.
51:04They don't play like that.
51:04They just say,
51:05you know what?
51:06All of us are going to work
51:07as hard as we can
51:07for each other.
51:08Leave everything out
51:09on that pitch
51:09and we've got the quality
51:11then to then
51:11go and win games
51:12when we need to.
51:13Yeah, because if you're tired
51:14you can bring on Barcola.
51:15You know what?
51:15You can just change it.
51:16Zier Emery.
51:19That's a brilliant bench
51:19to be fair, isn't it?
51:21Guys, we're going to go
51:21to a very quick break
51:22and then fingers crossed
51:24we're going to try
51:25and get Lewis and Rieke
51:26for some reaction.
51:27He's a little bit busy
51:27obviously celebrating
51:28but wow,
51:29we would love to hear
51:30the thoughts of that man.
51:32another treble season
51:33for him
51:34and a team that he can
51:35be proud of.
51:36We'll get more reaction next.
51:41All of this
51:42and Lewis and Rieke
51:43was having a little look around
51:44just to try and find
51:45his family
51:46to bring the family
51:47on to pitch
51:48and celebrate with them
51:49and Stephen,
51:50you were saying
51:50do it with the team first
51:52that whole connection
51:53that he's built
51:54and now time for the family.
51:56Yeah, incredible scenes.
51:57I mean, what a wonderful story
51:58for this guy
51:59both on and off the pitch
52:00and if anyone deserves
52:01to celebrate tonight
52:03and enjoy himself
52:04and let us air down
52:05it's Lewis and Rieke.
52:06Beautiful pitches.
52:07It's not just the connection
52:08with the family
52:10that I love about this guy.
52:11I love that he has created
52:13this connection
52:13with the fan base as well
52:14because at times
52:15in the past
52:16whatever they've tried to do
52:17to make this work
52:18with Paris Saint-Germain
52:19bringing in all these big names
52:20and these big egos
52:20kind of created a little bit
52:22of a divide between
52:23the players, the team
52:24and the fan base, Rio.
52:25Yeah, I remember seeing
52:27a clip of him talking
52:28and sitting down
52:29with Kylian Mbappe
52:29and telling him
52:30how superstars
52:31should be able to influence
52:33and impact their teammates
52:34and team
52:35and he was telling
52:36in terms of
52:36he's putting demands
52:38on him in a subtle
52:38kind of way
52:39but with a little bit
52:40of a spike as well
52:41and obviously
52:42he must have not felt
52:43that Kylian Mbappe
52:44responded the way
52:45he wanted to
52:45so that's why obviously
52:46recruitment out of the place
52:48he was one of the first guys
52:49to go in that sense
52:50or what were the big superstars
52:51after
52:51but then when anyone
52:53comes in the door
52:54is you have to be
52:55absolutely
52:56akin to the way
52:58he wants to play
52:59you have to have a buy-in
53:00to want to work
53:00and want to run
53:01we saw that clip there
53:02with Karish Kalina
53:03and one of the biggest
53:05cheers of the night
53:05was that
53:06getting the ball back
53:07retrieving the ball
53:08at 4-0
53:08at 4-0 exactly
53:09it tells you
53:10and it says a lot
53:10about this team
53:11it does
53:12just on that note as well
53:13about Kylian Mbappe
53:14he said when he left
53:15Luis Enrico said
53:16look I would love to keep him
53:17best player in the world
53:18who wouldn't
53:18but this team will be better
53:20without him
53:20and they were
53:21and they could go on as well
53:22what's next for them
53:22do you think?
53:24they're just going to get
53:25better and better
53:25I mean you think about
53:26he's the most important
53:27person in that football club
53:28you think about
53:29what Sir Alex did
53:29for Man United
53:30Jurgen Klopp did
53:31Pep Guardiola did
53:32it starts with the manager
53:33when you get a manager
53:34hire like that
53:35and everybody buys in
53:37and they get their recruitment
53:38right
53:38credit the sporting director
53:39by the way
53:40the recruitment is absolutely
53:40unbelievable
53:41Luis Enrico
53:42the job that he's done
53:43at this football club
53:44is just
53:44masterclass
53:46honestly
53:46there's a common theme
53:46between those managers
53:47you just mentioned
53:48there's a fear factor
53:50with them
53:50you can tell
53:51there's a respect
53:52a fear factor
53:53and a willingness
53:53and a desire to play with them
53:55the values
53:56what they stand for
53:57I have to ask
53:58Stephen you're probably
53:59quite well placed
54:00for me to ask this question
54:01to you
54:01and Zaghi obviously
54:02has been given
54:02a monster offer
54:03from Al Halal
54:04over in Saudi Arabia
54:05he said look
54:06I've got everything
54:07that I need right here
54:08what does this result
54:10do for that
54:10do you think it changes
54:11it in any way?
54:13I don't think
54:13he'll be thinking
54:14about that at the moment
54:15Al Halal
54:15a wonderful club
54:16very powerful
54:17a lot of money
54:18it will be tempting
54:19of course
54:20but I think right now
54:21at the moment
54:22he'll be thinking
54:22about himself
54:23and his players
54:24he'll be thinking
54:24about Inter Milan
54:25he'll be thinking
54:26about the size
54:27and the magnitude
54:27of the transitional period
54:29it's going to have
54:29to go through
54:30they've done incredibly well
54:32you do feel sorry
54:33for them because
54:34they've hit the post
54:35so many times
54:36in recent times
54:37and they've been tremendous
54:38they've been great to watch
54:39a different style
54:40than Luis Enrico
54:42K's team
54:42but he needs to have
54:44serious talks
54:45and meetings
54:45with his own owners
54:46at Inter Milan
54:47and decide what's next
54:49because for him
54:50to compete with this PSG team
54:52moving forward
54:53he's going to need
54:54serious investment
54:55and serious backing
54:56that's for sure
54:57alright
54:57it's been amazing
54:58here tonight
54:59obviously Paris Saint-Germain
55:00it is their night
55:01but Rio
55:01before we leave
55:02just one final goodbye
55:04from us here
55:06at TNT Sport
55:06to you
55:07that is it
55:08for your career here
55:09for now
55:10Rio
55:10can I just say
55:11on behalf of
55:11I know everybody
55:12behind the camera
55:13and everyone
55:13that you've worked with
55:14you've just been
55:15an absolute pleasure
55:16and personally
55:17since I joined
55:18you've been
55:18so incredibly welcoming
55:20you'll be sorely
55:21sorely missed
55:22really missed
55:23thank you
55:23I just want to say
55:24thank you to everybody
55:25I've worked with
55:25I think my job's made
55:26a lot easier
55:27with great people
55:28great friends
55:28that I've worked with
55:29who have remained
55:29friends for many years
55:31but as important
55:32as the people
55:33you see on the screen
55:34the people behind the screen
55:35that do all the jobs
55:36that get us here
55:36enable us to
55:37put our best foot forward
55:38and we all appreciate it
55:40and again
55:40thank you to everybody
55:41whatever you do next
55:43Rio
55:43you're going to smash it
55:44just like you have here
55:45thank you so much
55:45it's been an absolute pleasure
55:47all the beers are on me
55:48absolutely
55:49quickly
55:49we're going off
55:50very quickly
55:51thank you so much
55:51Rio
55:51thank you all for watching
55:52we get to do it all again
55:54next season
55:54don't we
55:55it's been so fabulous
55:55thanks for watching
55:56along with us
55:57take care
55:57au revoir
55:58bye
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