PSG finally managed to win their first-ever UCL by beating Inter Milan in the final.
The UEFA Champions League is one of the coveted competitions in European football, where many clubs from top leagues compete every year. While some have won plenty of Champions League trophies, others are still trying to establish themselves in the top competition of Europe.
Even though a few teams may have won the trophy just once, they still ended up creating history by setting new records. PSG are one of them. They registered plenty of new benchmarks in their game against Inter Milan.
One of them was scoring the most goals in a final. With this, we take a look at the biggest Champions League final wins in history.
6. Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia (1999-00)
The win at the Stade de France saved Real Madrid from a typically disappointing season, as their 62 points in LaLiga remain their lowest total in a single campaign in this century in Spain’s top division. It was the first Champions League final to be played by two teams from the same country.
Before Steve McManaman, the first English player to triumph in the tournament with a non-English club, scored a spectacular volley from the edge of the box, Fernando Morientes headed in Madrid’s first goal after Míchel Salgado’s cross.
15 minutes from the end, Raúl completed a counterattack by rounding Santiago Cañizares to seal the victory, giving coach Vicente del Bosque his first win in the UCL final.
5. FC Porto 3-0 Monaco (2003-04)
The victory that guaranteed José Mourinho a transfer to Chelsea and made him a football management superstar. With their improbable runs to the 2004 Champions League final, Porto and Monaco had both captivated the attention of onlookers. But the final match in Gelsenkirchen was ultimately quite one-sided.
After winning the Europa League (formerly known as the UEFA Cup), Porto became the first and only Portuguese team to win the Champions League.
4. Real Madrid 4-1 Atlético Madrid (2013-14, After Extra Time*)
This entry is marked with an asterisk because Real required extra time to defeat their neighbours, Atletico Madrid. In fact, Diego Simeone’s team came dangerously close to winning 1-0 in this match.
Diego Godín’s first-half header past Iker Casillas in Lisbon appeared to be enough to give Atletico a first-ever Champions League victory, but Madrid weren’t to be denied La Décima.
After excellent work by Ángel Di Maria, Gareth Bale put Real Madrid ahead with 110 minutes remaining after Sergio Ramos’ spectacular headed equaliser deep into second-half stoppage time guaranteed that the match would go into extra 30 minutes.
After Marcelo’s 20-yard attempt was not stopped by then-Atletico goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, Ronaldo’s penalty, which he won, completed the scoring.
3. Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus (2016-17)
Madrid beat Juventus in 2017 to become the first team to sweep the Champions League back-to-back.
With Madrid’s first attempt in the 20th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo stroked in a Dani Carvajal cut-back to make it 1-0. Mario Mandžukić’s incredible overhead kick shortly after drew the game to 1-1. But Zinedine Zidane’s team completed the task with three goals in the second half.
After Casemiro’s long-range deflection goal put Madrid ahead again, Luka Modrić’s pass gave Ronaldo his tenth goal of the knockout rounds. With Marco Asensio scoring their fourth goal, Madrid became the second Spanish team after Barcelona to defeat them in the Champions League final in a span of two years.
2. AC Milan 4-0 Barcelona (1993-94)
Pep Guardiola, the current manager of Manchester City, was a member of the Barcelona team that entered the 1994 Champions League final as the overwhelming favourites. Milan destroyed Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona despite missing a number of important players, including Marco van Basten, Gianluigi Lentini, and Italian greats Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta.
1. PSG 5-0 Inter (2024-25)
The majority of the conversation leading up to this final focused on how difficult the call was. An experience with a “irresistible force vs. the immovable object” is almost typical. However, it wasn’t.
As it happened, Inter were a very movable thing.
Paris Saint-Germain defeated the Nerazzurri 5-0 in Munich thanks to a spectacular effort from 19-year-old Désiré Doué. Inter became the first team to give up five goals in a Champions League final.
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