Champions League final
Against Inter-Oldies: heirs from Messi and Mbappé before Triumph
Does the new PSG era start with a triumph? Or win two earlier Bayern stars with Inter? In the Champions League final, a main actor with Happel, Heynckes and Hitzfeld could draw.
The successors of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé dream of historical triumph-but also the Bayern fright with half a Bundesliga selection hopes for the Henkelpott. 13 years after the tearful “Finale Dahoam”, the title winner of the Champions League will be crowned again in Munich on Saturday (9:00 p.m./ZDF and DAZN). The paris Saint-Germain, which is even more fiery after the era of the superstars, meets the Inter Milan’s veterans in a generation duel for former Bayern professionals Benjamin Pavard and Yann Sommer.
Summer returns to Munich
“This is the most important game in my career-clearly,” said Inters semi-final hero summer before the final act of the Reformed Kösus league. “As a footballer, you dream of holding this trophy in your hand.” Almost for the day exactly two years, Sommer’s last appearance for FC Bayern, for which Pavard even played for four years and celebrated all the title honor.
He is looking forward to “this big game,” said Pavard and warned of the team from his homeland. “Paris is really a great team that has been showing this for years. But I think PSG is even more constant this season.” With the reference to this stability, the French world champion in 2018 is in a nutshell.
Unlike in the highly praised – and highly paid – era of Messi, Mbappé and Neymar, Paris acts less in a moody. In the meantime, the sheikh club, which is after a decades and a half shortly before the longing goal, is running for everyone. PSG is still a costly project with mega millions made of Qatar; But the shopping craze last years with the climax of the crazy 222 million euros for Neymar is over. The first royal class title in the period of a new club DNA and five years after the final defeat against FC Bayern would be a special punch line.
“We developed a lot this season and the players have made great progress,” said coach Luis Enrique. This applies to Ousmane Dembélé, who once went on from Dortmund to Barça and also got a short break in the first half of the season because of undisciplinary. The offensive player now plays in a career best.
Lots of Bundesliga expertise – and a national player
Like the former BVB professional, defender Achraf Hakimi also brings with him in the Paris team Dortmund Bundesliga experience. Inter has even more Germany expertise in the squad. In addition to summer and pavard, the former Dortmund Henrich Mchitarjan, the Hamburg and Leverkusener Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Marcus Thuram, who was very mature compared to his Gladbach period, ran in the Bundesliga. The ex-bremer Marco Arnautovic is at an Inter offensive reserve.
Yann Aurel Bisseck is the only DFB player in the Milan contingent at the final. The Cologne native would be a candidate for the starting eleven if Pavard fails because of his ankle injury. The Bissek, nominated for the Nations League League, is actually too young for the team, which lasted the starting XI-age record in Europe’s elite league of 31.1 years anyway.
Donnarumma at 26 almost team senior
“The players who were already in a Champions League final will help us enormously with their experience,” said Sommer about routine factor. Arnautović (36) has a lot of this, who was already in the squad at Inters last success in 2010 (against FC Bayern).
In contrast to Inter-coach Simone Inzaghi (49), Enrique (55) sent a team with an average age of 23.2 years on the lawn in autumn. The very strong summer against Gianluigi Donnarumma (26) in the Paris goal was almost an oldie. Only three clubs had younger teams.
Guardiola, Mourinho – and Enrique?
Enrique itself could immortalize its name into a special coaching gallery. According to Carlo Ancelotti, Ernst Happel, Jupp Heynckes, Ottmar Hitzfeld, José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, the former Barcelona coach could become a seventh coach, the Europe’s club crown with two different clubs. Paris also waves the triple.
For Inzaghi, which is said to be a mega offer from Saudi Arabia, it would be the greatest success of the coaching career. Two years ago he lost to Inter in the Manchester City final. Guardiola’s city-starring ensemble failed early in the new format of the Champions League as well as defending champion Madrid. At least in the first year, the reform brought a plus of excitement – and even more money for the teams. The winner on Saturday waves another 10.5 million for the 18.5 million euros for the final entry.
Bavaria victory in preliminary round, Ko against Inter
“The players did something extraordinary. We played four great games against two strong teams such as Bavaria and Barcelona,” Inzaghi recalled. The semi-final duel with Barcelona is one of the best in the Champions League history.
Bavaria fought against the Nerazzurri at eye level, but then failed at the full -bodied mission of the “Title Dahoam” in the quarter -finals. Previously, Inter around captain Lautaro Martínez won 1-0 against Leipzig with the Bundesliga and lost 0-1 against Leverkusen.
Paris started the royal class season and only saved himself on the last preliminary round game day with a 4: 1 against Stuttgart. There the French triumphed very big – and are now very close to the ultimate crowning glory.
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Source: Stern
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