Meeting in the Champions League final! Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan will have their first official encounter in history

Nandu News reporter Tao Xinlei in the early morning of May 8, in the second leg of the 2024-2025 Champions League semi-finals, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal 2-1 at home, and entered the Champions League final again after 5 years with a total score of 3-1, and will play against Inter Milan. Interestingly, this is the first time that the century-old club Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, founded in 1970, have met in the official match.

Paris Saint-Germain members celebrated their victory. Xinhua News Agency issued a

With Dembele's goal, Paris Saint-Germain took the lead in the first leg. In the second leg, Arsenal, who played away from home, started the attack and created dangers many times, forcing Paris Saint-Germain to make a god-level save twice. Paris Saint-Germain, which withstood the pressure, took the lead by Favian Ruiz's volleyball shot in the 27th minute. Since then, Arsenal's offensive has remained strong, but Paris Saint-Germain is more efficient. In the 72nd minute, Dembele, who came on the bench, passed the ball and Ashraf scored a strong shot.

Paris Saint-Germain player Neves (front right) celebrates the team's goal with Marginhos (front left). Xinhua News Agency released

Judging from the game data, Arsenal is the overall dominant side, with the two teams shooting 19-11, and the expected goals are 3.14-1.74. Arsenal coach Arteta also said after the game that "Arsenal is the team that performs better."

However, Paris Saint-Germain coach Enrique doesn't think so: "I don't completely agree with him. Arsenal played very smart today. They successfully played the way they wanted, but we scored more goals than they did, and in football, this is the most important thing."

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Donaluma was in the game. Xinhua News Agency reported that Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League trip this season is a good comeback. In the group stage, they were on the verge of being eliminated, but starting from a 4-2 home reversal against Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain started the "awakening mode": swept Stuttgart 4-1 and squeezed into the play-off zone; slapping Brest 10-0 in two rounds of the play-off; Liverpool, the top favorite in the league stage, was defeated by penalty shootouts in the 1/8 finals; Liverpool, the top winner in the league stage, narrowly eliminated the Premier League dark horse Villa in two rounds; in the semi-finals, facing Arsenal, who was in high morale after defeating the defending champion Real Madrid, defeated his opponent twice, and finally made an appointment with Inter Milan to Munich.

Paris Saint-Germain players celebrate the victory. Xinhua News Agency reported that this season's Champions League final will be held at Allianz Arena in Munich on May 31 local time. This is the second time that Paris Saint-Germain has reached the Champions League final in history. They lost to Bayern five years ago. Inter Milan participated in the Champions League final for the seventh time, with 3 wins and 3 losses. The last final trip was to lose Manchester City in 2023, and the most recent cup win was Mourinho led the team to win the triple championship in 2010. Interestingly, this will be the first encounter between Paris Saint-Germain, founded in 1970 and Inter Milan, founded in 1908.