Champions League final: PSG – Inter
Champions League final: PSG – inter. In the name of Xana!
On Saturday, May 31, 22:00, Stadion Allianz Arena in Munich, the series of three European Cups for the 2024-2025 edition is closed. As always, Caesar is given what is Caesar and PSG – Inter will be the last act of the Champions League.
The champion of France will be face to face, which lost in 2020, in Lisbon, in pandemic, with the empty stands, the final against Bayern Munich with 1-0 and Inter, the Italian champion in the 2023-2024 edition. Inter, a huge club in history and performance next to its rival, with a success in 2010 in front of Barcelona (Jose Mourinho on the bench, Cristi Chivu Captain) and in 2023 lost 1-0 in front of Manchester City.
Each camp received 18,000 tickets, exhausted in two hours, so that on the black market a ticket to the lawn reached the amount of 6000 euros instead of 70, its initial value and those in the VIP area (650-900 euros) are given with 25,000 euros.
The finalist will collect in total this edition 118.5 million euros and the winner 160 million. Referee Istvan Kovacs will receive 10,600 euros compared to 1200 euros as the referees of the Conference League and Europa League have received.
For Inter, the news came that in the morning of the final, one of the renowned presidents of the club, Ernesto Pellegrini, died at 84 years, which was why he was asked to behave by Simone Inzaghi Black Banderole on the arm.
But all eyes are stored on PSG’s coach. A decade ago he brought Barcelona the last Champions League trophy on another German stadium, in the capital of Berlin, against the Italians from Juventus, score 3-1. Now he is playing in Munich, also in Germany and also against some Italians.
But then, in Berlin, at the end of the match, a 6 -year -old girl was setting up a flag of Barcelona at the center of the field, with her father, Luis Enrique. No one could have suspected for a moment that the wonderful Xana, the third child of the coach (he has a 25 -year -old girl and a 27 boy, who will be in the match) would leave for 10 years, crushed by a rare form of bone cancer.
He shines when he describes Xana’s personality and the joy he brought in life. There is no trace of anger or bitterness in his voice, as is the case with the pain and loss of a loved one. Incredible, but Luis Enrique shines when describing Xana’s personality and the joy she brought in her life. There is no trace of anger or bitterness in his voice, as is the case with the pain and loss of a loved one.
« My daughter came to live with us for nine years. We have a thousand memories with her. You can ask me if I consider myself lucky or unhappy. I think I was lucky. Very lucky. »
« You will be the star that will guide our family, » he posted on social networks after her death. « Her energy is still very much with us, » the coach revealed at the launch of Foundation Xana, the charity established by the coach and his wife, Elena Cullell, on behalf of their daughter.
One decade since he and Xana celebrated Barcelona’s victory in front of Juventus, Luis Enrique will lead Paris Saint-Germain against Inter.
« It’s an incredible memory, » he said. « I have an amazing photo with her, placing a flag of Barcelona on the lawn. I want to be able to do the same as a PSG flag. My daughter will not be there in the physical sense, but she will be there spiritually, and this is very important to me. »
Probable teams
PSG: Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes – Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz – Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola
Coach: Luis Enrique
Inter Milan: Sommer – Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni – Dumfries, Barella, çalhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco – Lautaro, Thuram
Coach: Simone Inzaghi
Stadium: Allianz Arena, Munich (capacity: 70,000 places)
Referee: Istvan Kovacs / A1: Mihai Marica / A2: Ferencz Tunyogi (all from Romania) / Var Referee: Dennis Johan Higler (Holland) Assistant Var: Cătălin Popa (Romania) / Reserve: Joao Pedro Silva Pinheiro (Portugalia)
