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00:00of them but the reward is as good as it gets italian clubs have 12 wins french
00:06clubs only one inter have won it three times psg never before
00:16smiles mixed with tension
00:46so the players walking past the biggest the most prestigious trophy in club football one held
00:57aloft by all of the great players at some time one that into once again and one that psg hopes
01:04can finally be theirs
01:10so the players are ready for the most iconic anthem in football on the biggest night of the season
01:16so
01:27is
01:38so
01:50well as the players shake hands it's astonishing to
02:01well as the players shake hands it's astonishing to note that the clubs are playing against each
02:17other for the very first time in a competitive game tonight with the stakes as high as they could be
02:23well psg won the french cup final last weekend and did so without either gg donnarumma
02:28or kibicah kibar and scalia playing a single minute but both start tonight of course replacing safonov and
02:34barkala william pacho and ashraf hakimi have now started every champions league game this season
02:39top scorer top scorer usman dembele has eight champions league goals marquineos the only remaining starter for psg from the 2020 final in lisbon and a win tonight would be historic
02:50historic for this group of players and their coach luis enrique
03:02romania is romania is the referee tonight he gave 16 yellow cards in the same game in the
03:09euros last summer if you remember let's hope he has acquired tonight here in munich that's the
03:17intermilan captain lautaro martinez and marquineos who's played more games than any other player in the history of
03:23in the history of paris saint-germain is their skipper
03:42well key players were rested against como in inter's final league game to get them ready for tonight so the
03:47the likes of a chirby bastoni perela and martinez all returned the core of this inter team seven
03:53starting tonight started the final two years ago including denzel gumfries who was a semi-final
03:59hero against barcelona there's more experience in this inter team than there is for psg but will that
04:05be decisive benjamin papad is back in the team after a month out
04:09well both teams have found heroes along the way both have been involved in big games with
04:21dramatic outcomes it's the seventh final for inter and a second for psg and it's a wonderful stadium
04:29for the final one of the best in the whole of europe but it's a picture here tonight in munich
04:34psg chasing history as well as a treble inter want to be the first italian team for 15 years
04:40to be european champions and the stage is well and truly set
04:47so the 20 25 champions league final is underway in pretty bizarre fashion with that kickoff from
05:10paris saint-germain for the second time it's a game between a team from friends and a team from
05:15italy and for the very first time it's paris saint-germain against into the land what about the kickoff
05:22of course it's bizarre we'll just call it bizarre very strange however
05:31we're underway down in full anticipations we mentioned here interesting to see the opening
05:37minutes it might be a little bit cagey but
05:38one thing you will know tonight is it's the traditional kit the home team tonight the
05:47designated home team of psg so they're in the blue and red and intermilan have gone for yellow
05:53that's their third kit they're the first team since 99 to play in their third strip in the final that
05:59was the night manchester united came back to be by munich first confrontation down this side between
06:06hakimi and demarco and that's such a key area which of the fullbacks can establish themselves
06:11as the attacking group yeah we said in the pre-match program three of the best fullbacks on in the world
06:16on show tonight key areas a lot of their attacking play and best play comes from those areas so
06:22those who concentrate most from best today you'd like to think to come out on top here's the
06:27exciting to zero eight do a now the euros winner fabian ruiz and here's the engine room vettinia
06:34taken back for that fullback hakimi look at him getting forward again again scored the french
06:39cup final at the weekend he has already scored in the champions league
06:42i just think he's absolutely top class i really do
06:45well it's been a glorious day in munich today fitting for the showpiece night of the european
06:51club competitions this season and after a new format some pulsating games we will see whether psg or inter
07:00can lift the champions league trophy here tonight so many potential match winners on the pitch and
07:06duei almost able to squeeze that one through to fabian ruiz here he is on the ball again and
07:12dembele's gone running ahead of him well that's defended in there by mkhitaryan but the whistle is
07:18blown and the free kick given to intermilan just a little bit slack there fletch into the line
07:25like a concentration
07:30just catches him there not an awful lot in it right you know
07:33well there's lewis enrique who's going to become a hero in paris if he wins tonight he's been involved
07:43in 10 one-off major finals as a coach with barcelona and psg and he's won all of them it's a remarkable
07:50record it really is and you can see what you like one of his biggest achievements i think is turning this
07:56psg team completely around into a very very popular and well-liked side
08:06that's nicolo barella has got a big role to play in this midfield three and into the midfield battle
08:12tonight absolutely vital the two keepers have both been excellent as well summer particularly in the
08:17semi-final against barcelona and donnarumma all the way through terrific i mean sommer only lost one goal
08:24in the first day in the league section only lost one goal flash remarkable
08:28but you're quite right to point out donnarumma equally and the other goal has been fantastic
08:42as uh mendez and now kibar at scalia
08:44the early suggestion here rio is that inter milan are going to be happy to see psg have the lion's
08:58share of the ball yep and the inter will be comfortable with that but then this is what
09:02they want in transitions when they get the ball
09:06but inter i said before the game i think everyone sees been there to see
09:10that they're probably the most comfortable team when their backs are against the wall when they
09:14haven't got possession of the ball when things look uncomfortable they seem the most comfortable in
09:18them in their situations
09:22this is francesco achirvi has got a big hole in his boots the one he's wearing tonight but he's
09:27scored in them in the semi-final so superstition means that he's got them on despite the fact they're
09:32pretty shockworn and damaged ali no i love that
09:34there's martinez that's just a little bit sloppy out here towards he's going the wrong way hasn't
09:41he's got to go to the other side to the freeze with the space on the right hand side down
09:53it's astonishing really that these clubs are meeting for the first time competitively based
10:01on how long they've been together in the champions league simoni and zagi the 13th italian coach
10:07in the champions league finally if he wins tonight he'll join mourinho and helenio herrera
10:12as a winner in this competition in charge of inter milan again that wide area is going to be such a
10:18battle dumfries has been magnificent in his tournament scored goals assisted especially in
10:23the knockout stages he's up against i think the best defender in left back area mendez i've got to
10:28say when you see those psg supporters they've brought a large piece of the park they pranced to munich
10:33tonight they really have set themselves up the ulcers were in nice and early there's been plenty of noise
10:38from the inter supporters but i think the psg fans have won the battle washing fletch i think if we're going to
10:43this applauded show already i think we could maybe an agreement that paris has been the best stadium
10:49we've enjoyed all season the atmosphere within the place we're lucky enough to be there maybe three or
10:54four times and the atmosphere has been absolutely terrific off goes dewey down this side up against
11:01alessandro bastoni just been voted the best defender in italy for the second successive season but he's
11:06given away the free kick here for a push i love that you can't beat that the referee's assistant puts his
11:12flag up immediately after the referee gives a free kick
11:20just back to your point there ali about harris being the best place to go i think fletch would
11:24argue the profiles would have been the best in that part of the world yeah certainly a winner
11:29there's no doubt about that certainly champions league profiteroles i'll give you that
11:35so this is the first opportunity this evening for
11:38marquinhos and william pascho to get themselves forward and vitinha from this side he's going to
11:42try and make something happen from the psg free kick
11:50it's a decent delivery as well and they were charging in
11:54there's fabian ruiz that's got a bad ball either it's going to work its way here to vitinha who chips
12:00another one in towards the far side and marquinhos was in the middle of all of that
12:04with that bright fluorescent captain's armband on he just got he just got blocked to run marquinhos got
12:10blocked by a chair beam and a good run there good delivery in
12:16it's a real contrast out there tonight the intermillan team was the oldest based on average age
12:23in the knockout stage of the competition and when you look at this psg team there's only marquinhos in the
12:28group who's past the age of 30 and they've started the better here paris saint-germain
12:39joao nevez desiré doué and now vitinha who's already seeing plenty of the ball
12:47yeah we've expected that haven't we
12:49i think the game's taken apart and we thought it would real
12:55yeah paris saint-germain in command in positions here dominating possession
13:01interesting quite happy in this position though they won't be before
13:04aren't we yeah
13:11two or three step overs there from doué a little roll of the ball under his studs now patina
13:19so much talent out there tonight and the respective sides they've been a dazzling team to watch this
13:23season psg since they really clicked into gear from 2-0 down against manchester city
13:28a key meet well forward as he likes to do with the cross defended there by demarco
13:34it's a lovely switch there from mendes from left back position out to the right hand side
13:40you know what i've really enjoyed pacho i've really enjoyed the way he's defended 1v1
13:44seems very happy to do so
13:47well it's been a revelation hasn't he alongside marquinhos the second ecuadorian to play in a
13:52champions league final after antonio valencia in 2011 and he's been a breakout player in this
13:57competition for the champions of france
14:05there's the first shot tonight which comes in from doué who just switched from the right to the left
14:11and it was a comfortable one for jan sommer
14:13so marcus turan looking to use his strength against marquinhos which he does to great effect
14:31martinez hasn't played since the second leg of the semi-final and he plays it out here to dumfries now
14:37burrera
14:43that was an interesting tussle there real marquinhos and touram wasn't it that was brilliant number nine
14:48playing that one from turam you played the ball up to your number nine
14:52probably 70 30 in his favor but he brings it in yeah controls the defender
14:57that shot was mentioned before the game review i think the two and we mentioned them playing with
15:03front two thanks to my line the one thing about the front two generally speaking it sticks when it
15:08fighting fire option
15:24forward by a chirpy straight through to donnarumma it's easy to make the narrative of irresistible
15:30force against the moveable object but they've scored 114 goals this season into milan so it's not just psg
15:37they could take a team apart if there is an omen tonight for the parisians the last four
15:42champions league finals played in munich have provided four first-time winners the last ones
15:47chelsea in 2012 so you wonder dembele shooting chance dembele
15:56he finds the gloves for sommer statistically ali he's had a great season but in the last six weeks of
16:01the season the goals have dried up a little bit yeah i think you make a good point
16:07that said you've got a balance at the city has had a terrific season i mentioned before i just think
16:11he's really enjoying the responsibility that's been put on on them placed on him in terms of his goals
16:22here's the elegant kovicic caparac scalia fabian ruiz
16:26and based on the fact he was once an intermilan player there's barely a celebration from the right
16:44back of paris saint-germain but it's the french champions who strike first in munich in the champions
16:50league final and hakimi who's been one of the best players this season he might be the best right
16:56back on the planet fires them in front inside 12 minutes well there's nothing worse than somebody
17:00saying i told you so but did mention his goal in the cup final we've seen his goals in the champions
17:04league wouldn't it be interesting to see it again i think it's demarco that plays him onside
17:09demarco's too deep he's far too deep and he gets caught out there he gets sucked into the foot of
17:16hakimi he takes demarco into that position and demarco is at least two yards deeper than any other
17:22defender and look at that casual doesn't panic lays it on a plate well he's completed the set
17:30scored in the quarter final scored in the semi-final scored in the final nine goals this season at
17:37paris saint-germain ahead we're in an era where right back where fullbacks are allowed they're given the
17:42license to go forward and affect games he does it as well as anybody on the planet
17:46but what about the composure of the 19-year-old due to lay across the face the goal there because
17:50most like kids would have shot there wanted the glory hundred percent decision making at his finest
17:56hundred percent
17:59well we give you this statistic every time you watch psg play 99 games now since the nil-nil in the
18:04champions league for them ali i know that's your favorite and an early goal on a big night like
18:09this does wonders for the nerves and paris saint-germain who has scored plenty of them this season
18:15have got the lead and they've been such a good team
18:19when they've had a lead well this season do you know what i'm going to say in terms of the game and
18:23i hope this is correct if we wanted an early goal i think we wanted the french to score it had it gone
18:28the other way i think into malamérica just sat back and defended defended now they can't do that they
18:33cannot afford to do that to emphasize how good they've been that's the 148th goal scored in all
18:38competitions this season by psg only barcelona have managed to score more
18:44and demarco had a bit of a tory time didn't he when he played against lamin yamal and that's not
18:50going to do his confidence any good being the player that played them onside didn't get out quickly
18:54enough yeah i think he was panicking there i've been in that situation you drop deep in your other
18:58defenders and you panic you've got to hold your line you've got to hold your nerve in those
19:02situations that's concentration a lack of it in a big big moment it's amazing actually it's the open
19:08his opposition right back that's forced him into that position
19:16well it's the paris sauchaman supporters you can hear inside this allianz arena a 1-0 lead
19:23and it's given to them by ashraf hakimi it's 11 years since the team that conceded the first goal
19:29came back to win the final he was the year real madrid came back to beat atletico madrid in
19:34lisbon and it's only happened five times in the last 25 finals the first goal so often decisive
19:40and in target who we've just seen knows that yeah fatal absolutely fatal
19:55i mean from an inter perspective rio they just need the ball for a bit don't they they've
19:59hardly seen it 63 percent possession yeah so far for psg in the early stages yeah but i think we've
20:06said it before i think other teams when they don't have the ball they don't feel comfortable
20:09they may be panicking worrying about and concerned about things but this this team are too experienced
20:14to worry about that they've been here many times
20:16here's a bench with papar who hasn't played for a month he's been out with an ankle injury but he's
20:27back tonight and got the nod over jan bisek who's on the bench
20:32and dumfries is going to take the throw in at that outstanding semi-final against
20:36barcelona and he's had an outstanding individual season in general alley with 11 goals and we're
20:41talking about hakimi and menwell but dumfries has been as good as them we're talking about the
20:45importance of fullbacks now getting forward it's amazing
20:52challenge right there by hakimi after a little cheeky nutmeg from bastoni yeah and we enjoy one of
20:58them don't we enjoy a nutmeg tell you what's been nice to see your first 15 minutes
21:03the intensity and the pressure of the perez san jermain team they're going high they're going
21:07aggressive they're forcing this inner team to think much more than they'd like
21:14that was the inter talisman lautaro martinez their leading scorer and captain
21:20he's running side the free kick
21:22got to go back to 1996 the cupman has come the only time that paris san jermain have won a european
21:36trophy of any description they've chased this one for so long and they've got the lead early here
21:41in munich tonight and the referee didn't see that as a foul william pacho came across on dental dumfries
21:49i thought that might have been a free kick i think as soon as dumfries gets there first
21:54pacho takes him out a little bit look at the closing look at the closing
21:58tell me what what about the composure from the goalkeeper under pressure as well
22:03it's intense this press from psg
22:07nuno mendes kamara and scalia cutting it and he's usually so much better in positions like that one
22:13look at zaggy in the touchline he's so frustrated that they're not keeping the ball
22:23i said it before this is a young athletic dynamic paris san jermain team who are tactically
22:28they've been perfect all season you look at them ready to press look at them ready to go right now
22:34they're under orders they're concerned already the inter supporters i mean dembele was stood there
22:40like a sprinter on the block he was he really was
22:47problem over there for nuno mendez who's gonna bang on the head
22:50he's catching the right elbow doesn't he here's the goal look lovely little run
23:06the composure the composure is amazing it really is
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24:04and just so you're not confused it's bath against bristol on friday sail art playing twice
24:16west country darby alley
24:21i've got a lot to concentrate on tonight yeah there's a lot there's a lot going on me i'm
24:25there's no one in there at your back to help you i was sleeping myself
24:32so this is the first real inter opportunity to put a bit of pressure on it's in towards
24:36turan and flicked on and there's pacho heading the ball away
24:40and barella couldn't get inside the corner and now cabal and scalia can come running away
24:45and that's how quick it can happen against this paris saint-germain team and poor old
25:06demarco was in the wrong place at the wrong time again and psg league 2-0 after 20 minutes and they're
25:13in complete control of this champions league final i'm going to tell you who makes it it's
25:17rio's man at the back pacho he refuses to give up on that ball getting for a corner keeps it in play
25:22all of a sudden they've got a break down the left hand side you and i are pointing to do it because
25:27we see him going in the right it's just a matter of getting the ball to him yes he gets the break
25:31with the deflection i think it comes off to marco look at this there's a willingness for the defender
25:37not to give up on it and away they go and they get the benefit here with the break
25:40we talked about the pace on the break of this paris saint-germain side and the big differences
25:46this year is the decision making as well and this 19 year old kid he's going to be an absolute superstar
25:52a bit fortunate with a finish i know but he's in the right place again makes the right decision what
25:57a player rio he turns his back demarco you can't turn your back in a situation like that on your back
26:03you've got to face the ball he cannot turn these back yes he's a little bit unfortunate
26:09but if he's looking at it he might be able to handle a bit better
26:13that's not i wouldn't be accepting that you'll be getting volleyed at the half time
26:19i don't know whether demarco's had an issue with black cats or whether he's been walking under ladders but
26:24he's had a nightmare start to this champions league final he's not helped himself at all
26:28by turning his back but due has had such a good season hasn't he for psg
26:33ali ali he's playing the last two games in the champions league unfortunately for him
26:37he's playing against the two best young players on the planet right now i don't disagree with that
26:43and arguably the best right back although that didn't look like it best right back the planet as well
26:47what a touch from donnarumma
26:54nice dumfries getting back on the ball here for intermelan they've got to score the next goal in
26:58the final that's a guarantee and they've got a corner i mean the big question here is can
27:02they come back from this 2-0 down and they're being overrun by psg well the answer is yes they can't
27:09but will they that's the bigger question
27:17so the corner taken by talanoglu and headed over the top of the bar by a turvy that's a chance he
27:30gets up well good delivery in nothing funny about it just plays into the box he gets up really really
27:37well probably should direct that back when it came from looks like a clear enough header yes he's under a
27:43a little bit of pressure i'm thinking he should be hitting the target with that well they're off to
27:48a magnificent start here psg he's the manager simoni and target under all kinds of pressure first time
27:55that he's been up against enrique tonight psg can become the ninth club to win the treble of league
28:00domestic cup and champions league lewis enrique did it with barcelona a decade ago and he can become
28:06the seventh coach to win the champions league with two different clubs the last one being pep guardiola
28:12against inter milan a couple of years ago and they're off to this magnificent start with early
28:16goals from hakimi and duen that's what they've done really well yes the center backs have been up
28:27tight against the two number nines but the actual midfielders neves vitinha ruiz at times that
28:33second board nibbling back on that number nine touch sorry important
28:50on it goes by nudo mendez benjamin pavard had a run down that side the last team to recover from a
29:01two-goal deficit to win a champions league final liverpool 3-0 down against ac milan in 05
29:06do i who scored tonight wasn't even born then i was at that game and i still can't believe i won that
29:13the confidence of these young kids nowadays in the game is different i don't know if i've seen as
29:26many young players in the game like we are seeing in this current generation who perform so confidently
29:43no matter what the stage do i supremely confident
29:51i mean look at you look at you watching right now you're looking at the belly on the right hand side
29:55here and hakimi is actually in the center forward position and he's staying there
30:10francesco achirvi starting a champions league final at the age of 37.
30:20up it goes more in hope than expectation by inter milan and it's immediately won back here by psg
30:25this is a young psg team this is this is scary for opposition teams watching on here for years to
30:50come it seems they get over the line here you think you start thinking how many can they win
31:02so much confidence and authority ally about the way they're popping the ball about
31:06just the confidence you can the movement's excellent
31:11simple things that giving the ball the player the right side one touch just coming off
31:14nice round for kiwi up against debarco there's fabian ruiz with the shot
31:28i mean they're gonna have to go long again look you just got to go long he has to
31:46that's well done by turan he's done freeze
31:50hardly mentioned chalanoglu and varela in possession of the ball i don't think we've
31:56seen mkhitaryan at all dumfries with the cross martinez thought about the bicycle kick
32:03and in the end it's cleared away by zrao neves i think demarco's got to get into the back post here
32:12that little position that neves just took up there to clear the ball such an important point there
32:17any knockdowns he's there clearing the lines
32:21for one so young takes positions up so well
32:30coming into the game tonight psg with the team in form they've won four games in a row they've
32:34scored 12 goals in the process the form of intermelan had just dropped off yeah a little bit the final
32:39weeks of the italian league season napoli winning the title they've got to deal with disappointment
32:43to that a massive disappointment they're up against this team playing like this tonight
32:47here in munich great performances in the semi-final but you're right to mention i think a couple of
32:51defeats against bologna and roma and obviously lost a minute last minute goal against lacho which
32:57effectively cost them seria
32:58to mark a win there quickly on hakimi nicole borella look at him getting back there look at the
33:07pace there he scored your goal 1-1 and the pace i mean he gets caught out of position here
33:15he's offside yeah the great pace
33:28well that goal from desiree duei means he's the third teenager to score in a champions league final
33:33after patrick cliver in 1995 and carlos alberto for porto under jose marino in 2004 and they're having
33:42the time of their lives at the moment the paris saint-germain supporters here in munich
33:47there's marquinhos everything right now has to be long from an inter milan perspective because
34:04they just can't sustain an attack alley they can't not
34:08the two front lines look isolated at this moment in time there's more clearly a lot more connection
34:16in the psg psg side two front boys went to milan nobody near them none of the midfielders getting up
34:23to them statistically speaking alley it's a lancer a landslide seven attempts for psg five on target
34:29two goals they've had one solitary effort on off target so far inter but it's papard for them in
34:35towards martinez back there was vitinia and there he is again seems a good touch here actually
34:43steven gerrard spoke about it with uh with oren harvey before the game about that defensive
34:47midfielder position sometimes is a destroyer vitinia is more of a controller but you see again
34:52in that little position there clearing things up doing both sides of the game well
35:05it's a big night for french football let alone
35:13paris saint-germain 29 years since the french team last lifted the european trophy and three years
35:18longer since the country's one and only win in this competition french clubs have only won two of their
35:24last 15 european finals but they couldn't have made a better start here paris saint-germain it's just too easy to
35:31play against that
35:36apparently looking to pull it back he'll settle for the corner defending them there by dumfries for inter
35:41they look a bit shell shocked why wouldn't they
35:55so luno mendez talented young left back of paris saint-germain he's out there to take this corner
36:12movement in the center from marquinhos who was trying to get there lifted in then by hakimi
36:18and that's gonna float behind just asking the referee there marquinhos whether there
36:24was a hand in the back as he started to jump
36:29there's the press again i can't take my eyes off the belly every time they get the ball attempt to play
36:33out the back
36:33and you know what it is you can talk about the ability and they've got absolutely bundles of ability
36:43particularly in forward areas but see a willingness just in a desire to run about and close down in an
36:49attitude goes a long way
37:00all right scalia
37:03just on that point any good team that you played in it was successful that won won trophies
37:09you all love running you're working for each other you enjoyed that part of it
37:12hundred percent this paris saint-germain team seemed very similar in that respect you look at them real
37:17i mean it's staggering the way they are ready they are they're poised when sommer's got the ball and
37:23he wants to play it they just can't play it out dombele has been closing down threatening every pass to
37:29every defender excellent opening half hour from paris
37:40given away by pacho straight to channel loop barella over on that side
37:47there's favier ruiz and now joel neves bettini is in all kinds of space
37:56and it goes down to usman dembele
38:03wants to get a demarco this time he blocks it behind for the corner
38:08you know what it feels to me they're picking on demarco i've seen him as the weakest
38:11yeah i feel sorry for him in that respect yeah but every ball is going out to the right hand
38:16side no matter who's out there whether it's due or dembele a little shake of the head there might
38:21indicate his feeling of it sorry for himself as well right now demarco
38:26this is his point of view guys you've got to get out as quickly and as early as you possibly can
38:32so you can isolate demarco it's been like a rabbit in the headlights for the opening 34 minutes of
38:39this champions league final
38:50so mendez has dembele out here with him it's an orthodox delivery from the corner marquineos
38:56with the header
39:06i think to kind of pick up on the points that you and rio are making about the way the game's being
39:10played there's not a great deal to cling to right now if you you're an inter player there's not
39:14anything that you're looking at developing or happening that gives you belief that they can turn
39:18it i don't think i defend them well enough i don't think they're going to ball forward
39:22into the wider areas of two as i say two center bobbers look isolated at this moment time
39:28don't finish who has been absolutely excellent in the two semi-final games hasn't get going yet either
39:34demarco's ball here to the veteran henryk mkhitaryan quickly it goes in passion
39:39did enough whether we got a flick there i'm not sure but no touch it's gone out for a psg throw it better play
39:53it's about managing this game now for paris and germans point of view you got a two nil lead you've got
39:58they're a young team you look at the ages of these players not many have experienced this
40:03marquineos was there the last time they're at this stage
40:06that's brilliant that's just brilliant
40:16i mean that was that was a perfect exhibition i've got out of trouble in the defensive where switch a play
40:31so
40:39marquineos looking here for kivar at scalia and that's somewhat quickly across
40:44for internal
40:45around
40:58swept on by dubfries to martinez now to rap
41:01vorella
41:18with the cross and turan was coming in and there's pacho again just emphasizing the point that rio's made
41:24about how important he is defensively to psg
41:30possession of change absolutely boss class from the center back here perfect making sure nothing
41:35gets past that front post puts it out for a corner does what he needs to do
41:41only 23 hadn't played in the champions league until this season he goes the inter corner towards
41:46tiran has to score that doesn't he it's a mismatch at the back post i can tell you that was a van
41:53at scaley that's on him that is a mismatch
41:57it is yeah i think you make a point he's certainly going to hit the target again what a chance that is
42:03he gets up well
42:08one of those ali where all the pace is on the cross he's only got to guide it
42:27i think it's been quite remarkable the transformation of paris sazgerman under henrique they've given him
42:31the right players now with the right attitude and he's put together a magnificent team well do you
42:36know what it is speaking to manny patty about it remember about 10 days ago and he said it's
42:41remarkable the turnaround and what they are and i know it's a crazy thing to say he said now in
42:47france they're likable not just within paris and psg fans because beforehand he felt there was an
42:54arrogance about them you know they weren't particularly liked in other parts of france he says that
43:00has got down has been down to henrique the way they play young lads
43:06and it's really evident you get you can see it they're just a breath of fresh air i mean how much
43:09have we enjoyed going to paris lads been the best place to go this year when you get young players in
43:15the team young players who want to work and they show that fire and desire definite connection between
43:21themselves and the fans what i would say guys is you can't write off this in the melante the experience
43:32they have what they've shown
43:38luno mendez okay after the treatment it's a little bit sloppy though from vitini
43:51it's the first half that has six minutes remaining
43:59ashraf hakimi after 12 minutes and then the zero eight two eight eight minutes after that donna rubber
44:05arriving there in time
44:11one thing they do allow you though paris sasha man is a chance i mean he's played
44:15139 games this season donna rubber he's only kept 10 clean sheets and here's turan with a little flick
44:23might well have needed to be a fraction more patient there to give martinez the chance
44:26i think he's got to take it in i think he's got to take it in i know he's trying to do release
44:30martinez but he's got to take that one in
44:34psgr would seem to give you a chance and do tend to concede a goal
44:39here's turan
44:40dumfries and there's marquinhos now borella but it's a poor touch by the italian international
44:51gave marquinhos the chance to deal with it and it goes down towards tiram and there's
44:54pacho again who's missed nothing in the opening 40 minutes tonight i'll tell you what darren the
44:59next goal is vitally important i'll tell you if they get the next goal the dynamics of this game
45:03change dramatically they're just starting to turn the screw a little bit here
45:10as i'll say that price and jaman get their foot on the ball play away out of trouble
45:17yeah kabara scalia waiting for it out there on the left hand side he's got two though
45:21have hard and dumfries here's dembele
45:27do a now fabian ruiz on to hakimi
45:31zaghi's got rid of the jacket high stakes out there tonight
45:45vitinia that's what i said to look at his position again dembele so deep
45:51italian centre-backs have got nobody to pick up they don't like it
45:55it's almost like you have to be in the stadium to watch dembele's movement and how he just affects the
46:00your position with his death little touches and movement
46:11marquinhos it's too high for dembele
46:25just to go back to them belly the point is with him i think which is wonderful to watch him the way
46:32he's evolved as a player in this new position because he actually plays away from the ball a lot
46:36of the time yeah you know young players especially they're you're tempted to go to the ball it attracts
46:41you to the ball where all the traffic is he goes away where there's more space and as long as you've got
46:46good players who can find him he'll affect the game
46:51sommer had to hurry again it's a pass that only picks out his coach and it's a place it's a place
46:56it puts him under pressure that's what it is it's exactly what it is
46:59big night for donnarumma isn't it as well when you think about his connections to ac milan he's
47:16up against inter tonight so dragging rights for the psg goalkeeper
47:20do he's gone out there to the left and kovar at scaly has just come out to the right for now
47:41there's that ball again ali from the left to the right that gets them out yeah demarco isn't
47:57fighting the left back position because vanickel is pushing him away up there and that's that
48:00low and he came in his face very clever
48:06just taking the sting back out of inter milan with this spell of possession paris
48:09sans-germain just when you felt the italians might be warming up a little bit
48:15it's duet and he goes towards them belly coming in well i think he could have won the final there
48:21and then if it goes 3-0 before half time surely there's no way back his movements nothing short
48:26of magnificent it sucks to malco in as if he's going to go in front of him and spins around behind him
48:30his movement is absolutely different class but that said he should score
48:35can't wait until we see the replay but duet's ball as well was outrageous yeah to see the movement
48:42and to execute we should play real wait you see the movement he goes front and just when demarco goes
48:47front he spins in behind them one thing i've just seen out of picture just to kind of emphasize how
48:53enrique's feeling the moment they turned the ball over from the press he put his hands in the air and
48:59applauded his team he's so happy by what he's seeing his team do out of possession here tonight here they
49:04come with akimi but demarco just able to clear
49:12i would counter the machine fledge if he's not happy with us 44 minutes you'll kick some please
49:22here's a bench with pavard who's won a champions league before what a world cup as well but that's
49:26one back over there but how does the key be the right back with the ball pressing in the left wing position
49:31right position it's so aggressive all over the pitch they're so aggressive the two starting from
49:39the forward all the way through to the center backs everyone is going man to man all over the park
49:43confidently
50:00a chirpy martinez two additional minutes here at the end of the first half that's been dominated by paris
50:07sanjima intercepted by nuno mendez and now due is on the ball and he's got runners up there with him
50:15fabian ruiz what about that for skill do i look into shoot my word that was the mother of all step
50:21almost well enough to pay to get back in as they say the old ones oh but again that starts pacho
50:27pacho's tight up against the forward against the deflection change of possession get a shot off
50:43given away again by into the land straight to fabian ruiz it's a massive 15 minutes coming up here
50:49for simoni and zaghi he's got to try and get some belief back into his team
51:01neves
51:19moving towards the final 30 seconds of this first half and paris sanjima as they have done all the way
51:34through controlling the ball
51:41kabar and scalia
51:42his turn to tease and torment twist and shoot and that's just wide
51:52he's been relatively quiet first half but we saw the best of him there
51:57well takes a look at deflection doesn't it it's worth pointing out
52:00when verick scalia has that shot both psg fullbacks are 20 yards from the opposition goal
52:08so this is the last chance of the half if there's time now usman dembele's come out to take the corner
52:27it's headed on by kabar and scalia and headed over the top of the bar by the georgian
52:32what a chance that is what a chance well that's half time and there's the kabar at scalia chance
52:39rights on the stroke of it two goals though in the first half a dominant paris san-chermain performance
52:45ashraf akibi after 12 minutes and then desiré doué eight minutes later scoring his 14th goal of a
52:52fantastic season after 20 minutes and right now all parisian roads lead to champions league glory
52:59half time in munich it's paris san-chermain 2 inter Milan nil
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