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PSG vs Inter Milan: Who'll Win the 2025 UCL Final?
by Chike Nwoye
29 May 2025
If Chelsea’s dramatic comeback win was the appetizer, this weekend’s UCL Final is the main course. And I, along with the rest of the footballing world, cannot wait!
Here’s what you can expect from Saturday’s game:
Experience vs Youth
This season’s Champions League final is going to be a wild one; clashing styles, different philosophies, and plenty of juicy storylines. Yeah yeah, sounds like a cliché, but hear me out. Let’s start with the contrasting ideologies.
It’s youth vs. experience, and funnily enough, the kids are the online betting favourites here. PSG fielded one of the youngest starting XIs of the entire tournament when they faced Arsenal at the Emirates back on Matchday 2 - an average age of just 23.2 - and 9 of those same players are expected to start the final. Only RB Salzburg, SK Sturm Graz, and Sporting CP have put out younger lineups this season.
Fun fact #1: About 10 players in this squad were ineligible to drive when PSG made the final in the pandemic season. That’s how young we’re talking about.
On the flip side, Inter's XI against Bayern in the first leg of their quarter-final was a veteran-heavy group averaging 31.1 years, officially the oldest starting lineup in the UCL this season. In fact, 7 of the 10 oldest lineups in this campaign belong to Inter. If ever there was a case of two clubs built on opposite blueprints, this is it.
Now to the narratives. PSG kicked off the QSI era by stacking the squad with superstars and flashing the cash, basically France’s version of the Galácticos. That got them close (see: 2020 final), but never over the hump, though they dominated France for fun.
This season, with Kylian Mbappe off to Madrid, they’ve gone back to basics, focusing on team chemistry over superstar power and it’s paying off: they’re just one win away from pulling off a historic treble.
As for Inter, they were dreaming of a treble themselves not too long ago. But a brutal Coppa Italia loss to Milan last month and lots of awful Serie A results have left them with just one last chance to get some silverware this season. Win, and they save their season. Lose, and it’s a treble of heartbreaks.
Fun Fact #2: My favourite storyline for the final is the venue; Munich. This will be the 5th time the City of Munich will host the European Cup/Champions League final and the victors of each of the previous 4 finals were winning the trophy for the first time. Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Chelsea in 2012).
I suspect PSG fans would be excited by this little bit of history.
How The Two Teams Got To The Finals
Paris Saint-Germain: If anyone got the short end of the stick with this new Champions League format, it was PSG. I mean, how else do you explain games against Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Man City in the group stage?
After losing 3 of their first 5, Luis Enrique pulled off a mini-miracle with 3 straight wins to finish the group stage and get a playoff spot. There, they ran into old friends Brest, and promptly steamrolled them 10-0 (agg).
That set up a gauntlet of English opponents: Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Arsenal. Winning 4 out of 6 games against that trio, plus an earlier 4-2 win over Man City, showed they’d finally shaken off that English team curse. Now, they’re back in the Champions League final for just the second time, with a shot at redemption after 2020’s heartbreak.
Inter: Conceding just 1 goal in 8 group stage games - while keeping 7 clean sheets - was Inter at their defensive best. Historic stuff. Their attack though? Not quite on the same level, with only 11 goals scored, ranking 21st out of the 24 teams that made it out of the group stage.
But once the knockouts kicked in, the script flipped; the defense got leaky, but the attack came alive. They eliminated Feyenoord, Bayern Munich, and then delivered an epic semi-final showdown with Barcelona. In those 6 knockout games, they scored 15 goals, let in 10, and kept just one clean sheet. Total chaos… but the fun kind.
Head-To-Head
These two European giants have never faced off in this competition or even in the Europa League, and what a moment for a first meeting. For Inter’s manager, Simone Inzaghi, it’s also his first time going up against PSG.
If you’re desperate to dig up any kind of head-to-head history between these sides - and yeah, this is a bit of a stretch - you’d have to rewind to the 2011/2012 Serie A season when Luis Enrique, during his one year managing AS Roma, played Inter twice, grabbing a win and a draw. So yes, this is truly a meeting between two sides unfamiliar with each other.
Key Players
Both teams have world-class players who will be expected to contribute just that little bit more…
Paris Saint-Germain: Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Ousmane Dembélé is having the season of his life! With 33 goals and 13 assists in 48 appearances for PSG - including 8 goals and 4 assists in the Champions League - he’s not just knocking on the door of club football’s biggest prize, he’s eyeing the Ballon d’Or too.
After finally shaking off those nagging hamstring issues and going the full 90 in PSG’s 3-0 French Cup win over Reims last weekend, all eyes will be on him come Saturday.
Our bet of the day is that he’ll get on the scoresheet for the Parisiens and as always, we have the best odds for that.
As for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, his mid-season switch to PSG is looking like a triple win; for Napoli, for PSG, and his résumé. He’s now got medals from both Serie A and Ligue 1 in the same season. His numbers (6 goals and 6 assists in 26 games for PSG) won’t blow you away, but he’s the kind of player you need to watch to really get how much of a nightmare he is for defenders.
Having gone toe-to-toe with Simone Inzaghi’s Inter plenty of times in Italy, he’ll be itching for another showdown with Denzel Dumfries.
Using our Bet Builder feature, you can bet on Kvaratskhelia to have to have 2+ shots and provide an assist which would give you 6x your betting stake.
Inter: Lautaro Martínez and Alessandro Bastoni
21 Champions League goals may not seem like much, but it’s enough to make Lautaro Martínez the top scorer in Inter’s UCL history.
The Inter skipper is enjoying his best campaign in the competition yet, with 9 goals in 13 games. After a slow start that saw him score once in the first 6 matchdays, he now has 8 in his last 7 UCL games, including a goal in all but one match in the knockout phase.
If Inter needs a hero up front, you already know who they’re calling.
Sure, Inter have gone from letting in just one goal during the group stage (across 8 games!) to conceding 10 in 6 knockout games, but don’t let that fool you. Alessandro Bastoni is still elite.
Across 14 UCL appearances and 1260 minutes of action, Inter have only trailed for 16 minutes total, and that’s in large part thanks to Bastoni’s rock-solid defending… and that magical left foot. The guy’s picked up 6 assists this season for a reason.
Battle of the Right-Backs: Achraf Hakimi vs. Denzel Dumfries
One thing that makes this final extra spicy is just how key both right-backs are to their teams’ attacks. It’s not every day you see this much creative weight on the shoulders of full-backs - or in Denzel Dumfries’ case, a right wing-back - but these guys are far from ordinary. They’re the blueprint for the modern-day wide defender: rapid, strong, solid at the back, and just as scary going forward as they are for defenders.
Achraf Hakimi has been massive for PSG in the Champions League this season, sitting third on their scoring chart with 3 goals and leading the team in assists with 5. As for Dumfries, he’s got 2 goals and 3 assists and the wild part is all five of those goal contributions came in the semi-final against Barcelona.
Across all competitions, Hakimi has 8 goals and 14 assists, while Dumfries has 11 goals and 6 assists. That’s a combined 19 goals and 20 assists between two defenders. Unreal!
To put this into context - and yes, this is me being petty here - Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Højlund have a combined 17 goals and 7 assists this season. United fans, make una no vex. Anyway, expect both Hakimi and Dumfries to play a major role in deciding how this one ends.
If Chelsea’s dramatic comeback win was the appetizer, this weekend’s UCL Final is the main course. And I, along with the rest of the footballing world, cannot wait!
Here’s what you can expect from Saturday’s game:
Experience vs Youth
This season’s Champions League final is going to be a wild one; clashing styles, different philosophies, and plenty of juicy storylines. Yeah yeah, sounds like a cliché, but hear me out. Let’s start with the contrasting ideologies.
It’s youth vs. experience, and funnily enough, the kids are the online betting favourites here. PSG fielded one of the youngest starting XIs of the entire tournament when they faced Arsenal at the Emirates back on Matchday 2 - an average age of just 23.2 - and 9 of those same players are expected to start the final. Only RB Salzburg, SK Sturm Graz, and Sporting CP have put out younger lineups this season.
Fun fact #1: About 10 players in this squad were ineligible to drive when PSG made the final in the pandemic season. That’s how young we’re talking about.
On the flip side, Inter's XI against Bayern in the first leg of their quarter-final was a veteran-heavy group averaging 31.1 years, officially the oldest starting lineup in the UCL this season. In fact, 7 of the 10 oldest lineups in this campaign belong to Inter. If ever there was a case of two clubs built on opposite blueprints, this is it.
Now to the narratives. PSG kicked off the QSI era by stacking the squad with superstars and flashing the cash, basically France’s version of the Galácticos. That got them close (see: 2020 final), but never over the hump, though they dominated France for fun.
This season, with Kylian Mbappe off to Madrid, they’ve gone back to basics, focusing on team chemistry over superstar power and it’s paying off: they’re just one win away from pulling off a historic treble.
As for Inter, they were dreaming of a treble themselves not too long ago. But a brutal Coppa Italia loss to Milan last month and lots of awful Serie A results have left them with just one last chance to get some silverware this season. Win, and they save their season. Lose, and it’s a treble of heartbreaks.
Fun Fact #2: My favourite storyline for the final is the venue; Munich. This will be the 5th time the City of Munich will host the European Cup/Champions League final and the victors of each of the previous 4 finals were winning the trophy for the first time. Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Chelsea in 2012).
I suspect PSG fans would be excited by this little bit of history.
How The Two Teams Got To The Finals
Paris Saint-Germain: If anyone got the short end of the stick with this new Champions League format, it was PSG. I mean, how else do you explain games against Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Man City in the group stage?
After losing 3 of their first 5, Luis Enrique pulled off a mini-miracle with 3 straight wins to finish the group stage and get a playoff spot. There, they ran into old friends Brest, and promptly steamrolled them 10-0 (agg).
That set up a gauntlet of English opponents: Liverpool, Aston Villa, and Arsenal. Winning 4 out of 6 games against that trio, plus an earlier 4-2 win over Man City, showed they’d finally shaken off that English team curse. Now, they’re back in the Champions League final for just the second time, with a shot at redemption after 2020’s heartbreak.
Inter: Conceding just 1 goal in 8 group stage games - while keeping 7 clean sheets - was Inter at their defensive best. Historic stuff. Their attack though? Not quite on the same level, with only 11 goals scored, ranking 21st out of the 24 teams that made it out of the group stage.
But once the knockouts kicked in, the script flipped; the defense got leaky, but the attack came alive. They eliminated Feyenoord, Bayern Munich, and then delivered an epic semi-final showdown with Barcelona. In those 6 knockout games, they scored 15 goals, let in 10, and kept just one clean sheet. Total chaos… but the fun kind.
Head-To-Head
These two European giants have never faced off in this competition or even in the Europa League, and what a moment for a first meeting. For Inter’s manager, Simone Inzaghi, it’s also his first time going up against PSG.
If you’re desperate to dig up any kind of head-to-head history between these sides - and yeah, this is a bit of a stretch - you’d have to rewind to the 2011/2012 Serie A season when Luis Enrique, during his one year managing AS Roma, played Inter twice, grabbing a win and a draw. So yes, this is truly a meeting between two sides unfamiliar with each other.
Key Players
Both teams have world-class players who will be expected to contribute just that little bit more…
Paris Saint-Germain: Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Ousmane Dembélé is having the season of his life! With 33 goals and 13 assists in 48 appearances for PSG - including 8 goals and 4 assists in the Champions League - he’s not just knocking on the door of club football’s biggest prize, he’s eyeing the Ballon d’Or too.
After finally shaking off those nagging hamstring issues and going the full 90 in PSG’s 3-0 French Cup win over Reims last weekend, all eyes will be on him come Saturday.
Our bet of the day is that he’ll get on the scoresheet for the Parisiens and as always, we have the best odds for that.
As for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, his mid-season switch to PSG is looking like a triple win; for Napoli, for PSG, and his résumé. He’s now got medals from both Serie A and Ligue 1 in the same season. His numbers (6 goals and 6 assists in 26 games for PSG) won’t blow you away, but he’s the kind of player you need to watch to really get how much of a nightmare he is for defenders.
Having gone toe-to-toe with Simone Inzaghi’s Inter plenty of times in Italy, he’ll be itching for another showdown with Denzel Dumfries.
Using our Bet Builder feature, you can bet on Kvaratskhelia to have to have 2+ shots and provide an assist which would give you 6x your betting stake.
Inter: Lautaro Martínez and Alessandro Bastoni
21 Champions League goals may not seem like much, but it’s enough to make Lautaro Martínez the top scorer in Inter’s UCL history.
The Inter skipper is enjoying his best campaign in the competition yet, with 9 goals in 13 games. After a slow start that saw him score once in the first 6 matchdays, he now has 8 in his last 7 UCL games, including a goal in all but one match in the knockout phase.
If Inter needs a hero up front, you already know who they’re calling.
Sure, Inter have gone from letting in just one goal during the group stage (across 8 games!) to conceding 10 in 6 knockout games, but don’t let that fool you. Alessandro Bastoni is still elite.
Across 14 UCL appearances and 1260 minutes of action, Inter have only trailed for 16 minutes total, and that’s in large part thanks to Bastoni’s rock-solid defending… and that magical left foot. The guy’s picked up 6 assists this season for a reason.
Battle of the Right-Backs: Achraf Hakimi vs. Denzel Dumfries
One thing that makes this final extra spicy is just how key both right-backs are to their teams’ attacks. It’s not every day you see this much creative weight on the shoulders of full-backs - or in Denzel Dumfries’ case, a right wing-back - but these guys are far from ordinary. They’re the blueprint for the modern-day wide defender: rapid, strong, solid at the back, and just as scary going forward as they are for defenders.
Achraf Hakimi has been massive for PSG in the Champions League this season, sitting third on their scoring chart with 3 goals and leading the team in assists with 5. As for Dumfries, he’s got 2 goals and 3 assists and the wild part is all five of those goal contributions came in the semi-final against Barcelona.
Across all competitions, Hakimi has 8 goals and 14 assists, while Dumfries has 11 goals and 6 assists. That’s a combined 19 goals and 20 assists between two defenders. Unreal!
To put this into context - and yes, this is me being petty here - Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Højlund have a combined 17 goals and 7 assists this season. United fans, make una no vex. Anyway, expect both Hakimi and Dumfries to play a major role in deciding how this one ends.