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Sports News | Munich Lucky Again for First-time Winners as PSG Finally Seizes Champions League
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Munich, Jun 1 (AP) Munich magic struck again as Paris Saint-Germain became the fifth first-time winner of the European Cup or Champions League in the city. PSG routed Inter Milan 5-0 in Bayern Munich's home stadium, Allianz Arena, on Saturday, becoming the competition's 24th winner since the first, Real Madrid, in 1956. Also Read | Lionel Messi's Brilliance Continues With Two Goals, 2 Assists in Inter Miami's 5-1 Win Over Columbus Crew. Each of the previous four finals in Munich also produced first-time winners — Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997, and Chelsea in 2012. PSG had been striving for years to win Europe's premier club competition with an array of expensively assembled stars such as Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi. It went close in 2020 when it lost the final to Bayern in Lisbon. Also Read | UCL 2024-25 Final: Desire Doue Double Leads PSG to First UEFA Champions League Trophy in 5-0 Thrashing of Inter Milan. French teenager Désiré Doué starred on Saturday by scoring twice after setting up the opening goal for Achraf Hakimi, who didn't celebrate after scoring against his former team. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and 19-year-old substitute Senny Mayulu completed the rout for the biggest winning margin in a Champions League final. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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