Exactly one year after their triumph in Munich, PSG etched their name into football history once more by overcoming Arsenal in a nail-biting final. The London side struck early through a fifth-minute strike, leaving the Parisians scrambling in the opening exchanges.

The tide turned in the 64th minute when Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé converted a dramatic penalty to level proceedings at 1-1. As the clock ticked past 90 minutes and beyond, neither team could find a winner in regular time or extra time, setting the stage for football’s most unpredictable decider.

A place in the record books

By claiming back-to-back Champions League titles, PSG have joined an exclusive club in modern football. Only Real Madrid, guided by Zinedine Zidane, had previously achieved this feat, lifting three consecutive trophies between 2016 and 2018.

Road to the World Cup begins

Six French stars from this 71st Champions League final – Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé (PSG), plus William Saliba (Arsenal) – will now report to Clairefontaine for France’s World Cup preparations. The national side faces Côte d’Ivoire in a high-stakes friendly at Nantes’ Stade de la Beaujoire on June 4th.