On a historical night in Munich Paris, Saint-Germain finally laid his spirits to rest. The ruthless 5-0 disassembly of Inter Milan in the final of the Champions League 1. It was a victory that also sealed the four -time sensational, but more than silver, that meant the rebirth of the club that had long persecuted the glory.
A man for transformation? Luis Enrique.
Paris has always dreamed of gold. For years, however, their reflection in the most sought -after trophy of Europe was nothing but a glittering illusion. Supervars came and left, millions were spent and each spring brought more questions than answers. As long as one man came in – not to heat in the center of attention, but to dismantle it.
1 June in Mnich Paris Saint-Germain did not only win the Champions League. In the finals they torn Inter Milan 5-0 That felt more like a execution than a competition. It was the culmination of the season, when football finally caught up with imagination. And in the middle of all this stood Luis Enrique – a man who once led Barcelona to a continental size, but this time he did it with a team that had Messi, no Neymar, no mbapp. Just an idea.
The architect arrives
When Luis Enrique took the management of PSG in July 2023, he was not entered into the project. He entered the paradox. Club rich in ambitions, but poor in cohesion. Mathan lined with stars, but persecuted collapse. “Remontada” in 2017? That was his job – from the other side.
He came up with the title of Champions League under the belt, which he earned in 2015 with Barcelona, who had his own Galcticos – but also played with a terrible chemistry. Then his time came with Spain. Although he left before their eventual triumph Euro 2024, his policy was his tactical foundation, the integration of the player and the unwavering belief in the youth. The man builds plans that lasts – although he is no longer to follow them.
So when he arrived in Paris and said, “Our game does not end in the fact that Mbapp will let what he wants,” it was not just a quote. It was a warning shot. The celebrity era ended.
Goodbye Galaaticos, Hi, Grit
PSG Luis Enrique defeated Inter Milan. Courtesy: Reuters
Before Kylian Mbapp packed his bags in Madrid in the summer of 2024, the last thread binding PSG on their poster cutting. The world has prepared for the next year of reconstruction. Enrique, on the other hand, went to work.
“I never imagined that I was coaching PSG because their policy was to attract the biggest superstars. But now they want to change,” he said with characteristic sincerity. He explained: No more stars over the badge. No exceptions, no shortcuts.
And he meant it. Since exhausting training sessions that reflected his own desert marathon mentality, to the reign of “without passengers”, all pressed, everyone defended or sat.
There was no time what he needed. It was two transmission windows.
In just a year, Enrique the uprooted PSG culture and planted it players of roles over reputation, workers over miracles. DSIR Dou and Warren Zre-Emery flourished. Milan Kriniar, often written after a rocky start, turned into a tactical enforcement.
Khvicha Quaratskhelia – its winter arrival of 70 million euros – brought not only taste but fire.
“We are all defending,” said Oistic Dembl with a shrug when he asked what changed. The answer was simple. This was not a team that was already playing for Flair. They played each other.
A rough start, a ruthless surface
If the introductory act of the season 2024–25 was scripted by a script of skeptics, PSG played together. One victory in five games of group stages. In the new League of Champions League in 26th place. The usual whispers began – maybe Enrique missed this team. Maybe a hole in MBApp was too deep.
But this is a thing about a system based on a structure: Breathing takes time. When it finally did, it all suffered on its way.
DSIR Dou, only 19 years, bloomed into ruthless offensive forces and scored twice in the finals. Quaratskhelia has become a heart rhythm of Enriqu’s multi-position chaos-dictation, dictation.
Before they met Inter Milan in the finals, PSG was not promising – they were popular.
The finals that buried the past
Khvicha Quaratskhelia of Paris Saint Germain. Courtesy: Reuters
Munich only crowned PSG. They baptized them. Five goals, no answer. Every passage, every press, every duel felt like the result of months spent in the background, while the football world waited for the impression.
Irony? PSG is still one of the richest clubs in the world. However, he no longer feels like the most expensive scientific experiment in football. This brand died of the old era – the one where Mbapp, Neymar, Messi, Ramos and Donnarumma were to conquer Europe only with charism.
Enrique has shown that the charisma is not pushing in the 93 minute. System yes.
Heritage outside the trophies
This title was not just about lifting the cup. It was about lifting the curse. Fourteen years after the Qatar sports investment bought PSG with a specified goal of European domination, finally got it. But not by purchasing brilliance. By building.
Enrique has now won the Champions League with two different teams, ten years apart. He resisted PSG not by rewriting their past, but by eraseing the worst parts. Not only did he not throw the ghosts – burned the plan he invited them.
He leaves this season not only as a winner, but as a confirmed prophet. At the beginning of 2024, when he claimed that PSG would be better without MbApp, most saw arrogance. Today it sounds like a gospel.
Luis Enrique did not save PSG.
Renewed them.
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
1 June 2025
