{"id":199977,"date":"2026-05-30T20:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/30\/psg-go-back-to-back-and-join-greatest-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:09:31","slug":"psg-go-back-to-back-and-join-greatest-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/30\/psg-go-back-to-back-and-join-greatest-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG go back-to-back and join ‘greatest of all-time’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paris St-Germain underlined their status as one of European football’s greatest ever teams by becoming only the second club to retain the Champions League.<\/b><\/p>\n

Their nervy 4-3 win on penalties over Arsenal following a 1-1 draw in the final in Budapest backed up their 5-0 win over Inter Milan in Munich 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

In doing so they became the first side to successfully defend their title since Real Madrid’s three-peat from 2016 to 2018, and only the second to do it in the Champions League era – 1993 onwards.<\/p>\n

Indeed, across the competition’s 71-year history PSG are just the 10th club to win successive titles.<\/p>\n

“I’m mixed,” boss Luis Enrique said after the game. “Excitement, fatigue – everything. But this is the best moment of the season. We are still champs, two in a row, it’s amazing.”<\/p>\n

All 10 of the outfield players who started PSG’s win over Arsenal, also started their victory over Inter Milan.<\/p>\n

Only goalkeeper Matvey Safonov was new, in for Gianluigi Donnarumma who was signed by Manchester City last summer.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years Luis Enrique’s team have dominated almost all competitions they have competed in.<\/p>\n

Since the start of last season they have won eight of the 10 trophies available to them – only missing out on last summer’s Club World Cup and this campaign’s French Cup.<\/p>\n

If they continue their dominance next season PSG could become just the fifth side to win three successive Champions League\/European Cup titles. <\/p>\n

But they still have a way to go to break Real Madrid’s record of five European Cups in a row between 1956 and 1960.<\/p>\n

“Tonight PSG have made history,” said European football journalist Julien Laurens on BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n

“Last season will always be special, but I think they will enjoy this more as they had to dig deep, they had to fight, and they had to come back.<\/p>\n

“Last season was almost a bit too easy against Inter. Back-to-back you join the greatest of all-time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ESPN journalist Laurens said PSG’s second Champions League crown “puts them in another dimension”.<\/p>\n

The French champions also scored the most goals (45) and recorded the highest average possession (60.5%) in this season’s competition.<\/p>\n

Laurens added to BBC Radio 5 Live: “Now they are in the conversation with those great teams. Pep [Guardiola] never did it with [Lionel] Messi and Barcelona, or with Manchester City either. <\/p>\n

“If you win one it’s great, one and you are happy. But back-to-back is a different story.”<\/p>\n

Paris St-Germain were playing in their third final. Their first was in 2019-20 when they lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in Portugal.<\/p>\n

But by winning a second Champions League title PSG also became the best-performing French club in the competition, going clear of rivals Marseille who have one title.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Head coach Luis Enrique follows in the footsteps of Bob Paisley, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane in becoming just the fifth manager to win three Champions League\/European Cup titles.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard, who was unveiled as PSG boss in July 2023, also won the Champions League as a player with Barcelona in 2014-15.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, “he didn’t want to take the job when he was first asked”, journalist Guillem Balague told BBC Radio 5 Live. <\/p>\n

“[He said] ‘you are full of stars – I’m not interested’. He was promised [he could] change the culture and the question was different. It wasn’t how can we win the Champions League, it was what kind of football do we want? <\/p>\n

“The answer was offensive, attractive and Luis Enrique represented that and he was convinced he could do that.”<\/p>\n

Under Luis Enrique, PSG lost their record goalscorer and five-time Ligue 1 player of the year Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid on a free transfer in 2024.<\/p>\n

But, arguably, the France forward’s departure has helped balance the team.<\/p>\n

PSG scored 44 more goals across all competitions in their first season without Mbappe (2024-25) compared with his final season at the club.<\/p>\n

“Everyone plays like a team,” says Balague of the current squad. <\/p>\n

“PSG is the team with the fewest yellow cards in Europe’s top leagues. That is a reflection of emotional control and everyone playing for everybody instead of being angry. <\/p>\n

“He [Luis Enrique] said before when Mbappe left he prefers five players scoring 10 goals than one scoring 50. This season PSG have 20 different goalscorers. It is a collective approach.”<\/p>\n

They also equalled the record for most goals scored in a single edition of the European Cup\/Champions League, with their 45 drawing level with Barcelona’s total in 1999-2000.<\/p>\n

Luis Enrique has also created a brilliant relationship with PSG’s fans.<\/p>\n

After their Champions League win last year, they unveiled a flag in tribute to their coach and daughter Xana – who died aged nine in 2019 – showing the pair planting a Barcelona flag in the centre circle after the 2015 European triumph over Juventus in Berlin.<\/p>\n

And in Budapest, before their win over Arsenal, a giant banner showing Luis Enrique lifting the famous trophy was displayed among the French faithful.<\/p>\n

He was cheered on by the PSG fans passionately as he was lifted into the air by his players while hold the Champions League trophy.<\/p>\n

After collecting his medal he danced in front of them with president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, celebrating the trophy that for so long had eluded the club. Not once, but twice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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