The PSG vs Inter Milan lineups for the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League Final were confirmed ahead of kick-off at 8:00pm local time on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, in what became one of the most extraordinary evenings in European football history.
Paris Saint-Germain, chasing their first ever European Cup, faced an Inter Milan side seeking to end a 15-year wait for continental glory and appearing in their second Champions League Final in three years.
Luis Enrique selected a fluid, youthful 4-3-3 built on intensity, movement and pace, while Simone Inzaghi trusted his tried-and-tested 3-5-2, a formation that had carried Inter deep into the competition on multiple occasions.
The match began with Inter’s experience expected to tell, but PSG imposed themselves from the very first minute, pressing high and creating chaos behind the Italian side’s wing-backs.
Achraf Hakimi, a former Inter player himself, opened the scoring in the early stages after Désiré Doué’s clever run dragged defenders away and left the Moroccan with a simple finish at the back post.
Doué then doubled the lead shortly after, his shot deflecting off Federico Dimarco and leaving Yann Sommer stranded.
The 19-year-old completed his brace in the 63rd minute when Vitinha slid a precise pass through Inter’s back line and Doué calmly slotted past Sommer.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ran clear from his own half to score a fourth, and substitute Senny Mayulu added a fifth in the closing minutes to seal the largest winning margin in Champions League Final history.
PSG vs Inter Milan Lineups in Full
PSG Starting XI (4-3-3)
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| GK | Gianluigi Donnarumma |
| RB | Achraf Hakimi |
| CB | Marquinhos (C) |
| CB | Willian Pacho |
| LB | Nuno Mendes |
| CM | Fabián Ruiz |
| CM | Vitinha |
| CM | João Neves |
| RW | Ousmane Dembélé |
| ST | Désiré Doué |
| LW | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
Inter Milan Starting XI (3-5-2)
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| GK | Yann Sommer |
| CB | Benjamin Pavard |
| CB | Francesco Acerbi |
| CB | Alessandro Bastoni |
| RWB | Denzel Dumfries |
| CM | Nicolò Barella |
| CM | Hakan Çalhano?lu |
| CM | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| LWB | Federico Dimarco |
| ST | Lautaro Martínez (C) |
| ST | Marcus Thuram |
Key Substitutions
| Team | Off | On |
|---|---|---|
| PSG | Ousmane Dembélé | Senny Mayulu |
| PSG | João Neves | Warren Zaïre-Emery |
| PSG | Désiré Doué | Gonçalo Ramos |
| Inter | Lautaro Martínez | Alexis Sanchez |
| Inter | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Piotr Zielinski |
| Inter | Hakan Çalhano?lu | Kristjan Asllani |
The Tactical Masterclass That Defined the Final
The PSG vs Inter Milan lineups illustrated a fundamental clash of philosophies on the grandest stage in club football.
PSG’s 4-3-3 was designed to create numerical overloads in wide areas, with Dembélé and Kvaratskhelia offering relentless pace and directness on the flanks while the midfield trio pressed aggressively to win the ball high up the pitch.
Inter’s 3-5-2 was built on compactness and counter-attacking threat, with Lautaro Martínez and Marcus Thuram expected to punish PSG on the break and the wing-backs to provide the width needed to stretch a high defensive line.
In practice, Inter’s plan fell apart almost immediately. PSG’s pressing suffocated Çalhano?lu’s ability to dictate from deep, and Barella spent the majority of the evening defending rather than contributing offensively.
Doué’s movement between the lines was the decisive individual factor, constantly finding pockets of space that Inter’s back three simply could not account for without disrupting their entire defensive shape.
For PSG, it was the culmination of years of expensive, sometimes chaotic ambition finally channelled into a cohesive collective identity under Enrique’s methodical management.
For Inter, it was a painful second Champions League Final defeat in three years and a reminder that on European football’s biggest nights, tactical rigidity without a plan B can prove fatal.
