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New-look PSG make history on emotional night for Luis Enrique. 01 Jun 2025
Luis Enrique wept tears of joy and emotion as Paris St-Germain delivered the performance of a lifetime to win the Champions League for the first time on a remarkable night in Munich. And, as PSG outclassed Inter Milan for a historic 5-0 victory, brilliant teenager Desire Doue confirmed his status as one half of a new duo of young superstars - alongside Barcelona's Lamine Yamal - who have the genius to dominate the game for years to come. The poignant human story was PSG coach Luis Enrique, who became only the sixth coach to win this tournament with two different clubs after his triumph with Barcelona in 2015. The sporting story was one of the finest team displays in the history of this tournament, in this and its previous guise of the European Cup, with generational teenage talent Doue as its centrepiece. On the most important night of a career, Doue made the biggest stage in European club football his playground. This was also a win heavy with significance and meaning for 55-year-old Asturian Luis Enrique, beyond the glory of the brutal beauty of this PSG triumph that finally brought the giant Champions League trophy to The City Of Light. The man who has transformed PSG has spoken about how he helped his daughter Xana plant a Barcelona flag in the centre circle after that 2015 triumph over Juventus in Berlin. He said he hoped he might make the same gesture here in her memory after she died from a rare form of bone cancer aged nine in 2019. In the afterglow of victory, he pulled on a t-shirt bearing an image of himself and his daughter planting a PSG flag. And then, in a moment of raw emotion, PSG's "Ultras" unfurled their own tribute - a giant flag emblazoned with an image of father and daughter, in the French club's shirt, planting a flag. It was a wonderful gesture on a joyful night for PSG in Munich, when all their agonies as they chased the Champions League were washed away in one of the greatest displays any team has produced in a European final. "I'm very happy. It was very emotional at the end with the banner from the fans for my family. But I always think about my daughter," said Luis Enrique. "Since day one, I said I wanted to win important trophies, and Paris had never won the Champions League. We did it for the first time. It's a great feeling to make many people happy."
Trent Alexander-Arnold will become a Real Madrid player on Sunday, 1 June after Liverpool accepted a 10m euros (£8.4m) fee to release the defender early from his contract. 30 May 2025
According to sources, Real have made the single, up-front payment to allow the England right-back to join the Spanish side in time to play in the Club World Cup. Alexander-Arnold, who had already confirmed he would leave Liverpool this summer, has agreed a six-year deal. The 26-year-old would have been able to leave Liverpool on a free transfer when his contract expired on 30 June. Fifa approved an additional window for this summer, from 1-10 June, allowing teams to register new players for the expanded month-long Club World Cup, which starts on 14 June and is being held in the United States. Real's opening group game is against Saudi side Al-Hilal on 18 June in Miami. Alexander-Arnold has been with Liverpool since joining his hometown club at the age of six. He has won two Premier League titles, the Champions League, Fifa Club World Cup, Uefa Super Cup, FA Cup and League Cup with the Reds. But earlier this month he said he had decided to leave to experience a "new challenge" and to push himself "personally and professionally". Alexander-Arnold leaves Liverpool having claimed 23 goals and 92 assists in 354 appearances for the club. He will join England team-mate Jude Bellingham in Madrid, plus former Liverpool and Real midfielder Xabi Alonso. Alonso, 43, has succeeded Carlo Ancelotti as Real boss after the club failed to win a major domestic or European trophy for the first time since 2020-21.
Chelsea are the first team to win all five Uefa club tournaments - the Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, Super Cup and the defunct Cup Winners' Cup. 29 May 2025
Many wondered how much winning the Conference League would mean to Chelsea - but there were few doubts at the final whistle. Nearly all season the Blues have walked over their opposition in Uefa's third-rated tournament, but they were really tested by Real Betis in Wroclaw, especially in the first half. However, four second-half goals were all wildly celebrated - and the players then partied after the 4-1 win as much as if they had won any other major trophy. Cole Palmer, the man of the match, set up goals for Enzo Fernandez and Nicolas Jackson, with Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo also netting. "Winning this trophy is massive," said former Blues keeper Mark Schwarzer, a BBC Radio 5 Live summariser for the game. "You can see what it means to them and how important it is to win it. "This is what it's about. It's about creating that bond and that experience of winning a trophy." It was Chelsea's first trophy since the Fifa Club World Cup in February 2022 and their first considered a major prize since the 2021 Champions League. The club's former midfielder Joe Cole, watching for TNT Sports, said: "People turn their noses up at it but look at all the smiling faces among the players, the staff, the fans. This is what it is all about." Fellow pundit Lucy Ward added: "People mock this trophy but this will mean a lot to this set of Chelsea players because it is a platform to move on into the Champions League this season."
Robert Lewandowski scored twice as La Liga champions Barcelona wrapped up their domestic treble-winning season with a comfortable victory at Athletic Club. 26 May 2025
Having sealed their 28th league title with two games to spare, Hansi Flick's men scored their 100th goal of the league campaign with the 14th-minute opener. Lewandowski expertly chipped home goalkeeper Unai Simon, before he doubled the lead only three minutes later, arriving at the back post to head home following Raphinha's inswinging corner. The goals were his 27th in the league, and 40th overall, this season. Substitute Dani Olmo sealed the victory from the penalty spot in the fourth minute of added time as Barca finished the campaign with 88 points from 28 wins and four draws. They finished four clear of Real Madrid as German Flick won the La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup titles during his first season in charge of Barca. Despite his side's first-half dominance, Athletic Club had two good chances to reduce the deficit before the break - both falling to Maroan Sannadi, who should have done better. The 24-year-old striker failed to hit the target from six yards out after getting on the end of Unai Nunez's cross. Sannadi then poked wide with only visiting goalkeeper Inaki Pena to beat after being played through on goal by his captain Oscar de Marcos, who was making his 570th and final appearance for the Bilbao outfit. Lewandowski, who has only Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe (31) ahead of him in the La Liga scoring charts this season, passed up chances to complete his hat-trick early in the second half. Athletic Club went close again when Barca centre-back Pau Cubarsi's defensive header from Alex Berenguer's free-kick rattled the crossbar. De Marcos received a standing ovation from the San Mames crowd as he was substituted in the 89th minute, passing the captain's armband to future captain Inaki Williams. But it was Barca who had the last word as Olmo scored from the spot in the stoppage time after he was brought down in the box by Yuri Berchiche. The hosts, who had secured their Champions League qualification before the final day, finished fourth, level on 70 points with fifth-placed Villarreal.
Newcastle United sealed their golden ticket to the Champions League despite Everton securing a deserved victory at St James' Park. 25 May 2025
Eddie Howe's side started the day in fourth place in the Premier League and on course for Europe's elite competition, but looked in danger of missing out as they produced a performance riddled with nerves. Everton, in 13th place before kick-off after their rejuvenation under manager David Moyes, were more composed and ordered, taking the lead through Carlos Alcaraz's header after 65 minutes. Newcastle's supporters were in a state of high anxiety until news filtered through that Manchester United were ahead against Aston Villa, sparking scenes of wild delight inside St James' Park when the final result of that game came through. Defeat means the Magpies end the season in fifth place - enough to secure a place in the Champions League next season, with the Premier League's allocation up from the usual four spots. Qualification caps an outstanding campaign for Newcastle, who won their first domestic trophy in 70 years - and their first silverware at all since 1969 - by beating Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.