At Paris Saint-Germain, a youth full of promises
He splashed with all his class the final of the Champions League. Désiré Doué delivered a capital service during the victory of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) over Inter Milan (5-0), Saturday May 31, in Munich (Germany), which allows the capital club to offer the very first coronation of its history in the big European Cup. Author of a double and a decisive pass, the ex-Rennais was logically designated man of the meeting. And offered the luxury, at just 19 years old, to become the first player involved in at least three goals in the match for the title in the most prestigious competition in European football. At the very end of the game, it was a pure product of the Parisian training center, Senny Mayulu, 19 too, who has completed the recital of his team by scoring the fifth goal.
A whole symbol of the triumphant youth of PSG and the power that the club has given it since its change of doctrine, which began in the summer of 2022: to bet on promising players rather than on a stack of established stars. Saturday evening, Paris aligned the eleven earliest holder for a Champions League final in the XXIe century: 25 years and 96 days of average age. Opposite, the Nerazzurri advanced with the older players in the history of competition: 30 years and 242 days on average.
You have 76.54% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.