Written by Han Bing Since Nottingham Forest in 1979, Munich has been the birthplace of the new Champions League winners, and this time is no exception. Paris Saint-Germain became the 24th team to win the Champions League in history and the new Champions League winner since Manchester City in 2023. In terms of data, the new king of this new version of the Champions League, with a 5-0 score gap in the 70-year history of the Champions League final, proves that Enrique's big Paris is a well-deserved hegemon in Europe this season.

Aside from the technical aspects of the field, the Qatari royal family has been in charge of Paris for 14 years, and has invested a total of 2.284 billion euros before and after the ball market, finally realizing the original dream. If Neymar led the team to the Champions League final in 2020, it was somewhat because the opponent in the knockout round was too weak and seemed to be insufficient, this time Enrique's big Paris defeated the top four in the Premier League last season, and various technical knockouts of the opponent were enough to shock the football world, and the investment of the Qatari royal family finally got a comprehensive feedback from the technical level of the scene.

At the same time, UEFA's new Champions League has come to an end, with 618 goals scored in 189 games under the new format, an average of 3.27 goals per game, the highest in 49 years, and only lower than in 1975/76 (3.31 goals per game). In addition, there was a record 8.375 million spectators. Grand Paris played the most 17 games in a single Champions League in history, and finally won the championship, which is the most ideal monument of the new version of the Champions League. The new Champions League, the new kings, the rule revisions and the capital are all happy.

The "Record" bears witness to the success of Grand Paris

This season's new version of the Champions League is the 70th season of the Champions League, 70 years ago the highest competition of European club football was proposed by the editor-in-chief of the French newspaper "Team Newspaper" Arnault, the first final was held in Paris, the French champion Reims participated in the final, and the champion Real Madrid began a long journey of "the king of the Champions League". The 1992/93 UEFA Champions League was restructured into the Champions League, and the first new champion, Marseille, came from France. After 70 years, the Swiss Champions League was restructured for the second time, with the first title also coming from France, and the Parisian side finally lifted the Champions League trophy with an undisputed performance. The three major nodes in the 70-year history of the Champions League are closely related to the glory of French football.

This time, Munich, which hosted the Champions League final for the fifth time, also gave birth to a new Champions League champion for the fifth time. The Champs-Élysées is full of undisputed pride. Paris were the most dominant winners in the history of the Champions League, 5-0 for the largest margin in a Champions League final (4 goals). The 2-0 lead in the first 20 minutes was also unprecedented, breaking the 1962 Champions League final Benfica's 5-3 win over Real Madrid, and the fastest Champions League lead of two goals in the opening 23 minutes, but Real Madrid lost the game that game. The final was more akin to Borussia Dortmund's 3-1 win over Juventus in 1997: the final was also in Munich, and a new champion was born.

The sheer dominance of Paris is also reflected in more key statistics: the 13 shots on goal in the first half of the final are second only to Bayern Munich in 2012 (16), the highest in 13 years; Five shots on target in the first half were also the highest in 12 years in the Champions League final. With 23 shots to 8 shots on goal and 8 shots on target, 31 to 14 touches in the opponent's penalty area, and 59.3 to 40.7% possession, in a word, Grand Paris was an overwhelming advantage over Inter Milan in all aspects, and this title was worthy of its name.

Paris also set a new record: the youngest starting line-up in a Champions League final since the 21st century (with an average age of 25 years and 96 days). It is worth mentioning that when French football won the Champions League last and only time in 1993, no one was born in this winning team of Greater Paris. Now, like Marseille, which won the championship in 1993, Paris can embroider the Champions League star on its crest.

Capital reshapes the European football landscape

With Paris winning the title by a huge margin, the traditional map of European football will also usher in a time for change.

Grand Paris won the championship as desired, filling the new gap of the top French giants missing the Champions League trophy, and is the third European new capital giant to win the Champions League after Chelsea and Manchester City. Inter Milan, the final opponent of Grand Paris, is one of the representatives of the American capital-controlled teams that have swept Europe in recent years. This Champions League final is a collision between two different capitals, different club operating models and football philosophies. UEFA is naturally happy to see such a representative final match, and whichever side succeeds, it is the success of European football.

Since Borussia Dortmund 1997, there have only been three new faces in the 28 Champions League titles so far. Chelsea in 2012, Manchester City in 2023 and Paris in 2025. During this period, Real Madrid won nine Champions League trophies, four for Barcelona, three for Bayern, two each for Manchester United, AC Milan, Liverpool and Chelsea, and one each for Porto, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Grand Paris. The power of new capital football is finally shining in the reflection of the trophy.

The victory of Grand Paris ended the 32-year Champions League trophy drought in Ligue 1, the confrontation between the old and new top giants in European football, and the great Paris expanded the power of the new capital giants, and also added a new strong favorite to the Champions League.

The success of Grand Paris in the Champions League will inevitably keep the national capital supported by the Qatari royal family alive. This is obviously great news for UEFA, which still wants to continue to compete with FIFA and get a bigger share of the world football market. The success of Grand Paris has given hope to Newcastle United, the next oil-capital club, while attracting new capital to the European football market.

Of course, it cannot be ignored that Inter Milan, which has an American capital background, has once again entered the Champions League final after two years, which has also increased the influence of the American model in European football. Since 2018, U.S. teams have reached the Champions League final six times. Although Liverpool has only won one title, the tide of American capital that has swept the whole of Europe has continued to attack the Champions League trophy after 2019. In the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, American capital accounts for half. Chelsea, which was originally a big three oil capital, has now been bought by American capital, and Manchester City and Grand Paris have also sold a small number of shares to American capital.

Finally, European football cannot sit idly by and watch the Premier League continue to expand the advantages that have become a dimensionality reduction blow, and the European giants will concentrate high-quality resources to compete with the Premier League will be the general direction of European football in the future. In addition to the four giants of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern and Juventus, the addition of the Champions League champions in Paris, at least can add a lot of strength to the four major European leagues.