Paris Saint-Germain concluded their season in the best possible way by winning their ultimate objective, the Champions League, against Inter Milan, and are still riding the wave of happiness. On the other side of the Alps, however, the mood is very different after the 5-0 thrashing they received in the final, the biggest margin of victory in the history of the final. The morale of the Lombardy club is diametrically opposed to that of the Parisian club, and has already seen the departure of its coach. Defender Federico Dimarco, meanwhile, apologized on his Instagram account to Nerazurri fans after his team’s poor performance.
“I feel the need to talk to you. I haven’t been able to think of anything else for days, looking for explanations for what happened. It’s all gone wrong. It’s too easy to talk only when everything’s going well. I want to assume my responsibilities. I want to do it after a defeat like this to tell all the Inter tifosi how sorry I am.
I’m sorry for this defeat and for the way it happened, because we were one step away from a dream and we failed to realize it. I wanted to make you happy and I didn’t succeed. From now on, I’ll carry this scar. It will never go away.”
For every winner, there must be a loser – that’s the hard law of sport. But there are also defeats and defeats, some of which fill you with optimism, others which force you to evolve without escape. PSG has experienced both, and has built its reputation little by little on its successes as well as its sorrows.
Dimarco, who was unlucky with Doué’s 1st goal and poorly placed with Hakimi’s, has plenty to regret, even if in the end it was his entire team that was overwhelmed by the relentless Parisian attacks. The look on his face spoke volumes after the second Parisian goal, tinged with dismay and incomprehension. The same was true of Inter, who were equally at a loss for words and solutions in the face of the Parisian armada. This defeat will clearly leave its mark on them, just as the victory will on the Parisians.
Luis Enrique’s style of play has wreaked havoc this year in Ligue 1, the French Cup and the Champions League, bringing happiness to the entire Red and Blue universe. But one man’s happiness does not always make another’s, and even less so in sport.
