Lautaro Martinez, Inter Milan’s 27-year-old striker, spoke to La Gazzetta dello Sport about the 2024-2025 Champions League final lost 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain on May 31. He admits that the team lost their way in the match and that he didn’t recognize his team-mates.
“I was sad. I couldn’t understand why. I didn’t speak for five or six days. That night, nothing worked for us, everything worked for them. We weren’t ourselves, we weren’t a team. That’s soccer. But now we have to move on, there’s no other option, even if everything remains in the mind, obviously.”
Paris Saint-Germain enjoyed an evening of grace in the Champions League final against Inter Milan, putting on a display of soccer of rare intensity and mastery. From the very first minutes, the Parisians imposed their rhythm with a fluidity and precision of play that completely destabilized an unrecognizable Inter team, incapable of responding to Parisian pressure and creativity.
Up front, thanks in particular to a sparkling Désiré Doué, scorer of two goals and an assist, PSG exploited every space with high pressure and a perfectly oiled collective game under Luis Enrique’s tactical direction.
This masterful performance, punctuated by a resounding 5-0 scoreline, underlined not only PSG’s technical and mental superiority that evening, but also the soundness of a team that combined youth and experience to finally clinch its first major European title.
Inter simply didn’t have what it took against PSG, and despite Lautaro Martinez’s understandable disappointment, the Parisian victory is an undeniable masterclass that crowns a season of excellence.
