Goodbye to the figures, hello to the teams: This will be the Champions League final between Inter vs. PSG

They will not be Kylian Mbappéneither Erling Haalandneither Lamine Yamal. There will be no names. But a final of UEFA Champions League That will be catchy. A definition with focus on details, with the smell of costumes, with coach intelligence. PSG and Inter will play in Munich for European glorybut this time without the constellation of figures that used to dominate the May calendar.

It will be a coaches final.

A team final.

Luis Enrique PSG: Order on show

When he accepted the position, Luis Enrique He did it with a tacit condition: no more egos impossible to mold. The Asturian coach abandoned the concept of galactics, among which Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Sergio Ramos and company were included. In fact, The goodbye of ‘7’ to get to Real Madrid Luis Enrique opened the door to something he always wanted: Total game control.

In silence and without reflectors, PSG was on the edge of the abyss in December. But he rescued him A heroic comeback against Manchester City Already from there, the team found form, rhythm and conviction. Ousmane Dembélé revived as he never did in Barcelona. Gianluigi Donnarumma left behind doubts. Fabian, Achraf Hakimi and Vitinha They became pieces of an oiled system. All under the baton of the coach who now dreams of lifting the Champions in the same stadium where France saw Marseille consecrate himself for the last time, in 1993.

The Inter de Inzaghi: Italian resilience, version 2024

Simone Inzaghi He knew how to wait. His Inter It was falling, season by season, in the places where the teams are formed: The eighths, the rooms, the semifinals. And after the defeat in the 2023 final against Manchester City, the idea matured. Now has a group prepared to resist and hit.

The series against Barcelona It was a modern epic: 13 goals, traced, extension in the rain and figures that played on the verge of physical collapse. Lautaro Martínezinjured, scored a goal. Marcus Thuramwith the fair, he played 120 minutes and was key. Yann Sommer He covered incredible balls. Francesco Acerbi, Piotr Zieliński and Davide Frattesi They pushed a team that It never looks but always.

Munich awaits technicians for the Champions League final

In a Champions that changed format but not of essence, football gave ground to tactics. Luis Enrique’s PSG and Inter de Inzaghi are living evidence of that: two teams worked, tight, aware of their limits and virtues. The star will be the collective, not the individual brightness. The rhythm, not improvisation. Tactics, not marketing.

Since 1993 that a French team (Olympique de Marseille) does not win the Champions League. Since 2010 that an Italian (Inter) does not get it. On May 31, Munich will be the scene of a duel without superheroes, but with a powerful narrative, which once said the mythical Alfredo Di Stéfano: No one is better than all together.