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Paris Saint-Germain are leading Inter Milan 4-0 in the Champions League final.
Former Inter player Achraf Hakimi opened the scoring for PSG, who are attempting to win the Champions League for the first time.
Desire Doue’s deflected effort doubled PSG’s lead before the 19-year-old forward scored a second in the second half.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added a fourth as PSG threatened to run riot in Munich.
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The former Napoli player comes back to sting Inter one more time!
Inter have been awful, but PSG have been exceptional.
Dembele is at the heart of this one again as he fed a perfectly weighted through ball into Kvaratskhelia who, like the roadrunner, burst away from the defence and whipped a left-footed finish inside Sommer's near post.
The celebrations of the PSG players, and Luis Enrique, told you everything — they know they've done enough!
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73' PSG 4-0 Inter
Irresistible football from PSG who know that it will be their name going on the famous trophy in half an hour's time!
70' PSG 3-0 Inter
This could get very ugly for Inter — they are still getting picked apart and the PSG attackers are starting to queue up inside their penalty area.
Firstly, Nuno Mendes came within an inch of applying a delicate finish to Hakimi's low centred pass and then the recycled cross dropped for Barcola. Seeing his name in lights, the 22-year-old hammered his right foot through the ball and sent it high and handsome into the stand behind the goal.
That was his chance but, like most of us would have done, he got a little bit excited!
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Oh Luis Enrique, leave him out there!
Having been shown a yellow card for removing his shirt in celebration of his second goal, Doue has been withdrawn to a huge ovation from those of a PSG persuasion inside the Allianz Arena.
The 19-year-old won't get his hat-trick but he does leave the pitch with two goals and an assist — not bad.
The best illustration of Luis Enrique's embarrassment of attacking riches is that Bradley Barcola is the man replacing tonight's hero.
Is this Desire Doue display one of the best performances you’ve ever seen from a youngster? Let us know by emailing live@theathletic.com.
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This is the good stuff from PSG — they have been brilliant and this will now surely be the most famous night in their history.
More slick, fast-paced attacking play as Dembele played a sumptuous backheel into the path of Vitinha. The diminutive PSG midfielder drove forward 15 yards before feeding a through ball into Doue.
He didn't even need a touch to set himself as he just rolled an effort inside Sommer's near post and into the bottom corner.
Fantastic football and PSG will be very worthy winners of this year's Champions League.
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63' PSG 3-0 Inter
Wow. Wow. Wow.
This has been Desire Doue's final and he has his second goal!
61' PSG 2-0 Inter
This may well be an element of PSG showing game management, or even showing the effects of a full-blooded, intense first half, but Inter are growing into the game and have looked more of a threat in the last few minutes.
The issue, though, remains their lack of quality in the key areas. Their attacking play has been so poor and Donnarumma — other than a few shaky attempts to come for crosses — hasn't had to do much at all.
58' PSG 2-0 Inter
No sooner had the yellow card gone away, it is back out!
Incensed after seeing Pacho get away without a caution, Inzaghi was very obvious in the way he projected his frustration towards the referee. Kovacs jogged over, retrieved a rather sheepish Inzaghi from his bench and brandished the yellow card.
An indicator that suggests you're not having a great night…
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Dimarco has been replaced after a really poor evening and his replacement, Zalewski, has already fallen out with referee Istvan Kovacs.
Having seen his initial shot blocked, the substitute rattled into a challenge on Ruiz that he was never going to win and was shown a yellow card for his troubles.
Not the ideal start for the 23-year-old!
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Yep, as expected, Inzaghi has gone to his bench for inspiration.
Benjamin Pavard was rushed back to start this evening so his evening is curtailed early, with Yann Bisseck taking his place.
Dimarco's torrid evening has also been cut short, Nicola Zalewski is on for him.
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A rare moment of indecision between Hakimi and Donnarumma brought Inter a corner and the delivery was a good one.
It dropped in the middle of the box and one or two Inter players appealed for a penalty, as did manager Inzaghi, after seemingly believing the ball had struck the arm of Marquinhos.
But, even in the Champions League, they're never giving that. The replay wasn't particularly conclusive but it certainly wasn't handball.
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Two very different goals for PSG tonight which sum them up — one carving apart a deep defence for a cutback goal that the full-back scores, and a counter-attack which a winger finishes from.
The best part of the game from Luis Enrique’s side has been without the ball, though. The pressing has been excellent, we’ve seen a scheme tweak from keeping an extra defender back to man-to-man, and then Doue and Dembele switched sides on the edge of the box to lock Inter down one side.
Inter have only completed 13 of 27 long passes — 18 of 29 such passes completed by PSG.
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And it looks like Inzaghi might have to prepare himself for more of the same!
PSG have come flying out of the blocks again in this second half and Kvaratskhelia clearly wants to get in on the act after having a couple of looks at goal just before half-time.
He raced into the penalty area on the left-hand side and rattled a left-footed effort towards the near post. The replay showed that it clipped the outside of the post, but it never looked particularly dangerous for Sommer in truth.
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The half-time breather is over and we are straight back into the action at the Allianz Arena.
No changes for either team at the break, but I can't imagine Simone Inzaghi will sit on his hands for much longer if he sees more of the same.
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Desire Doue has been superb so far. And it isn't just a good performance that he has put in, he has tangible rewards to show for his endeavour. He is the sixth player to score and assist in a Champions League final and is the youngest to do so three days ahead of his 20th birthday.
As the great Harry Redknapp once said, that boy is going right to the very top.
Well, actually, he's already there.
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HT PSG 2-0 Inter
Seb mentioned the half-time stats, so let's take a proper look at them. All signs point to PSG dominance and that is exactly what we have seen on the pitch.
Conceding an early goal is obviously never ideal, but you can imagine Inter overcoming a one-goal deficit. It was Paris Saint-Germain's second goal that made this match feel as though it may already be out of reach for the Italian side.
Only once since 1962 have both sides scored multiple goals in the Champions League final, so history is heavily on the side of PSG.
Desire Doue got a huge stroke of luck as his goal took a massive deflection off of Federico Dimarco, but you have to create chances in order to benefit from that kind of luck and the French side have created the lion's share of chances.

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