Axel Allag, Media365, published on Thursday 08 May 2025 at 4:02 p.m.
The qualification of PSG for the final of the Champions League, against Inter Milan on May 31, is good news for tricolor football.
All of French football has something to be proud of the PSG course in the Champions League. Wednesday evening, despite the domination of Arsenal during the first 25 minutes, the club of the capital did not tremble much to take the best on the Gunners (2-1 after the 0-1 of the first leg) and validate its ticket for the second final of the Champions League in its history, scheduled for the next 31 at the Allianz Arena of Munich against Inter Milan.
An inevitably major accomplishment in the eyes of Luis Enrique, which aspires to bring the queen of European competitions to Paris for the first time in its history, 5 years after the known disappointment against Bayern Munich in Lisbon (1-0). “Everyone wants to win the Champions League. A stage is still missing. There are two finals left (that of C1 plus that of the Coupe de France against Reims, on May 24, editor’s note). We believe that the club and the supporters deserve it. Otherwise, we will try every year, ”notably highlighted the Asturian at a press conference. Because of its two successes against Arsenal, and this qualification for the final of the competition, PSG helped France to consolidate its fifth place in the UEFA index with now 17,642 points on average over the season, against 18,421 points on average in favor of Germany, which occupies the fourth row.
A possible PSG victory in the final of the Champions League would make it possible to further reduce the gap with Germany but would still maintain France in its fifth place. Regarding the classification of the last five seasons, the most important, it should be noted that the Germans remain in front of France with more than 13 points ahead. As a reminder, the UEFA index is used in order to determine the number of clubs that a country can engage in UEFA competitions the following seasons.
