STORY: Paris St Germain coach Luis Enrique paid tribute to his team's supporters who he described as like a 12th man as they roared the French club to a long-awaited Champions League title and paid an emotional tribute to his late daughter Xana.

Desire Doue scored twice to lead PSG to their first European Cup triumph with a crushing 5-0 victory over Inter Milan on Saturday (May 31).

Enrique, visibly emotional after the final whistle and wearing a T-shirt with a tribute to Xana who died of cancer aged nine in 2019, thanked the supporters who unveiled huge banners featuring images of his daughter.

When the match finished he went to the stands to change into a T-shirt that showcased an illustration of Xana planting a PSG flag into the ground.

The French side completely overwhelmed Inter from the opening whistle, drawing praise from Enrique for playing with high intensity, and he singled out Ousmane Dembele for putting in a tireless performance.

PSG's young team achieved what the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe could not do in their colours as they became only the second French side to win the trophy after Olympique de Marseille in 1993.

The victory made Enrique the second manager, after his former Barcelona teammate Pep Guardiola, to win the continental treble of League, Cup and Champions League in one season twice, both winning their first with Barca and their second by beating Inter.

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1. PARIS ST GERMAIN (PSG) COACH LUIS ENRIQUE ARRIVING FOR POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE & TAKING SEAT

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ON DELIVERING A FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY TO PSG, SAYING:

“The day I was introduced on the (Parc des Princes) pitch, it was my first press conference, speaking even worse French than I do now, I said that my goal as coach here was to win major trophies. Those were the exact words I said. The only major trophy Paris Saint-Germain's were missing was the Champions League. We are the first to win it, which means we want to continue being ambitious and winning major titles for the club. It's very nice, when you're a professional, to be able to make a lot of people you don't even know happy. Today our fans have again shown how much they make themselves felt on the pitch. I think the team reflects what Paris Saint-Germain's supporters are like. They never stop pressing, running and playing football regardless of the result. I'm very happy, I can't say anything else.”

3. ENRIQUE PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ON THE PSG FANS BANNER HONOURING HIS LATE DAUGHTER XANA, SAYING:

“Very moving, of course, the banner and the gesture from the fans towards my family. But, I don't need to win the Champions League or any match to remember my daughter. My daughter is always with us and supporting the family. I feel her presence especially when we lose or when things don't go well. It's about focusing on all the good things our daughter lived with us and taking the positive from the negative. That's the mindset my family has, the mindset I have. I'm very happy with the gesture, it's very nice. But I repeat, I don't need to win a trophy to feel my daughter's presence. My daughter is with me every day.”

5. ENRIQUE PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PSG COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ON THE UPCOMING FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP, SAYING:

“I think it's an incredible competition. Maybe it won't be in this first edition, but it will be in terms of the importance of the title. That every four years, we can see who is the best team in the world in a competition like the World Cup or the European Championship with national teams, but in this case with clubs, and it will undoubtedly be a benchmark, and we are going to take it on. We want to finish this season in the best possible way, and the icing on the cake is clearly to be competitive and be in a position to win the fifth title of this season.”

7. ENRIQUE PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING

8. PSG FORWARD & PLAYERS OF THE MATCH DESIRE DOUE ARRIVING FOR POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE & TAKING SEAT

9. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FORWARD & PLAYERS OF THE MATCH, DESIRE DOUE, ON HIS FEELING AFTER THE MATCH, SAYING:

“I don't really have the words to describe how I feel tonight. What we've done is magical. We've made history for this club, and we've also made history for French football and European football. I'm very happy with everything we've done tonight and throughout the season.”

10. PLAYER OF THE MATCH TROPHY / DOUE

11. DOUE PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING

12. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG FORWARD & PLAYERS OF THE MATCH, DESIRE DOUE, ON WINNING A FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE FOR PSG, SAYING:

“I'm just on cloud nine, I'm so happy. I still can't quite believe we won the Champions League. We've made history at this club. This is my first season here at Paris Saint-Germain. When I arrived here, winning this trophy was a dream, because this is a club with enormous ambition, which it has demonstrated for years with some truly great players passing through here. This year, we've shown incredible collective strength which we've demonstrated in many matches, in many different aspects, and it's just magnificent. Just magnificent.”

13. DOUE TAKING PLAYER OF THE MATCH TROPHY & LEAVING AT END OF PRESS CONFERENCE

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14. INTER MILAN COACH SIMONE INZAGHI ARRIVING FOR POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE & TAKING SEAT

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) INTER MILAN COACH, SIMONE INZAGHI, ON PSG BEING THE BETTER TEAM, SAYING:

“I think Paris deserved to win the cup, to win this match. There’s bitter disappointment but the lads did great to get here. I’m proud about that journey. We can’t be happy about tonight because we approached it badly. Paris were superior. They pressed us and got to the second balls first, so, we need to give credit to the opponent. We obviously didn’t play the final as best we could.”

16. WHITE FLASH

17. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) INTER MILAN COACH, SIMONE INZAGHI, ON TRYING TO COME OUT OF THE LOSS STRONGER, SAYING:

“We know that you need to come out of defeats stronger. Tonight is a defeat that really hurts compared to (the final we lost in) Istanbul. Obviously, they were matches with completely different contexts. We came here this evening obviously a lot more tired than Paris St Germain. Hence, we didn’t play well technically. They were getting to the second balls first. Obviously, we were competing for our league up until two Fridays ago whereas they won there’s with three months to spare. They have great quality, they are a real team. We knew they were stronger than us.”

18. WHITE FLASH

19. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) INTER MILAN COACH, SIMONE INZAGHI, ON HIS FUTURE AS COACH OF THE CLUB, SAYING:

“There’s too much bitter disappointment right now for me to speak about the future. Since July 13th we’ve given all we had in those 59 matches, in the 58 to get here (to this final). So, it would seem reductive now to speak about Inzaghi’s future. There’s bitter disappointment.”

20. INZAGHI PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING

21. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) INTER MILAN COACH, SIMONE INZAGHI, ON THE LOSS & PSG DESERVING THE WIN, SAYING:

“It seems like a cliché to say you come out of defeats stronger, but we have already experienced that because we also lost in Istanbul and the following year we won the league title. So, obviously there’s bitter disappointment, but I told the lads they need to hold their heads high knowing we came up against a team tonight who were stronger than us and deserved to win.” / PRESS CONFERENCE ENDING IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WITH INZAGHI SAYING THANKS BEFORE LEAVING