The UEFA Champions League final never fails to provide a dramatic conclusion to the European club campaign, and the 2025 match is likely to prove no different as Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan clash in Munich on Saturday.
In the wake of superstar departures across recent years, PSG are now on the precipice of a first-ever title in this competition, which fans and front office alike have craved with an insatiable hunger.
Yet Inter provide a significant threat, as Simone Inzaghi’s side stunned Barcelona in the semis to reach their second Champions League final in the last three years. The Italians will now look to put their 2023 defeat to Manchester City in the past and secure a first European triumph since the 2010 Jose Mourinho treble.
A boon to both clubs en route to within touching distance of a famous European crown has been their collective squad health. Both PSG and Inter sport largely fit rosters without serious injury or other concerns, meaning the two managers have a full range of options to choose from in deploying their best and most influential players.
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PSG vs. Inter Milan lineups, predicted starting 11, team news
The biggest question for PSG boss Luis Enrique is who to deploy along the front line, as he boasts four attacking players all having world-class seasons. With Ballon d’Or candidate Ousmane Dembele back to full fitness after a slight muscle issue in the semifinals, he must select who to play on either side of the France international.
Winter signing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is sure to start on the left, leaving it between Desire Doue and Bradley Barcola on the right overlapping into the middle when Dembele wishes to track out wide. Luis Enrique has handed the start to Doue on most occasions recently, and he’s likely to do so here as well.
The only fitness concern for PSG is that of oft-injured Presnel Kimpembe, who has fallen down the defensive depth chart anyways. The rest of the club’s starting lineup is easy to predict barring any issues that crop up in training between now and the start of the final.
PSG predicted lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Donnarumma (GK) — Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes — Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz — Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia
Injured: Kimpembe (foot)
Suspended: None
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Inter have three players who have all worked to prove fit for this match, and it’s possible that all three of them are available for selection.
Defender Yann Bisseck was withdrawn on the hour mark of Inter’s final Serie A match against Como, and while Simone Inzaghi confirmed that he felt something in his knee, the consensus seems to be that he will prove fit for a starting role. If he cannot go, it would likely be Stefan de Vrij or Carlos Augusto to step in along the back line.
Also hoping to be fit are defender Benjamin Pavard and midfielder Piotr Zielinski. Pavard has missed each of the last four games with an ankle issue, but he may recover in time to give Inzaghi options, while Zielinski is thought likely to be available as a substitute as well despite a calf problem.
If all three can recover, it would leave young Valentin Carboni as the lone injury absentee for Inter as he recovers from a torn ACL.
Inter Milan predicted lineup (3-5-2, right to left): Sommer (GK) — Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni — Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco — Martinez, Thuram
Injured: Bisseck (knee, doubt), Pavard (ankle, doubt), Zielinski (muscle, doubt), Carboni (ACL)
Suspended: None
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