PSG’s Champions League triumph wrapped an incredible football season in Europe.
Luis Enrique’s team crushed Inter 5-0 in the Munich final, winning an historic treble, and making it the biggest margin ever in a major international football showdown.
It is worth noting, however, that Ajax beat AC Milan 6-0 in the last leg of the 1974 UEFA Super Cup, although the trophy is not widely regarded as a major one.
PSG’s win also marked a long-awaited milestone in the Champions League era.
They now hold the record for the longest gap between a club’s first Champions League appearance and their first title: 31 years, according to data analysed by AceOdds.com.
The team also became the only one to have seven different goalscorers in a single Champions League match, following their 7-0 win over Brest on 19 February: Barcola, Kvaratskhelia, Vitinha, Doué, Mendes, Ramos and Mayulu.
Inter: Longest UCL streak without conceding goals
Inter’s 5-0 thrashing however should not overshadow their extraordinary run to the final.
True to the great Italian tradition of defending, the Nerazzurri set an incredible record by going 539 minutes without conceding a single goal from the start of the tournament, despite playing against top opponents such as Manchester City and Arsenal.
The previous record was held by Manchester United, who kept opposition teams out for 481 minutes in the 2010-11 season when they got all the way to the final.
Barcelona: Yamal and Rafinha make history despite semis upset
Although Barcelona didn’t make it to the final, many of their players broke individual records.
Starting with Rafinha, the 28-year-old Brazilian matched Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2014 record for the most goal involvements in a single Champions League season: 21 in total, thanks to an astonishing 13 goals and 8 assists.
That wasn’t the only individual record set by the Catalans. Described as one of the most difficult opponents to face by several players, Lamine Yamal became the youngest footballer to ever score in a Champions League semi-final, at just 17, against Inter.
That smashes Kylian Mbappe’s previous record, set at 18 years of age when he scored for Monaco in the 2016-17 campaign.
Real Madrid and Bayern strengthen UCL legacy with new records
There was some joy for Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, too.
Thomas Müller extended his record for the most appearances for a single club in the Champions League era to 163, while Harry Kane became the first player to ever score a hat-trick of penalties, in September’s game against Dinamo Zagreb.
When it comes to appearances, Real Madrid bumped their record with 28 straight seasons in the competition, as well as extended their streak of reaching the knockouts 28 times in a row.
Similarly, their former manager, Carlo Ancelotti, now at Brazil, extended his record for managerial appearances to 218 and further increased his record for Champions League victories by reaching 124.
On the other hand, Girona and Feyenoord broke the record for the most own goals in a single Champions League season, with four each, breaking Fenerbahçe’s previous record of three own goals in the 2007-08 season.
At the same time, Feynoord’s Austrian defender Gernot Trauner became the first player to ever score two own goals in a single UCL game, in a 6-1 loss to Lille in January.