Kingsley Coman headed Bayern Munich to a sixth Champions League title on
Sunday, scoring against boyhood club Paris Saint-Germain to seal a 1-0
victory in the first final to be played without fans.
While Bayern won its first final since 2013, PSG has yet to lift the
European Cup despite more than $1 billion being spent on players in nine
years.
More than $500 million was spent on Neymar, Kylian Mbappé
and Angel Di Maria but PSG looked far from formidable or threatening
against the Bavarian giants who felt more assured on European club
football’s biggest stage.
As the costly front three were
frustrated in front of goal, it was instead a winger who grew up in
Paris and started his career at PSG who inflicted the blow.
The 24-year-old Coman ghosted in at the far post unchecked by the PSG
defense and was ready to meet a cross from Joshua Kimmich in the 59th
minute.
The singing PSG contingent around the directors’ box was
silenced in a stadium that was largely empty due to coronavirus
restrictions.
It completed an incredible transformation this
season under Hansi Flick, who took charge in November with Bayern fourth
in the Bundesliga.
The season is now over -- three months later
than planned due to the coronavirus pandemic pause in play -- with
Bayern treble winners.
The European Cup joins the Bundesliga trophy -- won for an eighth successive season and the German Cup.
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