A wave of optimism is sweeping through Paris Saint-Germain supporters as the club prepares to face Inter Milan in the 2025 UEFA Champions League Final, set for Saturday at the Allianz Arena in Munich. A series of curious historical coincidences — highlighted by journalist Andrés Onrubia Ramos (@AndiOnrubia) — has sparked hope that this could finally be PSG’s year.

Munich finals always deliver first-time winners

If there’s one place where history favors the underdog, it’s Munich. Every Champions League final hosted there has ended with a club lifting the trophy for the first time:

🏆 1979 – Nottingham Forest
🏆 1993 – Olympique de Marseille
🏆 1997 – Borussia Dortmund
🏆 2012 – Chelsea

Could 2025 be the year that PSG joins that list of first-time champions?

A French connection to breakthrough moments

This isn’t the first time a final has marked a new chapter for the competition. In 1993, the tournament was officially renamed the Champions League (replacing the old European Cup), and the winner of that inaugural edition was a French club: Olympique de Marseille.

That same OM team defeated AC Milan in the final — and now, in 2025, PSG faces Inter Milan, the other footballing giant from the Italian city.

There’s also the case of Luis Enrique, PSG’s head coach. The last and only time he won the Champions League as a manager was in 2015 with Barcelona. The location? Germany. The opponent? An Italian club — Juventus.

Now in 2025, he returns to Germany, this time with PSG, and again faces an Italian rival in a final. History might just be lining up in his favor once again.

A chance to rewrite history

Paris Saint-Germain came close in 2020, but fell short against Bayern Munich. Now, five years later, they return to Germany with another shot at glory — and a storybook of signs pointing in their direction.

Whether it’s superstition or football fate, these historical patterns offer more than just trivia: they fuel belief that PSG might finally claim the crown they’ve been chasing for over a decade.