Champions League: Title-holders PSG edge Bayern Munich to reach second straight final

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 06, 2026 · 334 words

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Champions League: Title-holders PSG edge Bayern Munich to reach second straight final The winners of the 2025 Champions League final will attempt to clinch the trophy a second time – on 30 May against Arsenal – after a 1-1 draw in their semi-final second leg…

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What happened

Why it matters

Ousmane Dembélé scored early and Paris Saint-Germain eliminated Bayern Munich with a 1-1 draw to reach the Champions League final again on Wednesday.

Common ground

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia raced clear after playing a simple one-two with Fabián Ruiz in midfield, then picked out the unmarked Dembélé to sweep the ball in under the crossbar in the third minute of the semifinal second leg.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “PSG, the defending champion”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm PSG won the Champions League in 2025, making them the defending champions for the 2025-26 season.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, the 70th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 33rd season since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_UEFA_Champions_League_fin…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League is the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UEFA_Champions_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 UEFA Champions League will be the 72nd season of Europe's premier football tournament organised by UEFA and the 35th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_UEFA_Champions_League

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Claim 2: “edging their encounter 5-4 in the first leg in Paris last week”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent web search results confirm PSG won the first leg against Bayern Munich 5-4 in Paris.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain FC are the most successful French club in international competitions. They have won four European titles: the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996, the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2001, the UEF…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC_in_inte…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 season is the 56th season in the history of Paris Saint-Germain, and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the French top flight. The club is participating in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Paris_Saint-Germain_FC…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain (French: [paʁi sɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃], ult. ref. "Saint Germanus"), PSG, Paris, or Paris SG, is a French professional football club b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC

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Claim 3: “a 1-1 draw in their semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich on Wednesday sealed a 6-5 aggregate victory”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that PSG beat Bayern Munich 6-5 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in the second leg to reach the final.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_UEFA_Champions_League_fin…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page details statistics of all seasons of the European Cup and Champions League. These statistics do not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champion…

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Claim 4: “PSG and Bayern were the top-scoring sides in the competition with 43 and 42 goals before Wednesday's game, respectively”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided regarding the specific goal counts (43 and 42) for PSG and Bayern Munich prior to the second leg.

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Claim 5: “The German club has won five of its last seven meetings with PSG in Munich”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided regarding the head-to-head record of Bayern Munich vs PSG specifically in Munich.

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Claim 6: “repeat of the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup treble of titles that it won in 2020 and 2013”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided to verify the specific treble wins in 2013 and 2020 in the context of the provided search results.

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Claim 7: “the Gunners defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday to progress 2-1 on aggregate”

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Web search results confirm Arsenal reached the final after beating Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate, with a 1-0 win in the second leg.

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Claim 8: “The winner will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30”

CORROBORATED

Web search results and Wikipedia confirm the final is in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30.

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Claim 9: “The city [Munich] was the scene of PSG's triumph in the final last season when it demolished Inter Milan 5-0”

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Claim 10: “Ousmane Dembélé scored early”

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While evidence confirms the match occurred and Ousmane Dembélé plays for PSG, the provided evidence does not specifically confirm he scored 'early' in the second leg. The first leg evidence mentions he scored twice, but not the second leg timing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 UEFA Champions League was the 70th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 33rd season since it was rebranded from the European Champion Clubs' Cup t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_UEFA_Champions_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masour Ousmane Dembélé (French pronunciation: [us.man dɛm.be.le]; born 15 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger forLigue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Dembélé

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Claim 11: “The winners of the 2025 Champions League final will attempt to clinch the trophy a second time – on 30 May against Arsenal”

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Multiple independent web search results and Wikipedia confirm the 2025-26 Champions League final is scheduled for May 30 in Budapest and that Arsenal has reached the final.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League is the 25th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 17th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UEFA_Women's_Champions…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two is the 22nd edition of the Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the second under the AFC Champions…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_AFC_Champions_League_T…

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