PSG beat Arsenal on penalties to win back-to-back Champions League titles

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 30, 2026 · 911 words · By Benjamin DODMAN

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PSG beat Arsenal on penalties to win back-to-back Champions League titles Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 4-3 on penalties to win their second consecutive Champions League title after a tense final in Budapest that featured more grit than…

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Claim 1: “PSG... claiming three trophies on penalties this season, and winning their last five”

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Claim 2: “take the final to extra time for the first time in 10 years”

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Claim 3: “culminated in a dramatic penalty shootout at the Puskas Arena on Saturday”

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EuroNews and Wikipedia confirm the final was at the Puskás Aréna on May 30, 2026 (which was a Saturday).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League was 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 Champ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UEFA_Champions_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Champions_League_fin…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Puskás Aréna (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpuʃkaːʃ ˈɒreːnɒ]) is a football stadium in the 14th district (Zugló) of Budapest, Hungary, which primarily serves as the home stadium of the Hungary national f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puskás_Aréna

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Claim 4: “Ousmane Dembélé levelled from the penalty spot in the 65th”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny Ousmane Dembélé scoring a penalty in the 65th minute.

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Claim 5: “Eleven days after celebrating their first Premier League title in 22 years, Arsenal”

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While Wikipedia confirms Arsenal's general status and the 2025-26 season, the provided evidence does not contain information regarding them winning the Premier League title 11 days before the final or the '22 years' timeframe.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Islington, North London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 season was Arsenal Football Club 's 34th season in the Premier League, their 100th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, becoming the first team to spend 100 seasons st…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Arsenal_F.C._season

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web search NEUTRAL — Arsenal Football Club Official Website: get the latest Arsenal FC news, highlights, fixtures and results. Become a free digital member for exclusive content.
https://www.arsenal.com/

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Claim 6: “Lucas Beraldo scored the last of PSG's spot kicks”

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Claim 7: “Spanish coach Luis Enrique”

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Wikipedia and Transfermarkt confirm Luis Enrique is a Spanish manager and the head coach of PSG.

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web search NEUTRAL — Luis Enrique Martínez García known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Paris ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Enrique

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 ... Luis Enrique becomes the manager with most titles in Paris Saint-Germain history. ... Spanish Cup (3 times) UEFA Champions League ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY-ovLXjTMb/

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web search NEUTRAL — History ; Paris Saint-Germain, PSG Manager, 23/24 (05/07/2023) / expected 30/06/2027, 174 / 2.26 ; Spain Manager, 19/20 (19/11/2019) / 22/23 (08/12/2022), 38 / ...
https://www.transfermarkt.com/luis-enrique/profil/trainer/64…

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Claim 8: “Cristhian Mosquera brought down Kvaratskhelia in the area”

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Claim 9: “Arsenal had only managed one shot on target”

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Claim 10: “Gabriel had to convert to take it to sudden death. But he blasted high over the bar”

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Claim 11: “Arsenal team playing their second Champions League final after losing to Barcelona in 2006”

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Claim 12: “Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 4-3 on penalties”

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While multiple sources confirm PSG beat Arsenal on penalties, the specific score of '4-3' is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets, though the event itself is corroborated.

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

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Claim 13: “a tense final in Budapest”

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Confirmed by France24, EuroNews, and Wikipedia that the final took place in Budapest.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. The UEFA Champions League is open to the leagu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Cup_and_UEFA_…

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Claim 14: “Raya then saved from PSG's Mendes”

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Claim 15: “Bradley Barcola, who replaced the Georgian winger with seven minutes left”

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Claim 16: “Lucas Beraldo put the Ligue 1 winners 4-3 up”

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Claim 17: “PSG beat Arsenal on penalties to win back-to-back Champions League titles”

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Multiple independent web sources (WSJ, and others) and Wikipedia entries confirm PSG won back-to-back Champions League titles by defeating Arsenal on penalties on May 30, 2026.

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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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Claim 18: “Declan Rice drilled home to level at 2-2”

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Claim 19: “By halftime, PSG had attacked 32 times, Arsenal three times”

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Claim 20: “Eze firing wide”

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Claim 21: “Jurrien Timber and Viktor Gyokeres replaced Mosquera and Martin Odegaard”

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Claim 22: “Havertz... to become the fourth player to score in two different European Cup or Champions League finals with two different clubs”

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Claim 23: “referee Daniel Siebert”

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Claim 24: “A year after ripping apart Inter Milan 5-0”

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Confirmed by ESPN, Krdo, and other web search results that PSG defeated Inter Milan 5-0 in the previous year's (2025) final.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 season was the 55th season in the history of Paris Saint-Germain, and the club's 51st consecutive season in the French top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Paris_Saint-Germain_FC…

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Claim 25: “Dembélé converting the penalty to level with his eighth goal in the competition”

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Claim 26: “Luis Enrique, who has now won three Champions League titles as manager, including one with Barcelona”

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Web search results explicitly state Luis Enrique has won three Champions League titles: one with Barcelona (14/15) and two with PSG (24/25 and 25/26).

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web search NEUTRAL — Luis Enrique started working as a manager in 2008 with Barcelona B, before moving to Roma three years later. In the 2013–14 season, he managed Celta, before ...Club career · Managerial career · Manage…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Enrique

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 · Luis Enrique becomes a 3x Champions League winner It's back-to-back for the Spaniard with PSG, adding to his first with Barcelona 11 years ...
https://www.facebook.com/stansportfc/posts/luis-enrique-beco…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 · Luis Enrique joins the short list of managers with three or more Champions League titles 14/15 Barcelona 24/25 PSG 25/26 PSG.
https://www.facebook.com/OneFootball/posts/its-been-11-years…

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Claim 27: “opening the score at the first opportunity with a brilliant strike by Kai Harvetz”

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EuroNews, Instagram, and Arsenal's official social media posts confirm Kai Havertz scored the opening goal for Arsenal.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 ... Kai Havertz Opens the Scoring in the Champions League Final! ⚽ Kai Havertz breaks the deadlock and gives Arsenal the lead on the biggest stage ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZPmjv7Ap0k/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 ... 317K likes, 6547 comments - arsenal on May 30, 2026: "WHAT A START! Havertz pulls away and smashes one into the roof of the net 0-1 ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY-BDB9NhNV/

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web search NEUTRAL — With Chelsea, Havertz won the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, 2021 UEFA Super Cup, and the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, scoring the winning goals in the Champions ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Havertz

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Claim 28: “After brushing aside Chelsea and Liverpool on their way to the final, PSG”

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