PSG retain Champions League title with shoot-out win over Arsenal

Sowetan · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · May 30, 2026 · 146 words · By Reuters Agency

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Paris St Germain retained their Champions League title with a penalty shoot-out victory over Arsenal after a 1-1 draw in a cagey final in the Puskas Arena on Saturday.

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What happened

Paris St Germain retained their Champions League title with a penalty shoot-out victory over Arsenal after a 1-1 draw in a cagey final in the Puskas Arena on Saturday.

Why it matters

Arsenal’s Gabriel blazed his penalty over the crossbar to give PSG a 4-3 victory on spot kicks.

Common ground

The French champions made the worst possible start after Kai Havertz fired Arsenal into the lead in the sixth minute, lashing a rising shot past PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ousmane Dembele levelled from the penalty spot in the 65th minute after a foul by Cristhian Mosquera on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.”

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Three separate web sources (The Standard, and two others) confirm Ousmane Dembele scored a penalty in the 65th minute following a foul by Cristhian Mosquera on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

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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 — Cristhian Andrey Mosquera Ibargüen (born 27 June 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Spain national team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristhian_Mosquera

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgian: ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია; pronounced ['χʷitʃʰa kʼʷara'tsʰχelia]; born 12 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Pari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khvicha_Kvaratskhelia

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Claim 2: “Arsenal’s Gabriel blazed his penalty over the crossbar to give PSG a 4-3 victory on spot kicks.”

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BBC Sport explicitly reports that PSG beat Arsenal in a shootout (4-3) and specifically mentions that Gabriel missed his spot-kick.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 season was Arsenal Football Club's 33rd season in the Premier League, their 99th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, and 108th season in the top flight overall. In ad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Arsenal_F.C._season

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wikipedia 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 str…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Arsenal_F.C._season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡabɾiˈɛw dus ˈsɐ̃tuz maɡaˈʎɐ̃js]; born 19 December 1997), also known mononymously as Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Magalhães

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Claim 3: “Paris St Germain retained their Champions League title with a penalty shoot-out victory over Arsenal after a 1-1 draw in a cagey final in the Puskas Arena on Saturday.”

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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, TRT World, and another web source) confirm that PSG played Arsenal in the 2026 Champions League final at Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026, and won via penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw to retain their title.

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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The association football match between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain occurred on 8 March 2017 at the Camp Nou. It was the second leg of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League round of 16; PSG won the f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona_6–1_Paris_Saint-G…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain (French: [paʁi sɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃], pa-ree-sauh-sher-mon), PSG, Paris, or Paris SG, is a French professional football club based i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_FC

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Claim 4: “PSG held their nerve in the shootout to become the second club in the Champions League era to win the trophy in successive seasons.”

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Web search results explicitly state that by winning this title, PSG became the second team in the modern era to win the competition in consecutive seasons, following Real Madrid.

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Claim 5: “Kai Havertz fired Arsenal into the lead in the sixth minute, lashing a rising shot past PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov.”

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Republic World and Yahoo Sports both confirm Kai Havertz scored for Arsenal in the 6th minute. While the goalkeeper's name (Safonov) is not explicitly mentioned in the snippet for the goal, the overall match context is corroborated across sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kai Havertz scored Arsenal's first goal in the Champions League final agianst Paris Saint Germain. Had Arsenal won, Havertz would have entered the history books as the only player, along with Cristian…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/psg-beat-arsenal-penalty-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kai Havertz opened the scoring for Arsenal in the sixth minute, before Ousmane Dembélé equalized for PSG in the 65th. With neither side able to find a winner, the match went to penalties, where PSG he…
https://www.republicworld.com/sports/football/uefa-champions…

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