PSG fans raise the roof - As triumphant players hold aloft Champions League trophy

PARIS, France:

Paris Saint-Germain players walked into a wall of noise at their home stadium yesterday and brandished aloft the Champions League trophy that their fans have waited so long to savour.

Coach Luis Enrique, the architect of PSG's astonishing 5-0 destruction of Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night, received a huge ovation at Parc des Princes, as did the influential Ousmane Dembele and his teammates when they came onto the field one by one.

Desire Doue, the 19-year-old French forward, emblematic of the club's new generation, was the chief inspiration and player of the match as PSG recorded the biggest win in a final in the competition's 70-year history. In a scintillating performance, Doue scored two goals and set up another goal in little over an hour on the field before being substituted.

"It is wonderful, it is magical, we are rewriting the history of this club and French football," he said.

Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and substitute Senny Mayulu all scored around Doue's double in a game in which PSG could have run out an even bigger winner. - AP