The years pass, and the objective remains the same: see PSG triumph over the roof of Europe. This season again, PSG supporters dream of finally lifting this cup with the big ears that has always escaped the capital's club. But in 2025, hope was not only allowed: it is justified. The European course (qualification for the half), the group form, the supervision and even the historical context all play in favor of a Parisian coronation. Here is why.
1. An impressive European course and a positive dynamic
Paris Saint-Germain displays a brilliant form on the European scene this season. After a league phase certainly contrasting (15th out of 36) due to some initial defeats, PSG has chained the successes and is now one of the best offensive teams in the competition.
The Parisians have won 8 of their last 10 C1 games, conceding only two defeats (against Liverpool and Aston Villa). This series includes significant victories against high -level opponents (Manchester City, Liverpool) and a heroic qualification in the quarterfinals. A sign of their rise in power, they were able to overthrow poorly engaged situations: for example, led in the 1/8 final, they torn the qualification after extension against Liverpool, testifying to a mental in progress. This victorious spiral and the accumulated experience of the last squares (a 5th European semi-final of the modern era) place the PSG in serious candidate for the coronation.
2. The PSG offensive striking force is formidable and diversified
The PSG version 2024-25 is illustrated by a prolific and varied attack. With 26 goals scored in 12 C1 games, Paris has the 5th best attack on the tournament, competing with Real Madrid (29 goals) or FC Barcelona (30) on this plan. Above all, Parisians create a lot of opportunities: they try on average 19.3 shots per game, the second most active team in attack on the entire Champions League. For comparison, it was well above Liverpool (14.1 shots/match) that they eliminated, a sign of an almost constant offensive domination. This firepower is based on a wide variety of scorers and creators. The young Désiré Goué, for example, turned out to be decisive with 5 goals in his last 5 appearances, becoming at 19 years old one of the youngest scorers in quarters of C1.
Other unexpected contributors shine, such as the side Nuno Mendes, decisive three times against Aston Villa in quarters and author of 9 decisive contributions this season. The recruitment of KHVICHA KVARETSKHELIA brought a new offensive weapon (scorer in the quarter -final), while Ooumane DembĂ©lĂ© displays 20 goals all competitions and has issued 9 key passes in a single European match – a record for a Parisian player since OPTA analyzes the competition. Unlike previous campaigns centered on a single star, this plurality of talents makes the Parisian attack less predictable and capable of blowing up any defense.
Champions League 2025: PSG closer than ever of the coronation?
3. The staff experience and the group's thirst for victory
Since 2023 PSG has benefited from the leadership of a trainer used to European heights. Luis Enrique knows the recipe to win the Champions League: he has already won it in 2015 at the head of FC Barcelona (with a historic hatch). His very high level experience brings a real plus in the management of direct elimination matches, an area where Paris has sinned in the past. Under their leadership, the team displays a conquering philosophy of play but also a new solidarity in difficult times. Luis Enrique himself stresses having seen “A team that suffers together” in recent clearance matches, which he considers as “Something new” and very positive.
In addition, the core of players has experienced elements with European games despite their average young age. Captain Marquinhos, present during past disillusionment (2020 final, half 2021), supervises a rejuvenated but talented defense. Recruits to European Pedigree such as Kvaratskhelia also bring their experiences of major meetings. Finally, the comparison with certain competitors turns to the advantage of Paris in terms of experience on the bench: for example, with the opposition against Arsenal in the semi-finals, Luis Enrique (more than 4 LDC campaigns as a coach and a title) will face Mikel Arteta who discovers this competition at this level. This superior experience, both in the coach and in several executives, could make the difference to manage the pressure of the last laps and lead Paris to the title.
4. A national domination which allows you to bet everything on the Champions League
On a domestic level, PSG crushes competition this season, which can serve its European ambitions. In Ligue 1, Parisians are undefeated (23 victories, 5 draws, 0 defeat) and have 22 points ahead of their dolphin seven days from the end. This comfortable margin, acquired thanks to a series of invincibility of 27 championship games, almost assured the national title in March. Direct consequence: Paris can approach the Champions League meetings with freshness and serenity. The workforce was able to be managed optimally, resting the executives before the decisive European matches without fear of compromising the championship. This quasi-monopoly situation in France also maintains high confidence in the group-the sequence of victories maintains a positive dynamic.
Historically, we often observe that a sovereign team in its championship achieves great things in the European Cup: for example, Bayern Munich Intouchable in Bundesliga raised the C1 in 2013 and 2020, and closer to us PSG itself, when it flew over the L1, went to the European final in 2020. Admittedly, the relative weakness of League 1 can ask the question of the lack of adversity, of bet. Luis Enrique hammered it: he wants his team to earn everything, without decrease in intensity despite his comfortable advance. This mentality of domestic champion focused on Europe could finally bear fruit. Released from the weight of the national title, PSG can approach the end of European campaign fresh and determined to make history.
5. Revenge on the past and a symbolic meeting with history
PSG seems armed to finally exorcise its old demons and write its name in the C1 list, more than 30 years after its first European semi-final in 1995. The capital's club experienced many disillusions in the Champions League, but each failure also served as a lesson. Unhappy finalist in 2020 and semi-finalist in 2024, Paris saw how other greats of Europe were able to triumph after striking disillusions (Liverpool beaten in 2018 then winner 2019, Bayern beaten in 2012 then winner 2013, etc.), a course which he wants to be inspired. This year 2025 also offers great occasions of revenge. After having undergone in 2017 the most traumatic reporta in history against Barça de Luis Enrique, PSG could find this same coach … But this time with him on his bench, like a wink of destiny. Similarly, Paris took its revenge on its English executioners: eliminating Liverpool in eighths erased the nightmare of Manchester United in 2019, and resist the start of Aston Villa combined the spectrum of past collapses (the 2017 ghost floated for a moment, then dissipated).
PSG thus seems to have finally turned the page on its trauma: it folds but no longer breaks, as its ability to hold on to Villa Park without giving in where it once cracked. In addition, no French club has won the Champions League since 1993 – more than three decades of waiting – and Paris has the ambition to break this long national scarcity. This quest is carried by a united group and determined to enter the history of the club. So many reasons to believe that “PSG year” could have arrived.
