End clap for this 2025-26 Champions League season. While waiting for the start of the 2026 World Cup, the season ended with Paris Saint-Germain’s victory against Arsenal in Budapest (1-1, 5-4 a-b). A “back-to-back” for the Parisian team, which once again caused a sensation for the second consecutive season. And this Sunday, UEFA revealed its typical team of the season in the Champions League with a few surprises and several stars absent from the eleven.
The panel of observers from the governing body of European football thus opted for a 4-4-2 in place in front of David Raya, the most consistent goalkeeper throughout the competition, but who could not avoid defeat in the final for Arsenal, despite a penalty saved in front of Nuno Mendes. Another loser of this penalty shootout: Gabriel. The solid central defender of the Gunners had missed his penalty and offered the Champions League to the Ile-de-France residents, but was still rewarded with his very good season and was accompanied by his compatriot and captain of PSG, Marquinhos.
Five Parisians, three Gunners
On the wings, we find Nuno Mendes on his left flank, accompanied by a first non-finalist: Marcos Llorente, from Atlético de Madrid. In midfield, Declan Rice, still sparkling in the final, was logically associated with Vitinha for his consistency. In front of them, we find the best player of the C1 season: Paris Saint-Germain winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, accompanied by French international Michael Olise, also author of a very good campaign with Bayern Munich.
Up front, the Bayern Munich scorer was also chosen: Harry Kane, with 14 goals, alongside Ousmane Dembélé, winner of the competition and author of 8 goals and 2 assists in 13 matches. A great team made up of one player from Atlético de Madrid, two from Bayern Munich, three from Arsenal and five from PSG. Note the absence of Vinicius Jr, the competition’s best passer with 7 assists, but especially that of Kylian Mbappé, the season’s top scorer with 15 goals, but who was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
