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HISTORICAL FACTS: France faces steep cost of victory after psg post match violence vandalism - The Untold Story

Anti-riot police officers detain a person as Paris Saint-Germain supporters celebrate after PSG won the UEFA Champions League final football match between PSG and Inter Milan held in Munich, on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on 31 May 2025. © AFP - LOU BENOIST

France is taking a hard look at the fallout from what should have been a night of unbridled celebration, as the country reckons with the violence, damage and loss of life that followed Paris Saint-Germain’s emphatic Champions League win against Inter Milan on Saturday.

PSG’s unprecedented 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night – their first-ever European title – should have been a unifying moment for the French nation.

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