BAVARIANS EDGE PSG 1-0 TO CLINCH 6TH CL TITLE; WRAP UP TREBLE WITH BUNDESLIGA & GERMAN CUP
LISBONKingsley Coman scoredagainst his former club ParisSaint-Germain to earn Bayerntheir sixth European Cup.The victory also securedBayern Munich their first treblesince 2013 in Hansi Flick’sfirst season in charge.A thrilling feast of attackingfootball it wasn’t, but ahigh-quality game was settledby Kingsley Coman.The man born in Paris 24years ago and discarded as ateenager by the club he supportedas a boy — and madehistory as the youngest playerto ever represent them — hasnow made history againstthem.For all the money thrown atthe PSG project by their Qatariowners, the source of the winninggoal is more than a littleironic.The crucial moment was aheader at the far post in the59th minute, but the simplicityof the finish belied anincisive Bayern move that involvedThiago Alcantara andJoshua Kimmich.The German championsand cup winners had comeinto the game as favouritesbut struggled to impose themselvesas an attacking force,with Robert Lewandowskigoing closest in the first halfwhen his quick pivot and shotcame back off the post on 22minutes.It wasn’t a game that createdthe number of opportunitiesmany expected, and PSGshowed a resistance manythought was beyond them —but Bayern were clinical whentheir moment came.
