There were no positives for Simone Inzaghi's side on a night when they were given a footballing lesson by a far superior side
Inter's hopes of winning a first Champions League for 15 years were torn to shreds by Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, with the Nerazzurri suffering a humiliating and historic 5-0 loss at the Allianz Arena.
Simone Inzaghi's side had been unlucky to lose to Manchester City at the same stage two years ago, but here they were utterly outclassed from start to finish by a vastly superior side.
Inter didn't help themselves, though, with some uncharacteristically poor defending and found themselves 2-0 down inside 20 minutes, after Achraf Hakimi broke the deadlock from close range before Federico Dimarco deflected Desire Doue's shot past the unfortunate Yann Sommer.
Inzaghi made some changes early in the second half but to no avail, and Doue scored his second goal to put the outcome beyond all doubt before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu piled even more misery on the Italians.
Below, GOAL rates all of the Inter players on show in Munich…
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Yann Sommer (5/10):
Unable to repeat his heroics against Barcelona, with the Swiss given no chance for any of PSG's goals.
Denzel Dumfries (3/10):
Inter's hero in the semi-finals was a non-entity here, unable to cause any problems going forward mainly because he had so much work to do defensively trying to contain Kvaratskhelia & Co.
Benjamin Pavard (4/10):
His availability was a big boost for Inter, but the fit-again Frenchman struggled with PSG's fluid forward line just as much as his fellow centre-backs.
Francesco Acerbi (5/10):
As usual, did everything within his power to hold Inter's backline together, but the 37-year-old's efforts were in vain.
Alessandro Bastoni (3/10):
One of Inter's better players on the ball but that's obviously not saying much. Bastoni had plenty of touches but he had all sorts of trouble dealing with Doue, whom he lost on PSG's third goal.
Federico Dimarco (2/10):
An absolutely disastrous display from Dimarco, who was at fault for both of PSG's first-half goals. He played everyone onside for the first, and then cowardly turned his back on the ball for the second.
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Nicolo Barella (3/10):
Can't fault Barella for effort. He kept fighting right until the end. But there was just nowhere near enough quality in his play and he must accept some share of the blame for PSG's second goal by not preventing the counter.
Hakan Calhanoglou (2/10):
As if further evidence were required, the final proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Turkey international is not an elite midfielder – and never will be. His passing was painfully poor and he was given the run-around by the likes of Vitinha.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (3/10):
The Armenian veteran passed the ball reasonably well but he looked every one of his 36 years up against the 20-year-old Neves.
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Lautaro Martinez (3/10):
Deemed fit enough to start after his recent injury woes, but the Argentine looked a shadow of his usual self and had absolutely no impact on the game. This is going to be a tough defeat for Inter's inspirational captain to take.
Marcus Thuram (3/10):
There were a few flashes of what the Frenchman can do during the early exchanges but, just like his strike partner, he never really got into the game either. Obviously, he, too, was starved of service, but even when some opportunities to do some damage presented themselves, they weren't taken.
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Kristjan Asllani (5/10):
Came on for Calhanoglu midway through the second half but his introduction made no difference.
Yann Bisseck (N/A):
Came on for Pavard but was then forced off injured soon after.
Nicola Zalewski (5/10):
Did better than the man he replaced, Dimarco, but that wasn't hard.
Carlos Augusto (5/10):
Replaced the tiring Mkhitaryan but struggled to impose himself.
Matteo Darmian (5/10):
Thrown on after Bisseck went down injured.
Simone Inzaghi (5/10):
Was able to pick his strongest side – even if Lautaro and Pavard clearly weren't 100 percent match fit – so there aren't really any excuses for such a dreadful display. Inzaghi's substitutions were also strange, in the sense that he didn't bring on Davide Frattesi, who was decisive against Barca. At the same time, we have to acknowledge his lack of quality attacking options, while Inzaghi also can't be held accountable for some of his players' pathetic defending, which was amateurish at times. We also have to acknowledge that PSG were magnificent, meaning there's probably very little he could have done differently against such a young and talented opponent.
