It will be remembered as the strangest of Champions League seasons but it has ended with a familiar name on the trophy after Bayern Munich got the better of Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday’s final in Lisbon, with their deserved success the result of the remarkable job done by coach Hansi Flick.
Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to become the kings of Europe for the sixth time and their first since 2013. Their tally of six victories puts them back level with Liverpool, winners last year. Only Real Madrid and AC Milan have won more.
The match may have seen just the one goal – through a fine header by Kingsley Coman in the 59th minute – but both Bayern and PSG created a number of chances.
The final of the coronavirus-affected tournament pitted together two clubs who have taken very different routes to becoming part of Europe’s elite, with Bayern the traditional German powerhouse and PSG transformed by the Qatari takeover of 2011.
But on and off the pitch right now they are almost perfectly balanced, and that translated into the kind of proper match-up on the field that neither side often experiences these days.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the result:
The moment they've been working for all season 🎉@FCBayernEN #UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/fKRGwnShDw
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) August 23, 2020
Never stop dreaming. Never give up when you fail. Work hard to achieve your goal🏆💪 @fcbayern #MiaSanMia pic.twitter.com/iYTD8ROYoK
— Robert Lewandowski (@lewy_official) August 23, 2020
@ChampionsLeague winner 2020: @FCBayern!! 🏆😃
— Thomas Müller (@esmuellert_) August 23, 2020
A fantastic day for our club! A perfect #UCL season with 11 wins in 11 games. 👏
Thank you for the great support of all #FCBayern fans. 👍#UCLFinal2020 #MiaSanMia #FCBPSG #esmuellert #Triple pic.twitter.com/27Oa2F7p4g
DREAM COME TRUEEEE!!! @ChampionsLeague @FCBayern pic.twitter.com/rbtmvgrgBF
— Serge Gnabry (@SergeGnabry) August 23, 2020
TRIPLE!
— Jérôme Boateng (@JeromeBoateng) August 23, 2020
ALWAYS BELIEVE AND TRUST IN GOD 🏆✊🏽
@FCBayern @ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/71G84lnCxo
TRIPLE 🏆🏆🏆 🙈🙈🙈
— Thiago Alcantara (@Thiago6) August 23, 2020
❤️ @fcbayern FAMILY#MiaSanMia !!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/F6TrcyNVks
History. Made in Munich. Written in Lisbon. 🏆#ChampionsofEurope @FCBayern pic.twitter.com/mrU77jqyHU
— Leon Goretzka (@leongoretzka_) August 23, 2020
🤝 Congratulations @fcbayern, Champions League winners 2019/20
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 23, 2020
Congratulation to a well deserved champion 🙌🏼🏆🔴 #MiaSanMia #PSGFCB #UCLfinal #ChampionsLeague @FCBayern
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) August 23, 2020
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER 2020! 🙌🏼 @ChampionsLeague @FCBayern #MiaSanChampions #MiaSanMia #WeiterImmerWeiter pic.twitter.com/AevPrrm3ec
— Oliver Kahn (@OliverKahn) August 23, 2020
YOU DESERVE IT! 🙌🏼
— Franck Ribéry (@FranckRibery) August 23, 2020
Hansi you did an amazing job. You’re a great person, you’re a great coach! ❤️ What an achievement. 🙏🏼 @FCBayern
Bayern Munich's starting XI in tonight's Champions League final cost £97m in transfer fees combined.
— Nick Harris (@sportingintel) August 23, 2020
PSG's cost £540m.
Thomas Müller: serial winner. Two-time #ChampionsLeague winner with #FCBayern, world champion with Germany, World Cup Golden Boot winner, nine Bundesliga titles. Never stops running, finding space, creating for others, great touch in build-up to Bayern goal. Only 30. #UCLfinal
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) August 23, 2020
Bayern’s in-game management was excellent. Flick didn’t let Coman’s goal gloss over a generally underwhelming performance and energy of Coutinho and Perisic stretched PSG, who got increasingly frustrated. The winners are undeniably the best in Europe. #UCLfinal
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) August 23, 2020
Bayern were clearly the best team this year. First team ever to win every #UCL game. Deserved winners. And they add Leroy Sane on the wing next season.
— steve ceruti (@Ceruti) August 23, 2020
Thiago was the player of the competition for me. Immense in every game. Gave Bayern their rhythm. Never gave the ball away. Started moves.
— Chris Deerin (@chrisdeerin) August 23, 2020
Bayern Munich won all 11 of its Champions League games this year and claimed its second treble this decade.
— Leander Schaerlaeckens (@LeanderAlphabet) August 23, 2020
Can't really argue with any of that.
Coutinho left Liverpool and he won the Treble. Best decision ever.
— #ForMyBrothers Album Out Now (@KOJO_Cue) August 23, 2020
"Look out..."
— Football on BT Sport #Club2020 (@btsportfootball) August 23, 2020
Alphonso Davies' interview with @TheDesKelly is perfectly interrupted 🤣🤣🤣 #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/7beqGKqldM
Bayern thoroughly deserved winners 💪 History makers! Looked down, out & in need of a rebuild post-Liverpool last yr. Hansi Flick 🙌 Awful for PSG. Despite their famous capitulations, the same core of players managed to the reach a #UCLFinal under Tuchel. Love football #PSGBayern
— Reshmin Chowdhury (@ReshminTV) August 23, 2020
Bayern’s incredible numbers this season
🏆 Bundesliga
— Football on BT Sport #Club2020 (@btsportfootball) August 23, 2020
🏆 DFB-Pokal
🏆 Champions League
Bayern Munich become just the second club in history to complete the European Treble twice 🙌✌️#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/REGrvefkdJ
🔴 55 goals
— #UCLfinal (@ChampionsLeague) August 23, 2020
🔴 10 assists
🏆 Champions League
🏆 Bundesliga
🏆 German Cup
Phenomenal Lewandowski. #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/YjhA0XOtrj
Manuel Neuer is the first goalkeeper this century to keep a clean sheet in both a World Cup Final and a #UCLFinal.
— 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@iMiaSanMia) August 23, 2020
[Squawka] pic.twitter.com/xWkgS6fgrF
🤩 Some extraordinary sides have won the European Cup/@ChampionsLeague. Victory in today's #UCLfinal made @FCBayernEN the 1st side in history to lift the trophy having won every one of their matches
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) August 23, 2020
🔴⚪️ Just what does that say about this mind-blowing machine? pic.twitter.com/PmJxqVXUiv
✅ 3-0 v Red Star
— Football on BT Sport #Club2020 (@btsportfootball) August 23, 2020
✅ 2-7 v Spurs
✅ 2-3 v Olympiacos
✅ 2-0 v Olympiacos
✅ 0-6 v Red Star
✅ 3-1 v Spurs
✅ 0-3 v Chelsea
✅ 4-1 v Chelsea
✅ 2-8 v Barcelona
✅ 0-3 v Lyon
✅ 0-1 v PSG
Bayern are the first team to lift the Champions League winning EVERY match! 💯#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/Gq9RXnSq4m
Thiago in the #UCLFinal [Bayern rank]:
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) August 23, 2020
85 passes attempted [1st]
75 passes completed [1st]
33 forward passes [1st]
25 final third passes [1st]
7 ball recoveries [=1st]
3 tackles won [=1st]
2 successful take-ons [=1st]
2 interceptions [=1st]
2 key passes [=1st]
World class. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/tiXYUtfWWQ
1 - Robert Lewandowski scored 55 goals for FC Bayern München in 2019-20 – 16 more than any other player across Europe’s top five leagues in all competitions. Clinical. #PSGFCB #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/bmzYDPH8q4
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 23, 2020
Since Hansi Flick joined Bayern Munich mid-season:
— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) August 23, 2020
🔥 32 wins in 35 games
🏆 Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB Pokal Trophy
⚽ Won a record 11 #UCL games in a row
👏 What. An. Impact.
Listen on @BBCSounds 📲📻 https://t.co/5Du5Yilmm1#bbcfootball #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/ry944B9dtE
Heartbreak for Neymar & Co
Neymar can't hide his disappointment 😢#UCLfinal | #UCL | #PSGFCB pic.twitter.com/G3EPmYJkgG
— Goal (@goal) August 23, 2020
Neymar in tears after the Champions League final. 😭 #UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/egdQhbmG8j
— FutbolBible (@FutbolBible) August 23, 2020
Until next time. 🥺💔#UCL #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/Ux5wqBjBjO
— Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) August 23, 2020
Déçu de ne pas conclure cette année avec la plus belle des récompenses mais la vie est faite ainsi.On s’est battu de toutes nos forces. Félicitations au Bayern.
— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) August 24, 2020
Et un grand merci pour votre soutien.