WHAT THEY SAID
HANSI FLICK (Bayern Munich coach)
“I am proud of the team. When I saw the headlines in November [when he took over ], all I read was that nobody is afraid of Bayern anymore. The development since then has been crazy. We deserved to win, because of the second half. “You could already see in training at our winter camp in January that something big was growing. The team is eager and we have players with boundless desire to win. The team is always in the foreground. When you see how we worked until the 96th minute tonight in defence then it is a superb team spirit. “Every player developed this season in such a way so as to win three titles. This only happens as a team. The only thing that was missing was the fans. Maybe in the future we can have games with fans again. This sport deserves it.”
THOMAS TUCHEL (Paris Saint-Germain coach)
“This is only the start and we haven’t reached the top of the mountain yet – that’s the most important thing, as opposed to my contract. We can talk about all that once we have built the team and once everyone is on the same page as to the sort of game you want to play. “Over the last two years we have really built a special atmosphere in the camp and without that mood in the camp, without that respect with the players and the atmosphere with both the staff and the players, without all of that day in, day out, naturally you can’t win four pieces of silverware and make it into the Champions League final. “We really need to keep that spirit to maintain that mentality, it is absolutely crucial to do that so that we can continue to forge a strong squad. You need a lot of big characters, big players and that is why we need to once again build another strong powerful side that can really kick on and continue this run. “It is never easy. It takes a lot of effort and that will be the challenge to try to re-discover this spirit and try to kick on from this. That is really our challenge going forward.”
KINGSLEY COMAN (Bayern Munich – Man of the Match)
“It’s extraordinary, it’s a great happiness. I feel a little sadness for Paris, they’ve had an extraordinary journey and we must respect what Paris have done. We tried to keep them under pressure and they played on the counter-attack mostly. We didn’t concede a goal and that was the most important thing. Paris had a great game, but so did we. It was a great final.”