On the front pages of Italy’s newspapers, the Champions League final was told as a “nightmare”, a “humiliation”, and a “rout”. Tuttosport at least found room for humour with a “DisIntergrated” pun. La Stampa, in deference to the victors Paris Saint-Germain, went instead with French: “La débâcle.”
Any team can lose a Champions League final but Internazionale were the first to do so by a five-goal margin. It was the final indignity of a season in which they aspired to repeat the treble they won under José Mourinho, only to come unstuck at late hurdles, losing their Coppa Italia semi-final to neighbours Milan and then missing out on the Serie A title by one point.
