{"id":675082,"date":"2026-05-31T01:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675082\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:01:11","slug":"psg-beats-arsenal-after-pks-wins-second-straight-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675082\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG beats Arsenal after PKs, wins second straight Champions League final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> has won the Champions League<\/a> for the second straight season after defeating Arsenal<\/a> with penalty kicks at the Pusk\u00e1s Ar\u00e9na in Budapest, Hungary. The match was level 1-1 after 90 minutes, thanks to goals from Kai Havertz<\/a> and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/a>. Extra time provided no answers to the deadlock and the Champions League final required penalty kicks to determine a winner for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n

PSG prevailed 4-3 in the shootout after misses from Eberechi Eze<\/a> and Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es, whose final attempt sailed over the crossbar to clinch the victory. The Ligue 1 side is the first repeat champion since Real Madrid<\/a> won three straight from 2016-18.<\/p>\n

The match started off right for the Gunners, who went ahead after six minutes. A midfield clearance attempt by Marquinhos<\/a> deflected off Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard<\/a> and sent Havertz streaking down the left flank. After seeing his lane to lay a square ball to Bukayo Saka<\/a> was unavailable, Havertz blasted a shot over Matvei Safonov<\/a> and under the bar for the lead.<\/p>\n

With the goal, Havertz, who previously scored for Chelsea<\/a> in the 2021 Champions League final, joined Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> (Manchester United<\/a>, Real Madrid) and Mario Mand\u017euki\u0107 (Juventus<\/a>, Bayern Munich<\/a>) as players to score in the final match of the competition with two different clubs.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Play 2026 Soccer Pick ‘Em with FOX One and make your picks for the world’s biggest soccer tournament<\/a><\/p>\n

After dominating possession in the first half, PSG continued the advantage into the second half. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia<\/a> tried to beat Cristhian Mosquera<\/a> inside the Arsenal box, but Mosquera was whistled for the foul and a penalty, which was confirmed following a VAR check.<\/p>\n

Up stepped Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 in the 65th minute and the reigning Ballon d\u2019Or winner sent David Raya<\/a> the wrong way to level the match.<\/p>\n

After extra time, Gon\u00e7alo Ramos, D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9, Achraf Hakimi<\/a> and Lucas Beraldo<\/a> would score their penalty kick attempts to give PSG the 4-3 advantage and a second straight Champions League title.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

The loss marks Arsenal\u2019s only blemish on their 2025-26 Champions League record. The Gunners have now played 266 matches between the European Cup\/Champions League without lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n

According to Opta<\/a>, the defeat also marks just the second loss for Arsenal in its last 118 games across all competitions when it led at halftime.<\/p>\n

Here’s how all of the action played out during the 2025-26 Champions League final:<\/p>\n

Live coverage is over51 updatesSat, May 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

\"BUDAPEST,<\/p>\n

Vitinha and Luis Enrique of Paris Saint Germain celebrates at the end the UEFA Champions League Final 2026 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal FC at Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n

(Image Photo Agency via Getty Images)Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:13 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Magalhaes sends his penalty shot way over the cross bar and PSG is champion once again!<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Lucas Beraldo scores and now it\u2019s all on Magalhaes who has to score next.<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Martinelli sends Safonov the other way and it\u2019s 3-3.<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Hakimi finds the net and the defending champs are back on top<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Declan Rice makes it 2-2!<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Raya makes a brilliant save to make up for Eze\u2019s miss as he guess right on Mendes\u2019 shot<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Eze misses after stutter stepping a few too many times.<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 11:56 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Doue goesto the right and Raya goes the other way.<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Gyokeres levels things aup with a shot into the right corner.<\/p>\n

Sat, May 30, 2026 at 11:53 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Goncalo Ramos is up first and sends Raya the opposite way.<\/p>\n

\"SeanSat, May 30, 2026 at 11:46 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

\"SeanSat, May 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Willian Pacho picks up the caution two minutes from the end of extra time<\/p>\n

\"SeanSat, May 30, 2026 at 11:28 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Marquinhos and Vitinha make way for Illia Zabarnyi and Lucas Beraldo as we start the second half of extra time.<\/p>\n

\"SeanSat, May 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

We are 15 minutes away from penalty kicks to decide a winner. The last Champion League final to go to penalties was 2015-16 when Real Madrid beat Atl\u00e9tico Madrid at the San Siro in Italy.<\/p>\n

\"Paris<\/p>\n

Paris Saint-Germain’s Spanish head coach Luis Enrique (L) reacts next to Arsenal’s Dutch defender #12 Jurrien Timber during the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal FC at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on May 30, 2026. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

(FRANCK FIFE via Getty Images)\"SeanSat, May 30, 2026 at 11:21 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta are both cautioned for arguing what the Gunners thought should have been a penalty kick minutes earlier. VAR did not agree.<\/p>\n

\"SeanSat, May 30, 2026 at 11:13 AM PDT<\/p>\n

Sean Leahy<\/p>\n

Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz replaces Warren Za\u00efre-Emery<\/p>\n

Champions League fixtures<\/p>\n

April 28: PSG 5, Bayern Munich 4<\/a>
April 29: Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 1, Arsenal 1<\/a><\/p>\n

May 5: Arsenal 1-0 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/a> (Arsenal advances 2-1 on aggregate)
May 6: Bayern Munich 1-1 PSG<\/a> (PSG advances 6-5 on aggregate)<\/p>\n

FINAL
FT: Arsenal 1-1 PSG<\/a> (PSG wins 4-3 on PKs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain has won the Champions League for the second straight season after defeating Arsenal with penalty kicks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[294363,113693,463,7867,4897,53621,10535,464,9808,9522,53619,4496,6593,26975,116896,87912,294365,3788,116895,294364,7869,1088,25585,294362,4898,403,99],"class_list":["post-675082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-2021-champions-league-final","tag-achraf-hakimi","tag-arsenal","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-bayern-munich","tag-bukayo-saka","tag-champions-league","tag-chelsea","tag-cristhian-mosquera","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-david-raya","tag-eberechi-eze","tag-juventus","tag-kai-havertz","tag-khvicha-kvaratskhelia","tag-leandro-trossard","tag-lucas-beraldo","tag-manchester-united","tag-marquinhos","tag-matvei-safonov","tag-ousmane-dembele","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-penalty-kick","tag-penalty-kicks","tag-real-madrid","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}