The night of the Paris hero: "He's the best coach and the best guy. Spain can be proud!"

Nasser Al-Khelaifi couldn't contain his euphoria after seeing PSG crowned European champions . "He's the best coach and the best guy. Spain can be proud," he said, interrupting Luis Enrique's interview with Movistar. Fifteen years, and two billion euros, after Qatar's arrival at the club, they had found a goldmine in the dugout.

The Asturian was the center of attention as the builder of a new PSG that redeemed itself by delivering a historic thrashing of Inter . It was making history in a big way, which is why his players made him lift the trophy and then threw him into the air.

He had put on the Xana tribute shirt, he had posed with the trophy with his wife and children Sira and Pacho , the latter wearing a Dembélé shirt, and he had even dried the tears, which later turned into smiles, of his teammate Rafel Pol . He was a happy man with the performance his team had put in. It was time to enjoy it, but without losing sight of what's next.

"Managing success is difficult," he warned before pointing to the next objective: the Club World Cup . "It's an incredible competition. The icing on the cake would be being competitive and winning our fifth title of the season." While this was happening in the press room, the injured Kimpembe had brought in a giant loudspeaker in the locker room.

Neither boss Al-Khelaifi nor Luis Campos , the sporting advisor who has put together this squad with Luis Enrique, were absent from the party. They embraced on the pitch and in the bowels of the stadium, from where they left together. The name that Qatar had been looking at with doubt has redeemed itself with its commitment to the Spanish coach.

What did Luis Enrique do to win? "He told us we had every chance," summed up Fabián , less given to praise than Marquinhos , Nuno , or Neves because he already knew the Asturian's tricks. The first was to take the pressure off. "We had to have mental control, calm so much excitement . I don't look at social media, but my players are on their phones all day," Luis Enrique confessed. The second key was to activate players. If Douré isn't needed, because he's from a generation with audacity, Dembélé isn't needed either.

"What number 9 in Europe puts pressure on Sommer or Acerbi like that? I'd give him the Ballon d'Or for the way he defended . That's leadership," praised the coach, who also handed off Vitinha , who scored the third goal. "Where did that player come from?" joked Luis Enrique. Porto sent him a congratulatory message on social media to remind him of this.

The Portuguese, who recounts how Messi told him they'd never win the Champions League, paraded through the mixed zone exultantly, fist pumping and shouting "champions." One step below him was Arnau Tenas , the life and soul of the party in the locker room. " I imagined winning, but 5-0... I celebrated like it was the last day of my life," the goalkeeper confessed, while Donnarumma joked with him and Pacho reminded him that he's the first Ecuadorian European champion. First final, first title. "There will be more to come," he said.

Kvaratskhelia left the pitch with the ball under his arm, and Dembélé —who hopes to arrive "in a wheelchair" for the France training camp on Monday—as well as Hakimi and Marquinhos, were locked in the locker room. None of them were carrying the trophy, which team manager Dorian Godard rescued. But the captain was taking so long, despite the chants and the bus horn, that it was Luis Campos himself who came to his rescue, Champions League trophy in hand, to remind him it was time to celebrate.