South Korea has another Champions League champion

Following Park Ji-sung, Lee Kang-in became the second Korean player to win the Champions League.

Lee Kang-in ended the most successful season of his career. Photo: Reuters .

In the early morning of June 1, PSG rose to the occasion and created the Champions League final with the biggest margin in history, winning 5-0 against Inter Milan. In this match, Lee Kang-in sat on the bench and did not play a single minute. However, he still qualified for the Champions League medal. After 11 appearances in Europe's most prestigious arena, Lee did not score or assist.

Before Lee, the only other Asian player to have won the Champions League was Park Ji-sung for Manchester United in the 2007/08 season. However, the former player did not play in the final against Chelsea, and was not even on the bench. Park then started in the 2009 and 2011 finals, but Manchester United lost both to Barcelona.

The last time an Asian player played in a Champions League final was Son Heung-min. The South Korean striker played the full 90 minutes in Tottenham's 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in 2019.

In addition to the Champions League title, Lee also added 3 Ligue 1 titles, Coupe de France and Trophée des Champions to his collection of achievements in the 2024/25 season, closing the most successful season in PSG's history.

However, Lee faces the possibility of leaving PSG this summer, as he is no longer in coach Luis Enrique's plans. PSG has set the transfer fee for the Korean midfielder at 40 million to 50 million euros. Napoli is the team interested in Lee.

Admire PSG's 3 masterpieces against Aston Villa. Early morning of April 10, Aston Villa suffered a 1-3 defeat to PSG in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Source: https://znews.vn/han-quoc-co-them-nha-vo-dich-champions-league-post1557338.html