PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and defenders Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes were also in the XI along with midfielder Vitinha and teenage attacker Desire Doue who scored twice and set up another in Saturday’s rout.

The four non-PSG players in the team were defender Alessandro Bastoni of beaten finalists Inter, midfielder Declan Rice of Arsenal and Raphinha, the season’s joint top scorer, and Lamine Yamal of Barcelona.

“We’ve made this selection of players, particularly in the attack, to reflect the exceptional mobility which was such a feature of the victorious Paris Saint-Germain team’s approach,” said the UEFA report.

“The forward line selected represents this – a flexible team with attacking players who can interchange positions.”

Doue, who was not a regular starter as PSG struggled in the group stage of the competition, edged 17-year-old Yamal to the competition’s young player award.

“Doue has been a revelation this season,” said UEFA. “He made an incredible breakthrough in the knockout phase, going to the final and producing a Player of the Match performance on Saturday night, becoming the first teenager to score twice in a final.”

Dembele’s award could have an impact on the voting for Ballon d’Or, the annual global player-of-the-year award, which will be presented on September 22.

“I’d give the Ballon d’Or to Ousmane Dembele, simply for the way he defends,” said PSG’s Spanish coach after the victory on Saturday.

Yamal, Raphinha and Donnarumma are among other frontrunners for the award.

AFP