Fans honor PSG coach's late daughter after win

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May 31, 2025, 05:35 PM ET

Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique honored his precocious daughter, Xana, aft winning the Champions League last connected Saturday by wearing a T-shirt showing them planting a nine emblem together, portion fans paid homage with an emotive tifo.

Luis Enrique archetypal won the Champions League erstwhile helium completed the treble with Barcelona successful 2015. Xana, past 5 years old, planted a immense Barça emblem connected the turf.

Xana died successful August 2019, aged nine, aft a five-month conflict with bony cancer.

On Saturday successful Munich, Germany, aft his PSG broadside enactment unneurotic the most one-sided Champions League final successful past with a 5-0 triumph implicit Inter Milan, Luis Enrique replaced his garment to grant that moment.

I'm not crying, you're crying :face_holding_back_tears:

PSG fans' tifo successful grant of Luis Enrique's precocious daughter, Xana :heart: pic.twitter.com/FDvSkLdxWx

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Luis Enrique honoured his precocious girl with a Xana instauration t-shirt astatine afloat clip ❤️🥹 pic.twitter.com/GAFvMRePqV

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After the trophy ceremony, fans unfurled a tifo depicting the Spaniard planting a PSG emblem with Xana beside him.

"I person an astonishing photograph of her planting a Barcelona emblem into the turf," Luis Enrique said successful January.

"I privation to beryllium capable to bash the aforesaid with a PSG flag. My girl won't beryllium determination successful the carnal sense, but she volition beryllium determination spiritually, and that's precise important to me."

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