Revealed – Likely Penalty-Takers If PSG Vs Inter Milan Champions League Final Goes Down To Shootout

Originally posted on SempreInter.com | By Toni Weeler | Last updated May 31, 2025 6:39 AM ET

PSG and Inter Milan could end up going to a penalty shootout in the Champions League final this evening.

And today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, reveal the likely penalty-takers for the two teams if that is to be the case.

For Paris Saint-Germain, they have already given a strong hint as to who the main takers would be in a shootout.

The Parisians have already participated in one shootout in this season’s Champions League. That is how they knocked out Liverpool in the round of sixteen.

The Gazzetta note that the five takers for PSG were Vitinha, Goncalo Ramos, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

PSG Vs Inter Milan Likely Penalty-Takers Revealed

Meanwhile, there is at least one player who would be all but certain to be among Inter’s penalty-takers.

Hakan Calhanoglu is the Nerazzurri’s first-choice penalty taker. The 31-year-old has scored all but one of the spot kicks he has taken for the team.

That has included pressure penalties against Arsenal and Barcelona in the Champions League.

However, there would be some doubt as to the other takers.

Kristjan Asllani has proven his proficiency from the spot in recent Serie A matches. Therefore, the Gazzetta suggest, the Albanian could come onto the pitch just for the shootout.

Meanwhile, Inter captain Lautaro Martinez has something of a mixed record from the spot.

The Argentine has missed a number of high profile penalties for the Nerazzurri. Perhaps most notably, the decisive penalty in a shootout against Atletico Madrid last season.

However, Martinez is the captain. And he has also scored penalties under a lot of pressure, including against the Netherlands at the 2022 World Cup.

Meanwhile, the Gazzetta note that Francesco Acerbi is one player who did score in the shootout against Atletico.

Then, the newspaper name Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mehdi Taremi is likely takers. Along with, potentially, Piotr Zielinski and Nicola Zalewski.

This article first appeared on SempreInter.com and was syndicated with permission.

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