Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of greatness in the Champions League

PARIS: The Champions League trophy is at stake in the final at Budapest on Saturday. For Paris Saint-Germain and Luis Enrique, it doesn’t end there.
On the line against Arsenal for the defending champion and their serial-winning Spanish coach is the chance to stake their claim to be considered the greatest team of this era.
“I arrived at the club thinking, ‘My objective is to make history,’ and we have indeed made history,” Luis Enrique said.

“We want to keep writing the story because we believe there’s still more there for us to achieve.”
PSG are already in the conversation when they come to judging the finest teams to have won the title in the age of the Champions League. But sometimes cold, hard facts are required to drive the point home.
Back-to-back titles are rare
Victory at Puskas Arena would see PSG become only the second team to retain the trophy since the old European Cup was rebranded as the Champions League in 1992.
For many years it didn’t happen even for teams regarded as generationally great.
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona won two in three years.

AC Milan and Juventus each reached three consecutive finals in the ‘90s but only won one apiece. Ajax and Manchester United took title defenses all the way to the final only to fall at the last hurdle.
Real Madrid — winner of more European titles than any other club — finally bucked that trend, winning three in a row from 2016-18.

What seemed unthinkable before and since would suddenly seem a very real target for PSG if it prevails on Saturday.
Luis Enrique would join Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane as a three-time Champions League winner. Not that his motivation is based on personal accolades.
PSG’s ascent
Having won the Champions League with Barcelona, Luis Enrique