After Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United 1:0 to win the UEFA Europa League on May 21 and Chelsea defeated Real Betis 4:1 to lift the UEFA Conference League trophy this Wednesday, Saturday's UEFA Champions League final between Inter and Paris Saint-Germain will mark the climax and the end of the European football season.

It's quite telling that the Champions League final gets the Saturday prime time treatment, while the finals of the two other European cup competitions were played in mid-week. After all, the Champions League is UEFA's flagship competition and the closest thing we have to a European super league. And while winning a European trophy is always a great achievement, winning the Europa League is widely seen as another way to secure Champions League qualification for the next season, while the Conference League doesn't even have that as a consolation prize.

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