'/%3e%3cdefs%3e%3clinearGradient%20id='prefix__paint0_linear_4737_37157'%20x1='3.018'%20y1='23.6'%20x2='44.925'%20y2='24.977'%20gradientUnits='userSpaceOnUse'%3e%3cstop%20stop-color='%231CB7FF'/%3e%3cstop%20offset='.502'%20stop-color='%232FF58B'/%3e%3c/linearGradient%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
Five iconic matches to watch in 2025 ✨
Dec 27 2025 13:16 · By onefootball.com · 77 Reads
We ate well this year.
This browser is not supported, please use a different one or install the app
As 2025 is about to give way to 2026, let's look back at the five iconic matches that defined this year.
Five encounters that will remain in our memories for a very long time...
Of course.
The first Champions League in the history of Paris Saint-Germain, an unprecedented and historic 5-0 win in the final, the explosion of Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé’s backheel, Marquinhos’ tears: this May 31, 2025 is forever inscribed in the great history of European football.
📸 Justin Setterfield - 2025 Getty Images
A few weeks earlier, the Champions League gave us the most beautiful, pure football match of the year; unquestionably one of the greatest games in the entire history of the competition.
Trailing 2-0 at halftime, FC Barcelona scored three goals in the second half to turn things around and glimpse qualification for the Champions League final.
As Raphinha put Barça ahead 3-2 in the 87th minute, Francesco Acerbi equalized with an improbable goal at the very last second of this semi-final second leg. Final score: 3-3. The same as in the first leg!
Davide Frattesi then secured qualification for Inter during extra time, despite an absolutely stratospheric performance from Lamine Yamal .
That night, the Spanish prodigy probably delivered the most accomplished individual performance of 2025...
📸 Marco Luzzani - 2025 Getty Images
A Clásico in a final is always a special moment. This Copa del Rey final between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid proved it once again!
Five goals, a free kick from Kylian Mbappé , extra time, and a victory snatched in the dying moments: simply a legendary match!
This browser is not supported, please use a different one or install the app
That night, Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid was swept aside by a team, Arsenal ; but above all by one man: Declan Rice .
The English midfielder for the Gunners scored two legendary free kicks in a row.
An absolutely extraordinary feat that shocked the football world.
📸 Justin Setterfield - 2025 Getty Images
Nine goals, Les Bleus going from a possibly historic thrashing to the hope of an improbable comeback, Rayan Cherki smashing in a true bombazo for his first goal with the French senior team: pure delight!
📸 FRANCK FIFE - AFP or licensors
And you, which matches from 2025 will you remember for a very long time?
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.
📸 PIERO CRUCIATTI - AFP or licensors