Without playing for one minute, the 24-year-old Korean international won the Champions League, setting a 17-year historical record

In the early morning of June 1, the highly anticipated Champions League final kicked off with the attention of everyone. Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Milan with a huge gap of 5-0, not only successfully crowned the first Champions League trophy in the team's history, but also achieved the brilliant achievements of the four-champion championship in the season in one fell swoop. In this exciting victory, Dembele, Ashraf, Douai, Kvaratschlia and Mayulu scored like stars, lit up Paris Saint-Germain's road to winning the championship. Dembele became an indispensable key to the team's victory with his two-time assist. However, for the 24-year-old South Korean international Lee Gangren, this victory has a different meaning - although he has not played, he has won the glory of the Champions League championship.

In this game, there was an Asian player on each side's roster. Li Gangren of Paris Saint-Germain and Taremi of Inter Milan jointly wrote the first Asian player showdown in the history of the Champions League final. This is not only a contest of personal honor, but also a display of Asian football power. Previously, only two Asian players, Park Ji-sung and Dong Fangzhuo, won the Champions League trophy with the team, and Dong Fangzhuo was the second Chinese player to appear in the Champions League after Sun Xiang. Today, although Li Gangren and Taremi have not made a debut, they have also witnessed the birth of history.

For Li Gangren, this is his second season at Paris Saint-Germain. This season, he has made 45 appearances in various competitions, contributing 6 goals and 6 assists, but in the Champions League, he failed to score 11 goals. Especially after entering the knockout stage, he was almost firmly pressed on the bench. From the quarter-finals to the semi-finals, and then to the finals, he could only watch his teammates fight on the court silently. Despite this, he still set a record in the Champions League in 17 years and became another Asian player to win the championship with the team. Unfortunately, however, he failed to break another curse and became the first Asian player in the history of the Champions League finals to play and win the championship with the team. Although he failed to make a debut, Li Gangren still won the title and medal of the Champions League championship, which was the highlight of his career so far. Even Son Heung-min, who represented Tottenham in the Champions League final in 2019 but eventually lost. For Li Gangren, this glory is undoubtedly the best affirmation of his efforts and a powerful driving force for him to continue moving forward in the future.