From the brilliant goal of George Weah to that, cruel for the Parisians, of Kingsley Coman in the final last year, several Paris SG – Bayern Munich have marked the history of the competition before their reunion. in the quarter-finals of the Champions League At the beginning of April.
The results remain favorable to the champion of France, winner five times and beaten four times (neutral goal difference: 12-12) of these duels, all in C1.
Bayern – PSG 0-1, Weah’s stroke of genius
November 23, 1994, 5e j. of chickens
The Canal + version of PSG is gaining momentum on the European scene. Semi-finalist of C3 1993 and C2 1994, he can count on a sparkling George Weah, future Ballon d’Or.
Already scorer in the first leg (2-0, also with Daniel Bravo), the brilliant Liberian striker, since become president of his country, scores at the Olympic Stadium in Munich an anthology goal in a dumbfounded Bayern defense.
Supporting successively on Paul Le Guen, Patrick Colleter then Pascal Nouma, he finished on his own, dribbling four players, with a rake, a hook and a feint, to find the skylight of Oliver Kahn (80 ‘).
That season, Paris had won all its group matches, eliminated great Barça in the quarters (1-1, 2-1), before bending against AC Milan in the semi-finals (0-1, 2-0) .
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Bayern – PSG 5-1, Revault’s nightmare
October 20, 1997, 3e j. of chickens
The worst day of Christophe Revault’s career… Great French hope for the post of goalkeeper, already summoned – without playing – in the French team, he arrives at the age of 25 at PSG, Le Havre, for the difficult succession of Bernard Lama and, hopes he, the consecration.
But this match at the Olympic stadium will ruin his plans: Revault conceded five goals, including two “for him”, as the saying goes.
Easily lobbed by Elber (4 ‘), he offered the second goal to Carsten Jancker on a failed control (20’), then the third to the same player after a suicidal hand raise (47 ‘).
The other two are in his defense. Revault can not do much against Thomas Helmer (51 ‘), three minutes after the reduction of Marco Simone’s score to 3-1, nor against Elber, on a ball lost by the Parisians (72’).
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PSG – Bayern 3-0, Neymar-Mbappé send a message
September 27, 2017, 2e j. of chickens
This is the first coup of PSG version Neymar-Mbappé, a lesson inflicted on a giant of Europe by the two superstar recruits who arrived that summer.
On the first goal, from the 2e minute, “Ney” roared the Parc des Princes with a breakthrough in dribbling before shifting his friend Dani Alves (2 ‘).
Mbappé is a decisive passer for the second, signed Edinson Cavani (31 ‘), but the masterpiece remains the third goal.
Born from a rise of Alves over 80 meters, it is embellished with a Mbappé roulette in the area before Neymar concludes himself (63 ‘).
On the return, in a match without great accounting stake, PSG will put much less intensity and will be beaten 3-1, before folding in 8e final against Real Madrid (3-1, 2-1), without Neymar, injured, on the return.
Bayern – PSG 1-0, eternal regrets
23 August 2020, final
After ten years of heavy investment, effort, joy and disappointment, PSG finally reached the Champions League final. But miss it.
The stars are not having a good day, Neymar complains more than he plays: poorly recovered from an injury in the Coupe de France final against Saint-Étienne, Kylian Mbappé does not give his full measure and misses a golden opportunity just before the break with a too soft strike.
The final will escape him, facing an invincible Bayern who have won their 11 C1 matches this season.
Height of cruelty, the goal is scored by a player trained in PSG, Kingsley Coman (59 ‘), left at 18 to garnish his record at Juventus Turin then at Bayern.
Forgotten by Thilo Kehrer, the international deceives Keylor Navas with his head. PSG will not come back. But he has an opportunity to take his revenge this season …
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