He had been the hero of the first leg, with his two goals at the Allianz Arena. Tuesday evening, Kylian Mbappé returned to his center-forward position, as on the go. He had then faced Alaba and Süle in the central hinge. At the Park, he found different men, but with similar profiles. His teammate at the Blues, Lucas Hernandez, in the Alaba register. And Boateng, powerful but a little heavy, in the style of Süle.
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As on the first leg, he created a chance after 2’30. But without hitting the mark, and this time being out of the game. Then he had escaped Pavard, for an alert on Neuer’s goal (9 ‘).
After a few minutes of play, Kylian Mbappé already brought danger to Bayern’s goal. © AFP
Without great defensive obligations, unlike a Neymar often seen sticking to Kimmich, Mbappé was able to indulge in his favorite exercise. Take the space, and suddenly become a passer for Neymar. Neuer deprived him of an assist (27’). A bit further, the world champion lacked control in the area. Then was signaled out of play, wrongly, when he was going to challenge Neuer (32’).
In all the good shots
Monitored, with a central defender coming as soon as possible to close his path to goal, Mbappé was still a superb passer for Neymar. Post. Then Mbappé created a good hitting position for himself, after a small personal and technical feat (42 ‘). In vain.
At 0-1, Paris needed a 28e European goal from his young star, less effective at home (8 goals) than on the road (19). He was hurting the German defense, it remained to bring it down. Neuer deprived him of a good ball, coming out far from his goal (51’) to relieve a defense that had dared to 1 against 1. Then Mbappé was at the origin of another big action, on a reversal of play after a new very beautiful sequence.
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Mbappé managed to deceive Neuer but his goal was disallowed for an offside position. © REUTERS
Monitored offensively, the former Monegasque showed how much he was in tone, on a defensive run of 60 m (67’). And when he shook the nets, for a goal no doubt decisive, he was out of play, before losing a duel against Hernandez (79’), then to see Neuer still make a decisive gesture (90’). Mbappé did not score at the Park. But he had done the job in Munich…
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