After the group stage, which was disrupted in record time due to the World Cup in December, the Champions League has already turned to the straight elimination stage. We were about to see a hit match on Tuesday, PSG hosted Bayern Munich. The two teams met in the 2020 final, then the Bavarians won, in the quarter-finals of the 2021 series, the Parisians advanced with away goals. PSG was not in good form, they were eliminated against Marseille in the cup, while Monaco defeated them in the league.
For the French, Kylian Mbappé could not play due to a thigh injury, which increased the chances of the visiting team, which was significantly more active in the first half and created more chances. In the 43rd minute, Kimmich aimed for the right corner from 18 meters, Donnarumma was in his place. Messi’s 20-yard free-kick died off the line, leaving PSG without a shot on target in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, Coman, who was also successful in the BL final, scored a nice goal. Davies made a great move on the long side to a pass from the left, kicked it inside the goal from 11 meters, slipped into the goal under the arm of Donnarumma, who was throwing a bit late.
A few minutes after the goal, Mbappé arrived on the field, but this did not make the home team more dangerous, their play was very predictable. Bayern came close to scoring the second goal around the 60th minute, but their chances were missed, Choupo-Moting couldn’t find the net, and the goal post helped the home team once. In the 74th minute, Mbappé stormed away on the left side, leaving the defenders behind him, but he was unable to pass past Sommer and get the ball into the net. Ten minutes later, he already shot at the goal, but it was taken away after video.
In the last minutes, PSG pressed, Messi’s shot was blocked by Pavard inside the penalty area, and Vitinha’s shot was not accurate enough, the goalkeeper confidently caught it. Pavard received his second yellow card in the final minutes, the only way he could stop Messi. Neymar’s cross came to nothing.
In the other match, Milan took the lead in the seventh minute after Hernandez won a duel on the left side, with the ball in front of him inside the penalty area. He shot at him from a sharp angle, Forster knocked it out, but to the center, where Brahim Diaz shot from 7 meters, the goalkeeper caught it with an incredible movement, but Diaz nodded the spinning ball into the goal.
At that time, it was not possible to know that the final result was formed so early. Milan seems to be coming out of the ups and downs, while Tottenham lost again after the league defeat at the weekend.
The return matches will be held on March 8.
