Bayern did not extend his series of invincibility in the Champions League. For the twentieth time, he found his conqueror, in the form of PSG, which, thanks to Kylian Mbappý’s decisive goal, won an interesting goal shootout. In short, the home team were not productive, they did not do the best job in defense, and their effective opponent, on the other hand, scored three times from four shots directly at the goal.
Both teams had to do without several supports before this expected clash. While the German team undoubtedly suffered the most due to the absence of the offensive phenomenon of Robert Lewandowski, who, due to his injury, will probably miss the subsequent retaliation, the Paris team had to regret the absence of Marc Verratti, a key man of the reserve line.
However, the list of losses for both teams did not end there. Neither Stern des Südens nor Serge Gnabry could play, Verratti’s court partner from the middle of the field, Leandro Paredes, was also missing from the guest side, and he also had difficulties on both sides of the defense, where Abdou Diallo and Colin Dagba had to hit. And frankly, especially in the first half, the latter burned.
However, although coach Hans-Dieter Flick’s charges showed much greater activity, they certainly created a larger number of goal chances, they did not turn their better statistical numbers into a coveted and successful result. The guests had a handle in many respects, especially in the first half, which was influenced quite significantly by the goalkeeper number one Keylor Navas in several very successful interventions.
After Bayern did not manage the opening moments of the match and Choupa-Moting’s crossbar was not guarded by the team’s break break Mauriti Pochettin, after which Mbappé scored for the first time. . But it resisted. Müller, Goretzka or Choupo-Moting did not succeed again.
Passive Les Parisiens, on the other hand, re-learned their juice from productivity in the 28th minute, the home team paid for the fact that Marquinhos was not in the offside, Neymar released him with his passport from the left in the penalty area and the Paris captain arranged a two-goal lead. Only in the 37th minute, it must be said that deservedly, the FC FC Der team also managed to shoot, which at least reduced the situation during the break.
And until then, the hard-to-beat Navase managed to outsmart Choupo-Moting, a targeted replacement for Lewandowski, who wore the PSG jersey last year during the finals of the millionaire competition. But now he started in the colors of Bayern, disengaged from Pavard’s center to the right of the defender Danilo Pereira and finished quite quickly with a header. The settlement then took place in the 60th minute.
From the standard situation, Kimmich invited Müller, who was running in the penalty area, and he aimed it at Navas behind the unguarded. In any case, the PSG gave up the last word in this closely watched measurement of forces. Against a counterattack, Di María released Mbappé from the center of the field, who found a gap between the feet of Boateng’s hitchhiker and rippled the net.
It should be noted that the game of both caches was probably also significantly affected by the injuries that occurred during this encounter. Medical ailments probably affected both Goretzko and Süle’s home camp, including the guest Marquinhos. All of them mentioned during the first half, and both clubs hope that their problems will not be more serious or long-term.
Sixty-one percent of Bayern’s possession could be seen at the end of the match. It was this duel, however, that clearly showed that although it produced thirty-one attempts at the goal compared to a total of six in Paris, football is decided by completely different standards. This fight is definitely not decided yet, provided that Die Roten does not significantly improve the ending.
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