Bayern Munich steals the show and the first leg of the round of 16 of UEFA Champions League over Paris Saint-Germain. The Bundesliga Champion gained advantage.
The German side showed their dominance throughout the match, they finessed the Paris Saint-Germain’s suffering from series of injuries that plague their preparation. Kingsley Coman stepped up and scored the 53rd minute winner – and it puts the struggles of Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr into graveyard. Follow for more live ucl scores here at 12Betinfo!
The introduction of the French International, Kylian Mbappe in the second half boosted the hosts’ motivation and immediately shifted the balance of the match. Mbappe had two goals disallowed due to offside via VAR review, whilst Messi had a near chance for an equalizer but his shot turned over due to an emphatic block from Bayern defender Benjamin Pavard.
The 2020 Champions League Champion once again provided nightmare to the Paris side and made their way to winning all seven of their UEFA Champions League matches this season, the last time they have won their seven matches in a season was in 2019-2020 when they won all 11 games. On the other side, the Paris Saint-Germain continued their losing skid and stretched to five games across all competitions this year, which is higher than they committed in 2022. This is also the first time that the Qatari owned team suffered a home UEFA Champions League defeat for the first time since April 2021 against Manchester City – this is the fifth loss from their last eight home knockout matches.
Christophe Galtier’s side is facing a brink of early elimination in the Last 16 when they face Bayern for the final leg in Munich. Despite that, the PSG side still have the ability to turn things around and still qualify for the quarterfinals, given the performance of Kylian Mbappe in the second half – displaying his insane speed and high-octane display will give them hope to overcome this huge adversity.
“It was difficult, unpredictable. I wasn’t supposed to play but I wanted to play and help my mates. We did everything, we worked night and day to get me some game time. I wanted to. But sometimes you have to be satisfied with what you can do, and that’s all I could do,” said Mbappe addressing the media.
In the extended final minutes of the match, Benjamin Pavard was given a red card as he committed an intentional foul due to his clumsiness when he accidentally down Messi at the line, he received his second yellow card that equates to his elimination from the match and the red card.
“We played really well in the first 25 minutes. We were a bit surprised by how much of the ball we had. We didn’t expect Paris to be so passive; it was a good first half. After the break, we had a great start and then things hung in the balance a little, though the two times they really threatened it was offside,” said by Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann during post-match interview.
Despite this late dilemma on the German, the time was already finished as Paris Saint-Germain saw themselves facing Bayern Munich for the final leg as an underdog and needed to pull a miracle in order to book a quarterfinal slot and extend their Champions League and to capture their first-ever Champions League title.
Man of the Match: Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich
The Paris Saint-Germain will never forget Coman as he was the lone perpetrator of two heartbreaks in the Champions League. He did it in the 2020 Champions league final and he did it again in the first leg of the round of 16 of 2022-23 UEFA Champions League.
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