Mbappé and Messi, the two most outstanding players of the last World Cup, are still unable to stand out in the Champions League, playing for Paris Saint-Germain, today once again eliminated from the ‘inglorious’ competition.
The Parisian team could not break the defense of Bayern Munich, in the second leg of the round of 16, when they needed to ‘cancel’ the 1-0 conceded in France, and they left broken with the second defeat, by 2- 0, falling for the second consecutive year at this stadium, after being eliminated in 2021/22 by Real Madrid.
Bayern’s classification joins that of AC Milan, which has the slightest advantage in the first game with ‘zero’ (0-0) in England, with Tottenham, and those of Benfica and Chelsea, consummated this Tuesday.
It was known that Bayern’s victory at the Parc des Princes had been a good result, but anyone who plays with Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi in the team always has reason to ‘dream’ of victory on any pitch.
The two ‘stars’ could not save the season of the French colossus, bowed by a 2-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena, with goals from Choupo-Moting, in 61, and Gnabry, in 89, with a pass from João I cancel, when the Portuguese did not even have three minutes of play, after coming off the bench.
Due to his assistance, in such a short time on the pitch, Cancelo stands out among the Portuguese, on a night in which Vitinha was one of the most dissatisfied of PSG, with a great goal opportunity in the 38th minute, after having already scored An exquisite center to Messi’s failure.
Vitinha would leave with 10 minutes to go, while Danilo Pereira played the entire game and Nuno Mendes was substituted in minute 82, when Christophe Galtier’s logic was to put ‘all the chips’ in attack.
In the end, Danilo Pereira was decisive in reading the game he played: “Unfortunately, we have to say that Bayern were stronger than us, we had opportunities, we didn’t materialize. It’s difficult to go out like this, but it’s the Champions League. Bayern is a very physical team, that wins a lot of duels, we don’t win many”.
At the heart of Bayern’s defence, the pairing of Dayot Upamecano and Matthijs De Ligt was, indeed, exceptional.
In London, AC Milan, with Rafael Leão in the team, did what he knows to qualify for an ‘Italian style’, based on his defensive skills.
The Rossoneri made it 1-0 at the San Siro to move on, as today’s match ended goalless and with little show.
Only after minute 90 the visitors had a ‘chill’, with a header from Harry Kane that forced Mike Maignan to save the night.
Rafael Leão ended up having a ‘more boring’ night, this time, and was substituted in the 89th minute, when the idea was already to ‘burn time’.
Just like the day before at Chelsea-Borussia Dortmund, this match also had to be delayed by 10 minutes, with the visitors being delayed longer than expected in London traffic.
Unlike the Italian League, decidedly lost to Napoli, it seems that it is in the Champions League where the Milanese, already seven times winners of the competition, seek salvation for the season.
Source: TSF
