Old But Gold ๐๐ฆ
PSG was pipped to the top spot in Group H by Benfica by means of away goals scored, the fourth possible tiebreaker having both finished on 14 points, and each scoring 16 goals to seven conceded. This gave them a tie against Bayern, who finished well clear of the chasing pack in Group C.
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PSG's last game saw them lose 3-1 away at Monaco, their third league defeat in seven since returning from the World Cup. A bright spot was young forward Warren Zaire-Emery scoring his second senior goal, and the 16-year-old started alongside Neymar and Lionel Messi in the front three. Kylian Mbappe also returned from injury and started on the bench.
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN XI (4-4-2): Gianluigi Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Sergio Ramos, Nuno Mendes; Warren Zaire-Emery, Danilo Pereira, Marco Verratti, Carlos Soler; Lionel Messi, Neymar.
SUBS: Sergio Rico, Alexandre Letellier, Presnel Kimpembe, Kylian Mbappe, Fabian Ruiz, Juan Bernat, Vitinha, Timothee Pembele, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismael Gharbi, Hugo Ekitike.
Our starting eleven for #PSGFCB at the Parc des Princes! โณ#UCL I @EASPORTSFIFA pic.twitter.com/1PVsQpyIWy
โ Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) February 14, 2023
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Bayern's group campaign saw them go head-to-head with Inter and Barcelona, but Julian Nagelsmann's side won all six games to finish with maximum points and a 100 percent record. These two sides met in the 2020 final, which Bayern won 1-0.
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The 2020 European champions started with Kingsley Coman on the left wing, who scored the winner in that behind-closed-doors final nearly three years ago. The Frenchman, a PSG academy product, has scored three goals in his last two games for Bayern, and his most recent win in a 3-0 win over Bochum extended the Bavarians' unbeaten Bundesliga run to 13 games.
BAYERN MUNICH XI (4-2-3-1): Yann Sommer; Benjamin Pavard, Dayot Upamecano, Matthijs de Ligt, Joao Cancelo; Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka; Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, Kingsley Coman; Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
SUBS: Sven Ulreich, Johannes Schenk, Serge Gnabry, Alphonso Davies, Bouna Sarr, Daley Blind, Thomas Muller, Ryan Gravenberch, Mathys Tel, Josip Stanisic, Arijon Ibrahimovic.
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Bayern tweaked their starting formation to a 3-2-4-1, with Pavard and Sane drifting into more central positions and Cancelo switching to right-wing-back with Coman doing the same on the left.
PSG looked relatively happy for Bayern to have the ball, with their strategy being to hit the Bavarians on the break at any given opportunity. However, that's one risky game plan against a team possessing the quality Bayern has, and the visitors looked increasingly likely to be the side to score first here.
It's been almost all Bayern so far, to the extent that it's the first time since April 2015 (vs. Barcelona) that PSG had failed to register a single attempt on goal in the opening 30 minutes of a Champions League game!
โ๏ธ 20' - ๐ช @SergioRamos #PSGFCB I #UCL pic.twitter.com/MFkWZMZ0rw
โ Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) February 14, 2023
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It's 0-0 at the break, and PSG was extremely lucky this game was still goalless. The hosts left a void in their midfield which Bayern exploited time and time again; however, brilliant defense, led by Ramos in particular, restricted the number of good chances the visitors had been able to create. Forced to play counter-attack with Messi and Neymar far from speedy target men these days, PSG offered nothing and should be delighted to still be level.
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While players like Messi, Neymar, Verratti, and Marquinhos were struggling, the man Sergio Ramos alone was too much to handle for Bayern. If Neymar wasn't biased toward Messi, Ramos might have given them an early lead. He defended his box, and at the end of the counter, he was there to score. Neymar chose to cross the ball towards Messi when Ramos was thriving on the edge of the box, deceiving the Bayern defenders.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:
Fouls Made | 1 |
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Possession Lost | 1 |
Total Shots | 1 |
Was Dribbled Past (Best) | 0 |
Clearances (Highest) | 7 |
Interceptions (Highest) | 3 |
Touches (Highest) | 83 |
Was Fouled | 1 |
Passes Completed (Highest) | 61/64 (95%) |
Long Passes Completed (Highest) | 8/10 (80%) |
Dribbles Completed | 1/1 (100%) |
Ground Duels Won (Highest) | 4/6 (67%) |
Aerial Duels Won (Highest) | 5/7 (71%) |
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๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ท๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ท๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
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๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ (๐ญ๐ฑ).
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต-๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ (๐ด๐ฒ.๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฏ๐ฎ) ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐'๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ - ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
โญ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐ โญ
โ FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) February 14, 2023
Fรฉlicitations, King! ๐#MiaSanMia #PSGFCB pic.twitter.com/kryUKTtGdF
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The game was precisely telling the same story. It was mostly Bayern all over the pitch. It took 53 minutes to get what they deserved. GOOOOOAAAALLL!!! Bayern got the breakthrough, and it's that man again!!! Choupo-Moting teed Davies up to cross from the left, and the Canadian's cross flew over everyone's heads and fell to Coman, who side-footed the ball underneath Donnarumma on the volley to give the visitors a deserved 1-0 lead! He looked lively on the left in the first half, and his switch to the opposite side yielded a goal in the second! Donnarumma could have done better; it was on him.
๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ 15 ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ.
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Bayern won all six of their Champions League games this season, scoring 18 goals and only conceding twice. They've only won their first seven straight once in this competition, doing so in 2019-20 as they won every single game they played, the last of which was against PSG in the final. They were in the mood to repeat that once again.
HIGHLIGHTS
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ท๐ฝ-๐ท๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐น๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ท๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ+ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
His introduction changed the entire nature of this game, notably giving Neymar and Lionel Messi much more freedom to do what they do best after the pair were passengers for much of the first hour. Neymar, in particular, became significantly more dangerous, finishing the game with three shots, one of which was on target, and nine touches in the box from five final-third entries. He completed a key pass and four crosses, with a final-third passing accuracy of 92 percent, as well as making two clearances and winning two free-kicks.
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About Messi, I don't know what to say. As far as I remember, he has lost possession the most. While PSG relied on the counter, he had too many touches and fewer passes. Instead of passing, he chose to dribble and lost possession in dangerous situations, leading to counters. He didn't have a good time, as the dribble succession rate was 50-50.
A 1-0 away win gives Bayern the advantage going into the second leg, with the Bavarians likely to be confident their unbeaten home record this season will stay intact. The March 8 clash at the Allianz Arena will see PSG need to attack from the off in order to reverse their deficit, but if Kylian Mbappe is indeed fit enough to start that game, have no doubt that he and his team-mates are willing to do precisely that in Munich.
PSG are not what we all expected, the defense is a mess even with Ramos they still have a poor defense. The second leg of the UCL will be in Munich I hope they can scramble a win or kiss the UCL bye-bye this season.
PSG have all the superstars but they don't have a proper team. The combination isn't up to the mark. Neymar and Messi they don't like to involve others with them. Don't know what to say about Mbapee. I only like Veratti as a team player.
Winiing in Germany will be tough. The German fans are crazy, we all saw what they did to Barcelona.