Despite the home defeat, PSG qualified for the UEFA Champions League semifinals by eliminating defending champions Bayern Munich in a 3-3 aggregate result, which despite the draw was defined by the goals scored by the French team in the first match of the series.
Title defense is over
The Germans left the tournament fighting from the first minute of the match, it was an even first half where the best chances were for Neymar who crashed two of his shots on the crossbar defended by Manuel Neuer, when PSG was playing better a collective play of Bayern appeared and in the rebound left by Keylor Navas, the striker Choupo-Moting in the 39th minute rose to head and put things just one goal away.
A defensive second half
PSG faced the second half with the necessary precautions to contain Bayern’s attacks, for their convenience, the Reds’ play was focused on the search for crosses and long balls that facilitated the task of the defenders who efficiently stopped each of the attempts proposed by the German players.
Time was running out and the ideas to overcome PSG’s resistance were scarce, the overflows on the flanks with Sané and Koman almost always ended in clearances from the Paris players looking for Neymar and Mbappé as receivers, who with their talent put the German defense in trouble.
The Germans went in search of the goal that would qualify them for the semifinals without entering into a baseless fight, they accepted their defeat and accepted that they were defeated by a team that gave them a magnificent revenge in one of the most memorable playoffs in recent years in European soccer.
It is a very hard result for the German team to swallow after two very good performances in the two matches. According to the first impressions of the players, the focus is now exclusively on the Bundesliga and the title defense with six games left, and the fight is tight for a tense head-to-head against Leipzig.
PSG awaits next opponent
For the second consecutive year PSG reaches the semifinals and with the experience lived in the previous season the players are mature and more experienced to manage the game situations that occur in these decisive instances, additionally, having Neymar and Mbappé as attacking referents the blue team of Paris becomes a serious candidate to reach the final on May 29.
PSG awaits the opponent between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund teams facing the second match of the series where the English lead 2-1, a totally open result for both teams and by what both teams showed in the first leg nothing is said and anything can happen.
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