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It might be the beginning of a brand new knockout part within the Champions League, however it appears to be the identical story for Paris Saint-Germain.
The French facet has did not progress past the spherical of 16 4 occasions within the final six seasons and might be dealing with the identical destiny this 12 months after a 1-0 first-leg defeat towards Bayern Munich on the Parc des Princes.
Kingsley Coman, who additionally condemned PSG to a 1-0 defeat within the Champions League closing two and a half years in the past, scored the one aim of Tuesday’s sport within the French capital, placing Bayern answerable for the tie forward of the second leg in Munich on March 8.
The German champion managed possession for many of the contest and noticed that dominance rewarded early within the second half when Coman, unmarked within the PSG field, volleyed Alphonso Davies’ cross below Gianluigi Donnarumma.
PSG responded by bringing on star striker Kylian Mbappé, who had been carrying a thigh damage forward of the sport.
Pushing for an equalizer, Mbappé, the highest scorer within the Champions League this season, used his tempo to get behind the Bayern defensive position however had a shot saved by the face of goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
He then had the ball within the web minutes later, just for the video assistant referee to rule that Nuno Mendes was offside within the build-up.
By now, PSG had began to return alive and Mendes was proving a vigorous presence on the left wing. With six minutes remaining, the Portuguese worldwide evaded Serge Gnabry and Joshua Kimmich and located Lionel Messi free within the field, however an excellent block from Benjamin Pavard denied the equalizer.
As the probabilities stored coming for PSG, Pavard was purple carded after receiving a second yellow card for a late problem on Messi. Though it made no distinction to the scoreline, it does imply the defender will miss the second leg in Munich in three weeks’ time.
“We stated we needed to take the positives, it’s a two-legged tie,” Mbappé advised reporters after the sport. “We will’t change what occurred within the first leg. We are going to go there to qualify. We all know that there’s a risk. There’s all the time an excellent risk to qualify.”
Whereas the defeat conjured up recollections of PSG’s previous shortcomings within the Champions League, followers did additionally get a glimpse into the longer term with Warren Zaïre-Emery turning into the youngest participant to begin a knockout stage sport within the competitors on the age of 16 years and 343 days.
The midfielder was born in 2006, greater than a 12 months after the 35-year-old Messi made his Champions League debut.
After defeats towards Marseille and Monaco, PSG has now misplaced three matches in a row for the primary time since 2020 and faces Lille within the league on Sunday in a bid to get its season again on observe.
Bayern, in the meantime, has gained all seven of its Champions League video games this season and can really feel assured about reaching the quarterfinals forward of the second leg.
“General, we did an excellent job,” stated supervisor Julian Nagelsmann. “We’ve taken step one and wish to comply with it up by taking the second.”
In Tuesday’s different Champions League sport, AC Milan defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on the San Siro due to Brahim Díaz’s early aim, giving the Italian facet the benefit in its bid to succeed in the quarterfinals for the primary time since 2011.
