Gala match in Paris, tonight, from 10:00 p.m. The match-round of the first semi-final of the Champions League in football is being played between the holder of the trophy, PSG, and the champion of Germany, Bayern Munich.
The two superpowers are not in the first confrontation this season, they were also opponents in the group stage, when the Bavarians managed to prevail even in Paris with 2-1, thanks to Luis Diaz’s double.
In 2020, a pandemic year, Bayern Munich won the League final against PSG with a score of 1-0, with a goal scored in the 59th minute by Kingsley Coman. The author of the goal was the French striker Kingsley Coman (59), former junior of the PSG club.
The Germans are already champions
After a quiet course in the main stage that sent them to the play-offs, the Parisians turned into a real goal machine in the knockout stages. With 5 wins and a draw in their last 6 European games, Luis Enrique’s team got past Monaco (in a tense play-off, decided by a 3-2 away win), only to be simply blown away by Chelsea and Liverpool.
Bayern Munich come to Paris from the position of the first team in the first five championships of Europe having already awarded their national title. The Bavarians are in incredible form, having 9 consecutive victories in all competitions and dreaming of the “triple”, being also qualified in the final of the German Cup.
Luis Enrique received positive confirmations from the medical staff. Desire Doue and Nuno Mendes, injured in the second leg with Liverpool, are recovered and ready to play. Fabian Ruiz is also available, while Vitinha has trained separately and will most likely start from the bench.
In the away camp, Kompany will not be able to rely on Serge Gnabry, whose injury is so serious that he will also miss the World Cup. Bischof and Ulreich are also on the absentee list, and the Dutch coach is suspended for this duel.
However, the offensive force remains intact: the trident formed by Olise, Diaz and Kane, who have a total of 22 goals this UCL season, will start after being rested in the championship, alongside the mainstays Kimmich and Upamecano.
The Englishman Harry Kane leads by far in the ranking of goalscorers among the footballers remaining in the race for the trophy, with 12 successes.
