Paris was eliminated from the Champions League on Wednesday March 8 after losing to Bayern Munich (2-0). Cameroonian international Maxim Choupo-Moting scored the game’s first goal and Serge Gnabry doubled the lead.
No other scenario possible, tonight at the Allianz Arena, Paris had to win by at least two goals to overcome the defeat of the first leg (1-0) and above all not to stop once again in eighth, like a year ago against Real Madrid. Already eliminated from the Coupe de France by Marseille, PSG, in the event of defeat, would only have a 12th Ligue 1 title to conquer. Nothing that could not satisfy the Qatari owners, obsessed with the Champions League since their arrival in 2011.
Vitinha misses the mark
If Paris is close to opening the scoring in the 38th minute with the Portuguese strike Vitinha towards an empty goal, after a loose ball by the German goalkeeper, saved by De Ligt in front of the line, Kylian Mbappé’s teammates return to the locker room without having scored a goal.
However, the capital club pushes from the start of the meeting, with Mbappé placing a shot on target. And Paris can count on its goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, not worried about a strong shot from the left foot of Jamal Musiala (32nd). The Italian had already shown himself solid in the 16th minute when Leon Goretzka struck with a right foot from 20 yards out.
At the start of the second half, Paris was hot in the buttocks when Bayern believed they had opened the scoring, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Thomas Muller (52nd). But after an undeniable domination of the Germans, Bayern finds the fault after a loss of the ball from Verratti. Goretzka inherits it and crosses for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, alone in front of goal, who propels the ball deep with a flat right foot (61st).
The Cameroonian international, a former Parisian, has become an indisputable starter at Bayern. In the first leg, he is also a former Parisian, Kingsley Coman, who opened the scoring… At the end of the game, on a counter, Serge Gnabry drives the point home (89th).
With this new failure, criticism should rain. While Paris is also embarrassed by Achraf Hakimi’s indictment for rape, the end of the “bling-bling” era promised by President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is not yet in the news. The first one “ big ear cut » by Kylian Mbappé, silent this evening, will not be for 2023, he who lost the C1 final in 2020 against… Bayern.