On Wednesday, Bayern hosted Paris St. Germain in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. The German record champions won the first leg in France 1-0. As in the 2020 CL final, Frenchman Kingsley Coman scored the gold goal for the German record champions. The French top club around superstar Lionel Messi was therefore under a lot of pressure.
In the first notable PSG attack, Lionel Messi failed at Bayern goalie Yann Sommer (25′), on the other side Gianluigi Donnarumma parried a shot by Jamal Musiala from a tight angle (32′). Six minutes later, the guests missed a top chance. Sommer dribbled in his own sixteen, Vitinha had the orphaned goal in front of him, but his finish was so poor that Matthijs de Ligt was able to slide the ball off the goal line.
The Munich team came out of the cabin better. In the 52nd minute, Choupo-Moting headed for the goal, but Müller went for the ball but didn’t hit it. However, due to active movement, it was an offside position. After 61 minutes, Munich were allowed to celebrate the lead. Müller conquered the ball and played on Goretzka. The served Choupo-Moting with a cross pass. The Cameroonian then only had to push in.
After conceding, PSG initially did more on the offensive, but Sommer was on the post with a header from Sergio Ramos (64th) and a shot by Kylian Mbappe (67th), who, like Messi, was largely disappointing. In the 90th minute, Bayern finally put the lid on it. Gnabry escaped the Paris defense after a through pass from Cancelo and increased to 2-0. In stoppage time, Mane almost made it 3-0. But the ex-Liverpool star was sidelined. Nevertheless, the Munich team celebrated their entry into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The match between Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan, like Tuesday’s match between Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund, started with a delay. The reason for this was traffic chaos in London. AC Milan had their first big chance of the game after 18 minutes. However, Messias pulled away from a promising position in the penalty area after a shot from the right. There were no other highlights in the first section. Tottenham increased the pressure towards the end of the second half. But the “Rossoneri” acted outnumbered from the 77th minute after Cristian Romero received a yellow-red card.
Milan’s Divock Origi hit the bar in the 94th minute, just before Harry Kane’s header was spectacularly parried by Milan goalie Mike Maignan. After a 1-0 win in the first leg, AC Milan celebrated promotion to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after losing the second leg against Spurs.