Expectations were immense, but this Champions League semi-final first leg between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich exceeded anything football lovers could have expected. After a first period concluded with a historic 3-2 in favor of the capital club (never has a French team scored so many goals during a first period of a C1 semi-final), Ile-de-France and Bavarians parted ways with the exceptional score of 5 goals to 4 in favor of the Rouge-et-Bleu.
Elected man of the match by UEFA and author of a double, Ousmane Dembélé was the first Parisian to stop at the microphone of Canal+ to deliver his immediate reaction. “Two great teams attacking, who don’t ask questions, it’s a Champions League semi-final. Bayern is a great team, so are we. We are happy with the result, even if at 5-2 we stopped playing a little”.
Paris wants to win in Munich
A three-goal lead that melted like snow in the sun because of a physical breakdown? “A bit of everything. Bayern are a great team, it was an incredible match”added the 2025 Ballon d’Or who then kicked off the second leg in Munich. A meeting that the reigning European champions do not intend to approach by managing their small goal lead according to the Parisian number 10.
“Now we will go to Munich to win the other match and qualify. We’ll have to stay focused.”he declared, before announcing that we should expect another crazy match. “Of course. Two teams who are going to attack, we are not going to change our philosophy. We’re going to attack, they’re going to attack, it’s going to be a great second match.”. We’re already salivating!
