Champions League Preview | PSG vs Bayern Munich
Champions League Preview | PSG vs Bayern Munich PSG vs Bayern Munich is the Champions League semi-final that all football fans are looking forward to this week (sorry, Atletico and Arsenal fans). A tie fitting of any final, many believe the winner of this fixture will go on to win the competition. Two giants in their respective leagues, it should be a thrilling affair featuring some of the world’s best players.
Here is your preview and team news for PSG vs Bayern Munich. PSG The current holders of the Champions League will be looking to assert their dominance early on in this tie. Despite the away goals rule not being a thing anymore, there is always a slight disadvantage to playing the second leg away from home.
For Paris, it’s about limiting Bayern in their attack and punishing them on the break. With the likes of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembélé, and Désiré Doué, PSG have more than enough to cause Bayern problems. Similar to how Real Madrid pushed Bayern in the previous round, PSG can expose Bayern’s occasional defensive frailties, particularly in one-on-one situations.
Domestically, the Parisians have a six-point lead in Ligue 1 with four games to play. Whilst they will still have to get over the line in the league, nothing is going to take the importance of the Champions League away from PSG and their fans. What’s more, as they were knocked out of the Coupe de France earlier this season, PSG will be desperate to do the double this season.
For a club of their size, just winning the league will not be seen as a massively successful campaign. Bayern Munich For Bayern, another historic treble is on the cards. Having already wrapped the Bundesliga, Vincent Kompany’s men are in the final of the DFB Pokal, and can now solely focus on their two fixtures in the Champions League.