Match Awards from Bayern Munich’s heartbreaking 6-5 aggregate loss to PSG

Bayern Munich's German midfielder #06 Joshua Kimmich (R) and Bayern Munich's Croatian defender #44 Josip Stanisic demand a penalty from Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro during the UEFA Champions League second-leg, semi-final football match between FC Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in Munich, southern Germany on May 6, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images Bayern Munich failed to utilize their home ground advantage to book their ticket to the Puskás Aréna in another controversial night where Die Rekordmeister ultimately emerged as second best. Here are the Match Awards.

Jersey Swap: João Pinheiro, Marco Di Bello, and VAR Traditionally, a football game is played 11 versus 11. Luckily for PSG, they had a 12th man on the pitch, and a 13th in the VAR boot ensuring Bayern — once again — fell victim to the “handball rule” once again. In the 29th minute, Nuno Mendes escaped a red card after blocking a dangerous Bayern counter with his arm.

Unfortunately for Die Rekordmeister , just seconds before Laimer’s dink struck Mendes’s arm, the Austrian was deemed to have handled the ball with his own arm — a debatable call dependent on camera angle. Moments later, a PSG clearance from within their own box clearly struck João Neves’s outstretched arm. The result?

No penalty — of course. The rest of the game was littered with mistakes — including Lucas Beraldo’s shameless body check on Luis Díaz, which the 29-year-old winger earned a yellow card for — putting a wet blanket on the most anticipated game of the year. If you count last week’s controversial handball call on Alphonso Davies and tonight’s snub on Neves, one can’t help but think about what might have been.