Nor will Leo Messi win the Champions Trophy for Paris Saint-Germain, at least for the time being. The Argentine national team lost to Bayern and bye the competition. Clement Lenglet, who is on loan from Barcelona to Tottenham, will also miss the Champions League quarter-finals.
At the height of this stage of the competition, Bayern Munich faced Paris Saint-Germain, and after winning 1-0 in Paris, they had to maintain a positive result at the Allianz Arena. Messi’s team came close to coming back in the first half after a huge mistake by Jan Sommer, but Matthijs de Ligt pushed the ball away from the goal line. Nobody saved Gianluigi Donnarumma in the second half, as Bayern took the lead. This time, Marco Verratti made a mistake in front of his own net, losing the ball, and Eric Choupo-Moting took advantage of the situation. A few minutes earlier, this player’s touch on the ball decided the offside position and the goal was disallowed, but the attacker eventually managed to reach it. The hosts already had a two-goal advantage on aggregate, in the end they increased the score after a counter-attack and will play in the quarter-finals. Bayern Munich has scored in only one of their eight Champions League matches.
It is worth noting that Robert Lewandowski himself supported his former team. In his report on Instagram The Pole showed that he was watching the match and wrote: “Come on, Bayern.” So many emotions left over from European cups…
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– Bayern Munich (FCBayern) March 8, 2023
Marco Verratti’s terrible mistake cost him a goal 😱
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Serge Gnabry took the second shot from Paris Saint-Germain 🥊
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– Polsatsport March 8, 2023
Paris Saint-Germain, despite huge investments in its strengthening, was eliminated from the Champions League for the fifth time in the past seven years in the 1/8 finals. It will be interesting to see if this situation affects Leo Messi’s decision about the future. The Parisians could not be any guarantee of success on the European stage for him.
Bayern Munich – Paris Saint-Germain 2-0
1:0 Choupo-Moting 61′
2:0 Gnabry 90′
In the second meeting, Tottenham had to compensate for the losses from Milan, losing 0: 1. From the first minute Clement Lenglet played, who in the 21st minute received a yellow card for elbowing his opponent. Some things are hard to ignore. This time, however, it was not the Frenchman who broke the situation, but Christian Romero. It was not a good day for the Argentine players. The stopwatch in the 77th minute received a second yellow card and, accordingly, a red card at 0: 0. Tottenham failed to catch up with Milan and Italy will play in the quarterfinals. Lenglet finished the game with a 91% pass rate, two interceptions, two interceptions and two tackles. Won 6 out of 13 duels with opponents.
Tottenham – Milan 0-0
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