Bayern dominates the sector

Bayern Munich performed just like the previous Bayern, so I increase Julian Nagelsmann for you.

Bayern made positive that the one injury PSG may inflict was by means of their tempo and counter-attack. Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka have utterly – and I imply utterly – dominated PSG’s midfield. All through the match, Bayern maintained distinctive ball motion, particularly from Jamal Musiala, Joshua Kimmich and Kingsley Coman.

With Thomas Müller and Alfonso Davies on the bench, Bayern Munich needed to discover inventive methods to beat a stable PSG protection led by Sergio Ramos. By sustaining fixed possession in PSG’s half and transferring the ball sideways, Bayern weren’t solely capable of finding holes in defence, however ultimately allowed Kingsley Coman to attain in what was shortly turning into a pattern for him towards his former membership.

Bayern’s protection is robust

Take a bow, Dayot Upamecano and Matthijs de Ligt. Coming into this match, Lucas Hernandez’s World Cup damage has been the primary focus on the subject of defending towards PSG’s three-headed monster Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. However actually after this match, we all know now we have two extremely gifted younger defenders who can simply tackle one of the best gamers on this planet.

Whereas WhoScored.com did not give De Ligt nearly as good a match rating as we at BFW assume, they no less than accurately acknowledged Upamecano’s tremendous recreation by giving him a 7.7, a rating that ranks second amongst all gamers.

All this reward for our defenders is nugatory with out noting that Jan Sommer produced his finest efficiency at Bayern Munich tonight, smashing Kylian Mbappe when it mattered most.

Bayern has quite a bit to do within the second leg

PSG ultimately made it an in depth recreation with a pivotal substitute of Mbappe which proved too little, too late. Boy accepted the tide turned when Mbappe joined forces with Neymar and Messi. Bayern all of the sudden regarded like PSG did for a lot of the recreation: on their again foot, unable to attach passes, and making a variety of sudden errors resulting from strain. PSG kind of took Bayern’s recreation plan towards them and used it to their benefit for the final 25 minutes or so of the match. The scariest factor is that Mbappe scored two targets. Whereas each had been dominated offsides, one was one finger lengthy:

Alarm bells ought to be ringing on Säbener Straße about how shut this recreation got here to being a devastating defeat. Add to {that a} shocking second yellow for Benjamin Pavard late within the recreation, Bayern had been getting ready to collapse. Julian Nagelsmann & Co ought to solely concentrate on one factor and one factor solely: defeating PSG at dwelling in Munich.

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