It did not reach
Paris Saint Germain
with the good closing of the match against
Bayern Munich
and they fell 1-0 in the first leg of the round of 16 of the
Champions League
played in France.
Now, Lionel Messi and company have to deliver the coup on March 8 in Germany if they want to continue feeding the dream of raising the
Orejona
for the first time in the history of the Parisian club.
From the start, PSG recognized itself as inferior, despite being local and having the best in the world,
Lionel Messi
.
And that of the French coach Christophe Galtier was a success because his team was not there to play Bayern on an equal footing, even though the German cast is far from being a cuckoo.
The local waited, played to draw.
It's that simple: he jumped onto the playing field of the Parque de los Príncipes with the central objective of keeping a clean sheet to recently play it on the counterattack in Germany, already with the sprinter Kylian Mbappé as the starter.
The starting point of the 4-4-2 of the French was very close to Gianluigi Donnarumma;
that is to say, he did not press in any sector.
He gave up the bands, in addition, to encourage the one-on-one on the sides between Coman-Hakimi and Cancelo-Nuno Mendes.
And so PSG contained Bayern, who handled the ball from side to side (60 percent possession in the first half), but only kicked once on target (Kimmich from the outside and Donnarumma caught).
Photo: FRANCK FIFE / AFP.
The process became boring because the Germans had no ideas or rebellion and because
Messi was too far away from the rival goal
.
The man from Rosario is no longer a footballer who can win just one game in memorable runs.
It is clear that, due to his age, La
Pulga
needs a second guitar to shine.
Yes, we could say that, for a long time, every time he plays in France, he misses La
Scaloneta
.
In any case, Messi's performance was acceptable, because
he understands all the situations that matches can give away
.
He had a couple of attempts at speed transitions, dropped back a few times to shoot, made free kicks near the box or to grant rest.
In the final minute of the first half he took a free kick that he hit the wall.
In the balance of the initial stage, PSG came out winning because they fulfilled their idea, while Bayern was left at fault.
The German is no longer that physical team that demolished you from previous seasons and does not have a good possession game.
And Paris took him to play that game.
But he had an error in starting the local plugin and he paid dearly for it.
The French
Kingsley Coman
, the best of the duel, scored
the same goal again as in the 2020 Champions League final
played in Portugal.
That time, the winger entered the right sector alone and headed past a center from Kimmich;
This afternoon, the long shot was by
Alphonso Davies
, the entry from the left and the definition from the right, which escaped from below the Italian goalkeeper, with a very weak response.
With the result against him, Mbappé came on for the youthful Warren Zaire-Emery.
And PSG is something else with the French goalscorer on the pitch
.
The German defense was already planted in their field, attentive to Kylian's movements.
The process was done back and forth.
The Germans didn't extend their advantage due to a couple of good saves from Donnarumma and the locals were able to tie it with some runs.
They did, in truth, after an overflow from Nuno Mendes and a definition at the near post from Mbappé.
But the VAR warned that the left-back was a few centimeters ahead.
He also had a Messi and fortune did not wink at him.
He returned to reach the bottom Mendes to shoot the cross that Jordi Alba shot so many times in Barcelona, but the left-footed shot from Rosario collided with Pavard's leg when he was on goal.
The series between PSG and Bayern Munich was left open, beyond the small advantage that the visitors took.
Everything is about to happen because the Germans are not the planes they used to be.
And because the great Messi and the matador Mbappé play in the French cast.
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