Kaiser Bayern reigns again

The most anomalous European Cup in history did not end with the change of order. Bayern became the new Kaiser of Europe in the face of the strength of the petrodollars of the Qatari sheiks. The Champions of the silence of the stands, only for telefinchas, was conquered by the pedigree of the six-time champion, more seasoned in this type of event. Led by a coach closer to the school of the silent club men, the Bavarian team prevailed with a lone goal from Coman. It was not an overwhelming victory, nor a final punctuated by so many, but it was one of intense rhythm in which a block prevailed over an amalgam of signings that failed on their most important day. Neymar and Mbappé each wasted an opportunity to leave the tournament in tears and without a goal to sing.

With the two teams exposing the advanced pressure that marks the new paradigm that is imposed, neither one nor the other gave it up. So the start was a train wreck to see who prevailed in the robberies. A battle to decide who was forcing more errors in the vicinity of the rival area. It was Bayern, with that defense thrown at the height of the center of the field, the first that marked territory. He undermined his rival's every attempt to get out of play. He created swarms of red T-shirts that portrayed the difficulties of Marquinhos and Paredes to build in the midst of so much stress. That first Munich push cut all connection with Di María, Mbappé and Neymar. The German team lacked a better footing in the last meters to be able to test Key lor, to whom Tuchel granted the title with only one training session with the group after the injury that separated him from the semifinals. After the Bayern arreón, PSG recorded the sketch of the trend that was going to mark the clash, greatly influenced by the characteristics of the attackers. Trade against talent and speed.

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PSG Keylor Navas, Bernat (Layvin Kurzawa, min. 79), Kimpembe, Thiago Silva, Thilo Kehrer, Marquinhos, Ander Herrera (Draxler, min. 71), Paredes (Verratti, min. 64), Di María (Choupo-Moting, min 79), Kylian Mbappe and NeymarBayernNeuer, Joshua Kimmich, Alphonso Davies, Alaba, Boateng (Niklas Süle, min. 24), Serge Gnabry (Coutinho, min. 68), Leon Goretzka, Kingsley Coman (Perisic, min. 67), Müller, Thiago (Tolisso, min. 85) and Lewandowski

PSG's first clear chance was a fast combination that put Neymar in front of Neuer. The duel was resolved with a hard shot from the Brazilian resolved by the German goal for his ability not to win. He covered the shot with his arm and his butt, when the ball seemed bent on passing him. Tuchel was clear that his team's offense went through leashing his trident stride. And that was the first notch.

Bayern's response responded to that dominance of Lewandowski's area. A Davies center that Müller did not reach was controlled by the Polish striker with his back to the goal. The turn and the bitten finish defined an excellent architect of the goal. The stick was the destination of the masterful maneuver with the stamp of the great scorers, from which there was nothing, almost a goal.

The duel was already very defined. Bayern, dominator of the ball, PSG governor of spaces. If the Flick team needed more touches to threaten, it was enough for Tuchel's to give Mbappé's legs flight. Attempts to bypass that defense of tightrope walkers with crossed balls for their gallop were blatant. And it was Mbappé who set up a meteoric counter with a high heel that shot Neymar, accompanied by Herrera and Di María. Between these two they linked a wall that the Argentine finished with a high shot with a lot of goal to aim.

Bayern responded to every scare with the race of old champions. Blow for blow. Lewandowski, again with that instinct to be where the goal is, caught a falling header that was barely able to direct into Keylor's hands. But it was Mbappé who was able to open the game for his team. Alaba made one of those errors in the delivery in the exit of the ball that have occurred so much in this final to eight, and finished yours-mine with Herrera with a gentle shot at the hands of Neuer. A footballer destined to make a difference in games like this will be difficult to forget his lack of expertise.

Bayern went to rest breathing, dominating the ball, but heartbroken by the opportunities given to the vertiginous attacks of PSG. The scenery didn't change much in the second act. Dominator the German champion and in treacherous retreat the PSG. From his government the Flick team was not slow to make a profit. A pass from Thiago beating lines, a drop from Müller and a perfect thread from Kimmich was caught by Coman at the far post. His chopped and crossed header was unattainable for Navas.

With the goal in favor, and with Thiago and Kimmich imposing intelligence and touch, Bayern took refuge in that job that has ended up crowning him. Coman, in a play traced to that of the goal, celebrated a new target when Thiago Silva took the ball over the line. Fired for the tie, Marquinhos had it. That was the only great occasion that PSG generated. Verratti hardly improved him. The connections to Mbappé and Neymar, except for one wasted by the Brazilian, were mostly aborted by Alaba, imperial as head of that defensive line thrown in a suicidal way forty meters from Neuer and on which Bayern has cemented its sixth Cup of Europe.