Bayern-PSG (2-3): the crazy figures of a heroic victory

Resilience is a trendy concept, sometimes used over and over again.

However, it is difficult not to think about it when commenting on the heroic score of PSG on Wednesday night at the Allianz Arena (2-3).

For this Champions League quarter-final first leg, Paris looked like a besieged citadel, but won thanks to maximum success in both surfaces.

The proof in figures.

31 shots against 6, and 12 on target against 5

Bayern strafed the Parisian cages with, on average, one attempt every three minutes of play. In the 28th minute of play, PSG had only shot twice on goal, which they were already leading 2-0.

Bayern had already struck 12 times.

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According to the Opta agency, this is the first time since 2014 and an Arsenal victory in Galatasaray (4-1 in Turkey) that a team has won in the Champions League with such an imbalance in terms of shots conceded.

31 - Paris is the first team to win a Champions League match without overtime with at least 31 shots suffered since Arsenal's 4-1 victory (32 shots suffered) at Galatasaray on December 9, 2014. Blessing.

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3.8 "expected goals" suffered by PSG against 1.4

Another statistic which illustrates Paris's ability to suffer outrageously without ever flinching.

Pochettino's men suffered 3.8 expected goals, a statistic that indicates the probability of a goal being scored depending on the shooter's location.

It is almost a point more than in 2017 during the comeback of FC Barcelona (2.98) and the 6-1 defeat at Camp Nou.

A record at the time that PSG had approached in their round of 16 return a month ago, still against Barça (2.63).

Ten stops for Keylor Navas

The Costa Rican has been monumental again.

Well saved by his bar at the start on a head of Choupo-Moting, he then carried out a series of high-flying interventions on the ground as in the air.

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Bayern-PSG (2-3): the notes of the Parisians

108.3 km traveled by Parisians

PSG did not have possession (39%).

He managed almost half as many passes as his opponent (266 against 504).

And so, unsurprisingly, he ran, ran a lot.

More than the Munich (107.5) and especially much more than in the final lost last summer in Lisbon, during the "final 8" (0-1).

The odometer stood at 99 km, against 104 for Bayern.

One yellow card

The PSG contained the Bavarian assaults without putting themselves at the fault.

Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz has whistled seven times against the Parisians and nearly sixteen times against Bayern.

Likewise, Draxler is the only one to have received a rusk, against four Bavarians (Hernandez, Kimmich, Choupo-Moting, Boateng).

Gueye, a full match

We talked about Mbappé and Navas, decisive on each side of the field.

But what about Gana Gueye's performance?

The Senegalese midfielder suffered like the whole team, but he was invaluable in the recovery (75% of duels won) and just in the first revival.

No Parisian has touched as many balls as him (56) and managed as many passes in the opposing camp (16).

In short, an essential link on the rare occasions when Paris has been able to deploy its talents against.

And this from the beginning to the end of the meeting.

100% chance of qualifying

PSG therefore took a significant advantage for qualifying towards the semi-finals.

According to the history of the competition, 100% of the teams having won a first leg away, in the knockout phase of the Champions League with a score of 3-2, qualified for the next round (8 out of 8).