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Kadidiatou Diani (left) of PSG and Giulia Gwinn of Bayern Munich in the Champions League Quarterfinals
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Weakened by corona-related absences, FC Bayern Munich failed in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with great unhappiness.
After seven positive cases, the team of coach Jens Scheuer came to a 2: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1) after extra time in the second leg at Paris St. Germain, in the first leg there was a 1: 2 in the previous week.
Saki Kumagai (19th) and Lea Schüller (55th) scored for Bayern, Sandy Baltimore (17th) and Ramona Bachmann (112th) scored for the French champions.
PSG meets record winners Olympique Lyon or Juventus Turin (first leg 1: 2) in the semi-finals at the end of April.
Coach Scheuer had described the Covid outbreak at the wrong time as a “catastrophe”, in the Prinzenpark the head coach was missing a total of eleven regulars due to three long-term injuries and the yellow card suspension for Viviane Asseyi, only two field players took a seat on the bench.
Despite the weakening of the team, the second-placed Bundesliga team got into the game well and the 0-1 came out of nowhere.
A cross from Baltimore grew longer and longer, Janina Leitzig in the Bayern goal looked unhappy when she conceded.
But the answer came quickly: After a header from Schüller, which Barbora Votikova was only able to fend off with difficulty, Kumagai dusted off.
In the second round, the Bayern women, who met leaders VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga summit on Sunday (2 p.m. / MagentaSport), put a lot of pressure on them and earned the lead.
A shot by Klara Bühl was deflected by Schüller with his elbow into the goal.
In front of 27,262 fans, a record for a PSG home game, the Munich team pushed for the third goal.
Paris remained harmless for a long time before Leitzig made a brilliant save against Marie-Antoinette Katoto (79').
In the additional 30 minutes, it was the Swiss substitute Bachmann who kicked with a well-placed shot.
Previously, the women of FC Barcelona eliminated Real Madrid in front of a world record crowd of 91,553 spectators at the Camp Nou stadium on the way to the semifinals.
The defending champion around star player Alexia Putellas won the Clasico in their own arena 5: 2 (1: 1), Barca had already triumphed in the first leg (3: 1).
Barca will face Wolfsburg or Arsenal in the semifinals.
The second leg will take place on Thursday (6.45 p.m. / DAZN) in Wolfsburg.
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