An old and recent acquaintance and an overall unplayable opponent.
PSG inherits this Monday from an infernal round of 16 (February 14 - February 7) with Bayern Munich, its executioner in the 2020 final in Lisbon completed in the final 8 format because of the Covid pandemic.
He will find him again in the spring of 2021 for a double confrontation in the quarter-finals, this time won over both matches.
Paris, thanks to a Kylian Mbappé on fire, won the first leg 3-2 in Munich and lost 1-0 on the return.
With the new rule which gives goals scored away the same flavor, the same weight as those scored at home, there would have been extra time.
At the time, the coach was Mauricio Pochettino, and at the Allianz Arena, the PSG full-backs were called Mitchel Bakker and Colin Dagba.
It is to say if since the club of the capital has changed a lot.
But Bayern Munich too.
The coach is no longer Hansi Flick but Julian Nagelsmann, the young technician (35) star of the Bundesliga.
Robert Lewandowski left for FC Barcelona but the Bavarians have recovered Sadio Mané, another giant among world-class attackers, formidable in recent seasons with Liverpool as with Senegal.
Leader of the German championship, one point ahead of Freiburg, Bayern have lost only one meeting in their domestic competition.
Despite a start to the season that was perhaps a bit sluggish, he has been enjoying it ever since, with successful matches, constant movement, constant attacks.
In the Champions League, the Germans were impressive, with six victories in a strong group, undoubtedly the strongest of the group stage.
They relegated Barcelona to third place and also beat Inter Milan twice.
They scored 18 goals and conceded just two.
It is a superior team to PSG, ahead collectively.
The only good news for PSG is that this formation has an immutable culture, focused on the offensive.
It therefore opens the game and leaves spaces.
For Mbappe?