FC Bayern wants to get their ticket to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the second leg against PSG.
When it came to the line-up, Julian Nagelsmann had almost made up his mind.
Munich – Like a big, dark shadow, it has been buzzing over Munich for days.
When FC Bayern meets PSG in the second leg of the Champions League on Wednesday evening, there is one man in focus: Kylian Mbappé.
After his substitution in the first leg, the French superstar showed what Munich now expects.
Paris is a very different team when Mbappé is a part of it.
A failure from the other superstar Neymar does not play a major role.
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Even Thomas Müller is impressed by the 24-year-old player from Paris.
"I think the whole world likes to watch him," said the 33-year-old at the press conference in the Allianz Arena on Tuesday afternoon.
On Säbener Strasse, people will not only be asking themselves the question since yesterday: How can this Mbappé be stopped?
For Müller, this is only possible as a team.
"Even if Mbappé is an important player, football is still a team sport," said the Bayern star: "We'll be very busy tomorrow."
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Julian Nagelsmann has already given insights into Bayern's line-up against PSG.
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Bayern line-up against PSG: Julian Nagelsmann reveals defense secret
Since Benjamin Pavard will miss the first leg due to his yellow-red card, coach Julian Nagelsmann has to rebuild his defense a bit.
The coach already revealed the defense secret during the media round.
Josip Stanisic, who was convincing against Union and recently also in Stuttgart, will start against PSG.
"As of now, I assume that he will play," explained Nagelsmann: "He has slight problems with his thigh, but I assume so.
Because we have to do without Benji Pavard, Stani has the edge.” So no Joao Cancelo and no Daley Blind – both of whom are significantly more experienced internationally.
Youngster Stanisic is given preference and has to compete against none other than Mbappé.
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Line-up: Sommer in goal, back three with Stanisic, Upamecano and de Ligt
Otherwise, of course, Yann Sommer will be in the box.
In addition to Stanisic, Matthijs de Ligt and Dayot Upamecano will complete Bayern's back three.
In central midfield there is currently no getting past the strong Leon Goretzka.
As usual, Joshua Kimmich will pull the strings at his side from a more defensive position.
On the wings, Alphonso Davies (left) and Kingsley Coman on the right come with Nagelsmann's confidence.
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Jamal Musiala has been directing the offensive for a week.
Leroy Sané and Serge Gnabry are left with only the role of the joker.
The now 20-year-old Musiala wants to experience his big international baptism of fire against PSG and is hoping for a knot-solver in the form of a goal.
Behind the front, which will be called Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Thomas Müller should start as a free, hanging attacker.
The PSG game is of course a special one for the German-Cameroonian.
From 2018 to 2020 he ran on the Seine.
However, Choupo is said not to have had an easy time in the team at the time.
"If he was made fun of, then people have no idea about football," said Müller on Tuesday at the press conference before the game: "He's a very important factor for us at the moment, but he must have had the qualities back then."
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The 33-year-old has already scored 16 goals in 25 games this season.
That's why Choupo-Moting is preferred to Sadio Mané, who is fit again after his injury.
"He's getting more and more rhythm, I don't think he'll start," Nagelsmann said of the Senegalese: "But it also depends on the other strikers how Choupo feels.
If he doesn't start, Sadio can be one of those players who comes off the bench and can and wants to be a decider.
Depending on what we need.”
Bayern should therefore start with the same starting XI as in Stuttgart against PSG.
At VfB, the nailsmen were known to have a hard time at the back.
So it will be interesting to see how the Bayern stars perform in this important game.
The expected line-up of FC Bayern:
Sommer - Stanisic, Upamecano, de Ligt - Coman, Goretzka, Kimmich, Davies - Musiala - Müller, Choupo-Moting
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