In the hard in Ligue 1, eliminated from the Coupe de France, jostled by his own supporters… It is an understatement to write that the Paris Saint Germain does not approach its round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Bayern Munich, Tuesday February 14 at 9 p.m., with all the serenity that this type of meeting requires. But the return to the lawn of Kylian Mbappé could change things a little, or even a lot. Follow the meeting in our live.
Kylian Mbappé back? The suspense is likely to extend until the publication of the match sheet. Kylian Mbappé, who recovered quickly from a muscle injury, will he be present on the lawn of the Parc des Princes? Whether or not he is able to hold his own, by his mere presence in training, the three-time scorer in the World Cup final has already interrupted the gloomy spiral in which his team was trapped. “I have to prepare my team as if he were on the pitch. We are prepared for different scenarios and inevitably, that changes things a bit regarding our approach. But we will not change everything if he comes to play”recognizes Julian Nagelsmann, the coach of Bayern Munich.
A sleeping PSG. Saturday, after the sinking of his team on the lawn of Monaco, Presnel Kimpembe went to find a megaphone to speak to the disgruntled supporters of the capital club. “Don’t give up on us, we still need you. We’re going to regroup in the locker room, do things right and we’ll get moving on Tuesday.” Abused since the beginning of the year, thehe team of Christophe Galtier is going through a bad patch: it has just lost two matches in a row, in the league against Monaco (3-1), and before that in Marseille (2-1) in the Coupe de France.
An undefeated Bayern since mid-September. Form is clearly on the side of the Bavarians, with three consecutive victories in the league, of which they are still leaders. The Germans, whose last defeat in all competitions was five months ago, also won their six group stage matches of this Champions League. But internally too, the atmosphere has deteriorated: a conflict over the dismissal of a member of staff opposes in particular goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, captain injured until the end of the season, and the Bavarian club, reports SoFoot.
We meet once again. To beat PSG, Munich is counting a lot… on two former club members from the capital: Kingsley Coman, who scored the winning goal in the C1 final between the two teams in 2020 (1-0), and Eric Maxim Choupo -Moting, unfortunate finalist that year. The following year, PSG took brilliant revenge in the quarter-finals (3-2 first leg, then 0-1 return), with two dazzling matches from Neymar in particular.