Bayern vs PSG

For the fifth time in seven years, PSG's expensively assembled squad has been knocked out in the Champions League last 16, this time by Bayern.

We had a lot of important absentees in the first game and in the second game. Had a golden chance to open the scoring for PSG in the first half, but he wasn't clinical enough with the empty goal gaping. In the end, we deserved to win" [Sadio Mane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/169797/Sadio-Mané), who replaced Musiala as a late substitute, or [Leroy Sane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/202641/Leroy-Sané). Yet he joined PSG in 2021 with the challenge of helping the French team finally win their first Champions League, and for the second successive season, he and PSG have gone out in the round of 16. Right now, though, only Musiala is looking like the kind of world-class player that Bayern used to have in abundance. The Bayern star dominated the midfield and his first-half shoulder charge on Messi summed up how he approached this game. This isn't a vintage Bayern team, but nobody will want to face them in the latter stages simply because they know how to win in this competition. This might just have been the game in which Messi saw his last chance of one more Champions League crown disappear forever. Bayern had to weather an early PSG storm before taking control of this game, but once Choupo-Moting put them ahead on 60 minutes, the tie was in the bag. In continental competition, all PSG's Qatari owners have to show for their mammoth investment in the club is one final appearance. PSG, who lost to Bayern in Lisbon, Portugal, in their only Champions League final appearance to date in 2020, crashed out 3-0 on aggregate after losing the first-leg 1-0 in Paris.

Minute-by-minute report: Another year, another limp Champions League exit for Paris Saint-Germain. Scott Murray was watching.

42 min: Ramos ships possession, allowing Davies to slither this way and that, into the PSG box from the left. 64 min: Another corner for PSG out on the right. Verratti attempts to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick, but over-estimates the pace of the ball. 67 min: A snapshot by Mbappe from a tight angle on the left. Sane has the chance of feeding Davies into the box down the right, but misplaces the pass; it’s deflected, and he has to settle for a corner. 72 min: Bayern are probing for the goal that would surely kill this tie for good. 75 min: Sane dribbles this way and that, down the left flank and into the PSG box. 74 min: A bit of space for Mendes, 25 yards out in a pocket on the left. Kimmich brushes Verratti off the ball with absurd ease near the Bayern box, then launches a counter. A yellow would have seen him suspended for the first leg of the quart… “PSG have underperformed for the nth time. 90 min: There will be five added minutes, though PSG just want to go home now.

Can PSG prevent a second straight UEFA Champions League Round of 16 exit when they take on Bayern Munich in their own den?

They will then face a tricky fixture against Champions League challengers Rennes on 19th March. Having lost 1-0 at the Parc des Princes, Christophe Galtier's men have their task cut out against Bayern in the second leg. "If he passes a first player, there will be another one behind.