If there was a surprise in Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League exit, it wasn’t the fact it went out to Bayern, but the manner of the exit. This was PSG’s fifth elimination in the last 16 in the last seven years, and, in one sense, there is no shame in going out to the perennial German champion. But this was a desperately limp display, disjointed and, frankly, lacking in heart.
In the second half, when it needed at least a goal to make up the first-leg deficit, there was nothing. This is far from a great Bayern, but it slowly ramped up the pressure after halftime. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had a goal ruled out because Thomas Müller was just offside, but then he later opened the scoring on 61 minutes to put Bayern 2–0 up in aggregate. For the Cameroonian, perhaps, there was a sense of vindication having been released by PSG in 2020.
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