Paris Saint Germain of France accumulated another frustration in the European Champions League, with the elimination in the round of 16 against Bayern Munich of Germany, which opens some uncertainty about the future of Osarino Lionel Messi at the club.
Bayern Munich won 2-0, in the packed Allianz Arena in Munich, with goals from Cameroonian Eric Choupo-Moting and German Serge Gnabry, and closed the series 3-0 in their favor, after the victory by the minimum in the one way game
Messi, with 799 goals in his professional career, started at PSG, a club where he has a contract until June of this year. In the previous days there were rumors regarding the extension of their link, with other remote options such as Inter Miami and Barcelona of Spain, but the captain and figure of the Argentine national team, world champion in Qatar 2022, did not comment on the matter.
The star from Rosario, who contributed four goals and four assists in this Champions League, scored four goals in seven games against Bayern Munich, but has a negative balance with five losses, one draw and two wins.
Paris Saint Germain, without the Brazilian star Neymar due to injury, suffered a new setback, despite its fleet of stars. In the rematch that was played in Munich, he did not know how to take advantage of two clear situations that arose in the first half.
The last French champion had it with Messi after 25 minutes, but between defenders Alphonso Davies and Matthijs de Ligt, plus goalkeeper Yann Sommer, they denied him the goal cry.
The Portuguese Vitinha, at the end of the first half, pressed and won before Sommer came out with the ball and his poorly adjusted shot made it possible for the Dutchman de Ligt to react on the line.
Bayern Munich, winner of six Championships, became the owner of the game in the second half against a PSG party and disjointed in their lines. Messi lost influence in the game and Kylian Mbappé never found space against the good mark of Frenchman Dayot Upamecano.
A mistaken control of the Italian Marco Verratti was the beginning of the end for PSG. The German Thomas Müller stole the ball and gave it to Choupo-Moting, free of marks, to open the scoring.
A header from Spaniard Sergio Ramos, deflected by Sommer for a corner, was PSG’s only response.
About the end, Gnabry sentenced the series and wrote a new bitter chapter for the Parisian club, stubborn a few years ago with winning the Champions League.
Not only Messi’s future at PSG entered a zone of doubt, but also the continuity of coach Christophe Galtier, who was also unable to guide a team full of stars.
For its part, Tottenham of England, with the expulsion of defending world champion Cristian Romero, was eliminated with a goalless draw against Milan of Italy. The Italian team asserted the minimal difference obtained in the first leg with the goal from Spaniard Brahim Díaz.
Romero left Tottenham with ten players after two very strong offenses that led to the double yellow card, with an expulsion after 32 minutes of the second stage.
The round of 16 rematch matches will continue as follows:
Tuesday 14: Manchester City of England (1)-Leipzig of Germany (1); and Inter from Italy (1)-Porto from Portugal (0). Wednesday 15: Real Madrid of Spain (5)-Liverpool of England (2); and Napoli from Italy (2)-Frankfurt from Germany (0).