Paris Saint Germain (PSG) famous person Lionel Messi was almost ejected by a pitch invader throughout their recreation in opposition to Bayern Munich at Munich’s Allianz Arena within the Champions League spherical of 16 on Wednesday.
The incident befell when PSG had been trailing 2–0 and it was clear they had been being knocked out of the event. The attacker ran and virtually took Messi down. Security personnel instantly got here and caught the attacker and took him underneath his management.
Bayern Munich featured the celebrities of the World Cup and beat PSG 2–0 to advance to the quarter-finals 3–0 on combination. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe should wait one other 12 months for his or her probability to win the Champions League.
After former PSG ahead Kingsley Coman scored within the spherical of 16 first leg, Eric Maxime Choupo-Moting – one other former PSG participant – doubled the benefit earlier than Serge Gnabry completed the scoring on the Allianz Stadium.
PSG dominated the primary half of the sport and solely denied Bayern the lead with a goal-line clearance from Matthijs de Ligt, however Bayern shifted focus within the second half to safe the win.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann had beforehand spoken about plans to close down Messi and Mbappe and it appeared like Bayern’s defenders had been slowly taking them out of the sport.
“In the first game, we didn’t do what we talked about before,” Nagelsmann informed broadcaster DAZN. “There was a lot of space. We defended better in the second half and were dangerous on the ball. In the end we deserved to win.”
All PSG can do is win the French league title this season after being knocked out of the French Cup by Marseille final month.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
