{"id":422381,"date":"2026-04-28T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/422381\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:53:08","slug":"psg-swing-nine-goal-classic-against-bayern-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/422381\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG swing nine-goal classic against Bayern in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich produced an epic Champions League semi-final as the French holders claimed a 5-4 first-leg victory at Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n

In what was the highest-scoring semi-final game in the competition’s history, PSG recovered from an early Harry Kane penalty – the England captain’s 54th goal of the season – to lead 5-2 after 58 minutes.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele both scored twice and Joao Neves added a thumping header.<\/p>\n

Michael Olise had rifled home a superb equaliser to make it 2-2, but the tie was slipping away from Bayern until Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz underlined their resolve.<\/p>\n

Bayern boss Vincent Kompany was serving a touchline ban after picking up three yellow cards in the tournament.<\/p>\n

PSG fans demanded a spot-kick for Aleksandar Pavlovic’s tackle on Dembele, but it was the other penalty spot that Swiss referee Sandro Scharer was soon pointing at.<\/p>\n

\"Michael
\nMichael Olise shone for Bayern Munich<\/p>\n

A swift Bayern counter-attack after 17 minutes ended with Olise feeding Diaz and Willian Pacho clattering the Colombian.<\/p>\n

Kane converted easily to score for the sixth successive Champions League game, his 37th penalty success for Bayern in 39 attempts.<\/p>\n

Bayern almost doubled their lead when Kane fed Olise and Matvey Safonov stuck out a hand for Marquinhos to clear off the line.<\/p>\n

Dembele passed up a one-on-one opportunity, shooting horribly wide, but PSG were level after 24 minutes.<\/p>\n

Desire Doue released Kvaratskhelia and the Georgian cut onto his right foot and picked out the far corner with a delicious finish.<\/p>\n

Olise breezed past Nuno Mendes and Marquinhos for the ball to clip a post after striking Joao Neves.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese midfielder soon had a major impact at the other end, meeting Dembele’s corner with power and precision.<\/p>\n

Doue dragged a shot just wide and Bayern levelled four minutes before the break as the outstanding Olise, having drifted infield, hammered a shot from 20 yards with PSG players surrounding him.<\/p>\n

There was still time for further first-half drama as Dembele’s cross hit Alphonso Davies from close range.<\/p>\n

The ball struck Davies’ leg before making contact with his arm and the referee was sent to the VAR monitor.<\/p>\n

\"Ousmane
\nOusmane Dembele celebrates after scoring from the spot<\/p>\n

If that was an ominous sign for Bayern, so was the award of a penalty as Dembele stepped up to beat Manuel Neuer’s dive with perfect placement.<\/p>\n

PSG took a firm grip on the tie with two goals in as many minutes before the hour mark.<\/p>\n

Kvaratskhelia buried Achraf Hakimi’s cross and Doue then set up Dembele whose disguised near-post shot kissed a post on its way in.<\/p>\n

Bayern looked shell-shocked, but Upamecano met Joshua Kimmich’s free-kick with a deft header after 65 minutes.<\/p>\n

Three minutes later Diaz produced a moment of magic from Kane’s pass, controlling a dropping ball and holding off Marquinhos to score.<\/p>\n

Initially denied by an offside flag, the goal stood after a VAR check to offer Bayern – who saw Kimmich’s stoppage-time attempt headed off the line by Pacho after Senny Mayulu had struck the upright for PSG – real belief they can turn around the tie in Bavaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich produced an epic Champions League semi-final as the French holders claimed a 5-4…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-422381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}