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64 min: Warren Za\u00efre-Emery is replaced by Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz. Haven\u2019t Bayern suffered enough?<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min: Bayern need something, and they\u2019re not beyond getting it. Diaz dazzles his way past a couple of challenges down the left, but upon reaching the edge of the six-yard box, takes one touch too many and can\u2019t dink the ball over Safonov, who snaffles. \u201cOK, so this might sound stupid, but I can\u2019t see this finishing 5-2,\u201d quips Andy Gordon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min: Up in the stand, the suspended Vincent Kompany stares at a spot exactly 1,000 yards in the distance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: This is one of the great all-time semi-final performances. And that\u2019s just talking about Bayern Munich<\/a>, who are three goals down despite contributing so much good football to the occasion. PSG are operating on another level altogether! This is such good fun.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 5-2 Bayern Munich (Dembele 58)<\/p>\n Kane, Musiala and Laimer exchange clipped passes down the middle. It\u2019s a smooth move, but it breaks down on the edge of the PSG box. The hosts counter, and Doue races down the right, before drifting infield and finding Dembele coming in from the left. From the edge of the box, Dembele threads a speculative early shot towards the bottom left. Neuer is rooted to the spot. The ball pings off the base of the post and in! This is suddenly a rout!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Bayern Munich (Kvaratskhelia 56)<\/p>\n Hakimi is released into space down the right. A lovely curled long pass from the centre circle by Vitinha. Hakimi enters the box and cuts back. Dembele dummies on the penalty spot, Kvaratskhelia racing in from the left to larrup an unstoppable effort into the bottom left. This game!<\/p>\n Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates scoring his second, and PSG\u2019s fourth goal. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.24 EDT<\/p>\n 54 min: Diaz busies himself down the left again, slipping a pass infield for Laimer, who toe-pokes a first-time shot wide left from six yards out. Not as easy as it sounds: a tight angle, high speed, all that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min: Diaz glides in from the left and floats a diagonal to Stani\u0161i\u0107, on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box. Stani\u0161i\u0107 looks for Kane in the middle, but his square ball is cut out and cleared by Pacho. Kane holds his head in his hands, having been dreaming of a tap-in for nanoseconds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51 min: Yeah, so the answer to that is: not long. Kvaratskhelia bursts clear down the left in his usual stylish manner. He enters the box and hits the deck. Penalty? Nope, though VAR has a look. Replays show Kvaratskhelia accidentally clipping Upamecano\u2019s leg while pulling the trigger to shoot. He instigated the contact, so nothing doing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: A slightly subdued to start to the second half, as though both teams have been told to rein it in a bit, and tighten up for Christ\u2019s sake, by their shell-shocked bosses. Let\u2019s see how long everyone can keep toeing the party line on that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47 min: That PSG penalty for handball was a mildly controversial one, for sure, though it\u2019s probably worth remembering that Uefa officials are usually stricter on this particular subject than Premier League refs. \u201cThe ball hit Davies on the hip before his arm so technically should not have been given,\u201d writes Rina in Montreal. \u201cKimmich can be heard arguing vociferously with the ref.\u201d Meanwhile Niall Mullen adds: \u201cThat VAR penalty was like your dad trying to join in when you\u2019re having a night out with your mates. OK Dad, you can tell your joke, but we are already having fun, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.12 EDT<\/p>\n Bayern get the ball rolling for the second half, having replaced the unfortunate Alphonso Davies with Konrad Laimer. They don\u2019t look for touch. \u201cI was invited to a dinner with friends at a good restaurant in Naples this evening but decided this match was the tastier option,\u201d writes Colum Fordham. \u201cAnd the first half has been antipasto (Kane), primo (Kvaratskhelia), secondo (Neves), dolce (Olise) and liquore (Dembele) all in one. I can\u2019t think what the second half might offer? So I might just go and indulge a bit more. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen a better quality first half in all my born days.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Just one more thing (from the half-time postbag) \u2026 \u201cI can\u2019t help but notice goalscorer Jo\u00e3o Neves is the spitting image of a young Columbo\u201d \u2013 Kate Toft<\/p>\n Peter Falk. Photograph: Mohammed Badra\/EPAJo\u00e3o Neves, and no we\u2019re not above doing this hoary old caption gag yet again. Photograph: NBCU Photobank\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.11 EDT<\/p>\n Half-time postbag. \u201cOf the many amazing things about Kvaratskhelia\u2019s goal, I think my favorite is how he uses Stanisic to block Neuer\u2019s view, hiding what he\u2019s about to do, giving the ball a split second head start on the goalkeeper\u2019s dive. With most players I\u2019d think this was accidental, but I\u2019m pretty sure he did that on purpose\u201d \u2013 K\u00e1ri Tulinius<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a football half for the ages. Cannot remember the last time we saw such brilliantly contested attacking football of the highest quality\u201d \u2013 Saurav Samaddar<\/p>\n \u201cThis is surely the greatest Champions League<\/a> final of all time and there\u2019s still 135 minutes to go. Wait, you\u2019re telling me there\u2019s two other teams who can notionally still win it and play each other tomorrow?\u201d \u2013 David Howell<\/p>\n \u201cA case of Libert\u00e9, \u00e9galit\u00e9, absurdit\u00e9\u201d \u2013 Justin Kavanagh<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s $2.3m for a ticket to the World Cup final. How much for a ticket for the return leg in Munich?\u201d \u2013 Gary Stover<\/p>\n \u201cThis fast-paced, end-to-end attacking stuff is all well and good, but I for one can\u2019t wait for tomorrow night when we will get to see some proper attritional defending\u201d \u2013 Simon Cherry<\/p>\n \u201cIs that smoke coming from your keyboard, Scott?\u201d \u2013 Niall Mullen<\/p>\n Share<\/a>HALF TIME: Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 Bayern Munich<\/p>\n \u2026 and breathe. We won\u2019t insult your intelligence by asking you to relax. Wow!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 Bayern Munich (Dembele 45+4)<\/p>\n Dembele whistles the penalty into the bottom right. Neuer dives the correct way, but such was the force of the spot kick, he was never getting there in time. Or not getting enough of himself there. A fingertip wasn\u2019t stopping that!<\/p>\n Ousmane Dembele just squeezes the ball past Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer to score from the penalty spot for PSG\u2019s third goal and restore the home side\u2019s lead. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty ImagesBayern Munich keeper Manuel Neuer looks rueful. Photograph: Dave Winter\/ShutterstockDembele celebrates. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.16 EDT<\/p>\n Penalty to PSG!<\/p>\n 45 min +4: The referee draws another screen in the sky, and points to the spot. The ball certainly hit Davies on the hand, which was far enough from his body for the decision to be made, albeit via his thigh. Proximity may have saved him on another day, but not this one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.06 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min +3: The referee draws a TV screen in the air, the universal sign for Trouble Afoot. He\u2019s asked over to the screen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +2: \u2026 but VAR is going to take a look, so the ref won\u2019t blow for the half-time break yet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +1: Hakimi crosses from the right. Tah sticks out a leg to divert out for a corner with Dembele lurking. Dembele goes across to take it himself. The ball\u2019s worked right to left and back again, and Dembele curls a cross into the box. It hits Davies on his hanging arm. Dembele claims a penalty kick. The referee\u2019s not interested \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: Just the one extra minute. Bah.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43 min: That\u2019s stunned the home crowd into relative quiet again. The small Bayern contingent making most of the noise now. What a glorious back-and-forth game of football this has been.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Bayern Munich (Olise 41)<\/p>\n This is so easy, yet so brilliant. Olise turns into a little bit of space in the middle, 30 yards out. He ambles towards the box, drawing four defenders from all corners before unleashing hell from the edge of the D. A shot hit with such venom that, while it\u2019s kind of straight at Safonov, the keeper can\u2019t react in time. The ball nearly rips the net off as it jet-sails into the goal. No half-time break, please! Just keep going for as long as you\u2019re all able to stay standing.<\/p>\n Bayern Munich\u2019s Michael Olise scores their second goal to restore parity at PSG. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier\/ReutersOlise celebrates. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.49 EDT<\/p>\n 39 min: Kvaratskhelia, facing the wrong way on the halfway line, spins Stani\u0161i\u0107 with ease and looks like tearing off towards goal. But Stani\u0161i\u0107 does well to get back, and launches a counter. Suddenly he\u2019s clear in the PSG box on the right! But he hesitates when he should be shooting, allowing Pancho to get across and block. This is beyond absurd. Beautifully absurd.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: Diaz jinks his way into the PSG box down the left. He slips in Musiala to his right. Musiala should shoot, but tries to feed Olise only for the ball to roll behind his team-mate. PSG counter, zig-zagging passes and runs up the middle before releasing Doue into space down the inside-right channel. Doue enters the box and drills a low shot across Neuer and inches wide of the left-hand post. This is top-notch entertainment. This is not going to end 2-1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: \u2026 and now Dembele bombs down the middle, clear of everyone except Upamecano. The big defender blocks. But now it\u2019s Bayern\u2019s turn to look all over the shop at the back! It\u2019s only 15 minutes since Olise should have put Bayern two up!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Bayern Munich (Neves 33)<\/p>\n The corner comes in from the left. Joao Neves steals a march at the near post, eight yards out, and glances a header across Neuer and into the bottom right! So cute.<\/p>\n PSG’s Joao Neves (right) flicks a header into the Bayern net. Photograph: Aur\u00e9lien Morissard\/APNeves (second right) celebrates with fellow goalscorer Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (left) and Desire Doue. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.51 EDT<\/p>\n 32 min: This is breathless end-to-end fun. Olise dribbles into the PSG box from the right. He skips along the byline, and his cross-cum-shot deflects off Safonov, onto the right-hand post, and back into the keeper\u2019s arms. Then the hosts counter, Doue dancing in from the left and fizzing a shot inches wide of Neuer\u2019s bottom left. A slight deflection, and from the corner \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min: From the right-hand corner of the box, Dembele smacks a power curler straight into Pavlovi\u0107. He claims a penalty, and with some feeling, but the referee\u2019s not interested. Nor is VAR. Rightly so, Pavlovi\u0107 having been hit on the upper arm, next to his body with his back turned.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min: Hakimi curls a low ball in from the right. He\u2019s hoping to find Dembele, with a view to the striker prodding home from close range, but Neuer reads the danger and is quickly off his line to flop and smother. This is fun.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min: Doue advances down the right and tries to pull off the mirror image of Kvaratskhelia\u2019s trick. Full marks for ambition, but his shot clanks into the nearest defender. How quickly the pendulum swings. This is a great match.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min: The Parc des Princes wasn\u2019t exactly quiet beforehand. But Bayern\u2019s dominance had subdued the crowd a little. Now it\u2019s very much a different matter. And if anyone\u2019s saying Bayern look like the best team in Europe \u2013 ahem \u2013 well, Mr Kvaratskhelia and PSG want a word.<\/p>\n Paris St Germain fans celebrate with flares after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia levelled the scores. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.32 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Bayern Munich (Kvaratskhelia 24)<\/p>\n Kvaratskhelia races down the left. He glides infield, past Stani\u0161i\u0107 as though he wasn\u2019t there, then opens his body before curling a low shot across Neuer and into the bottom right. Exquisitely planted into the corner, rippling the side netting. What a player. What a dribbler. An astonishing goal by Kvaratskhelia. Another astonishing goal by Kvaratskhelia.<\/p>\n A fine finish from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia puts the home side back on level terms. Photograph: Dave Winter\/ShutterstockKvaratskhelia (right) celebrates with Desire Doue. Photograph: Franck Fife\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.35 EDT<\/p>\n 23 min: It should have been 0-2. Now it should be 1-1. Dembele is suddenly sent scampering into an absurd amount of space down the inside-left channel. He enters the box, one on one with Neuer. He\u2019s got Doue in the middle, but he\u2019s within his rights to take a shot himself. And that\u2019s what he does, nearly hitting the corner flag on the right with a monumental shank. But then \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 min: Pacho clatters into Kane. The PSG defenders are all over the shop at the moment. \u201cThis is an unusual game of football – lively, skilful, imaginative and with some lovely progressive interplay,\u201d observes Charles Antaki. \u201cFootball isn\u2019t played with such brio, surely? But then I\u2019ve been watching a lot of Arsenal recently.\u201d Charles is an Arsenal fan, to be fair, though I look forward to your letters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20 min: Kane picks up possession 35 yards out. He could advance and shoot, but rolls in Olise to his right. Olise is one on one with Safonov, and he\u2019s a bit too casual in his attempt to sweep into the bottom left. The keeper gets enough on the soft shot to block, and PSG clear their lines. It should be 0-2.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.23 EDT<\/p>\n 19 min: \u2026 and so Bayern keep up their record of scoring in every match they\u2019ve played this season. Just the 168 goals so far. The best team in Europe? It\u2019s looking that way right now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Bayern Munich (Kane 17 pen)<\/p>\n Kane takes a stuttering step \u2026 waits for Safonov to commit himself \u2026 then whip-cracks the penalty into the bottom-right corner. Easy as that! Or he makes it look easy, anyway. That\u2019s his 37th successful penalty of his Bayern career, and his 54th goal of the season!<\/p>\n Harry Kane sends PSG keeper Matvey Safonov the wrong way from the spot \u2026 Photograph: Dave Winter\/ShutterstockThen celebrates after opening the scoring at PSG. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.31 EDT<\/p>\n Penalty to Bayern!<\/p>\n 16 min: A ball rolled into the PSG box down the middle by Olise. Diaz takes control and shapes to shoot, but is then nicked by Pacho\u2019s slide tackle. The referee points to the spot!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15 min: PSG work the ball right to left across the front of the Bayern box. Kvaratskhelia bursts into space. He crosses. Doue clears. Bayern counter, and \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min: Kimmich loops the corner in from the left. It goes right under the bar, and Safonov does extremely well to punch powerfully clear under big pressure.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 13 min: Kimmich wedges the set play into the mixer, forcing Vitinha to head behind under pressure from the lurking Kane.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12 min: Diaz blazes his way down the inside-left channel before attempting to chop infield past Marquinhos. The PSG captain isn\u2019t having that, and stands his ground. Illegally so, and goes into the book. Another free kick for Bayern, 30 yards out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 min: Kimmich fizzes the free kick low and right to Olise, who gets past Za\u00efre-Emery but can\u2019t repeat the trick with Doue. PSG clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10 min: Kane takes his first touch of the ball and is abruptly clattered by Za\u00efre-Emery. That\u2019ll be a free kick, 30 yards out in a central position. \u201cBooting the ball into touch straight from the kick-off has got to be the most annoying tactical trend this season,\u201d writes Peter Oh, teeing himself up for the punchline. \u201cI say kick it out!\u201d<\/p>\n Looks like that smarts somewhat. Photograph: Christophe Ena\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.21 EDT<\/p>\n 8 min: \u2026 and then suddenly Doue makes good down the left, but his low cutback doesn\u2019t go anywhere near a blue PSG shirt. A red Bayern one intercepts and clears.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7 min: PSG take their turn to have a go on the ball. They pass it around the back awhile, patiently so.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 5 min: Olise tries down the other flank, and gets the better of Mendes, but his low cross is cut out by Safonov, who handles confidently. A lot of whistling, given Bayern\u2019s equally confident start.<\/p>\n PSG keeper Matvey Safonov claims the ball. Photograph: Maja Hitij\/Uefa\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.19 EDT<\/p>\n 3 min: Olise tries to advance down the left but Za\u00efre-Emery is all over him in a flash. It\u2019s a high-octane start, and Bayern are seeing more of the ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 min: Stani\u0161i\u0107 sends a long throw down the right for Musiala, who gathers by the PSG box before returning the ball to the Bayern right-back. Stani\u0161i\u0107 crosses. Pacho heads clear. A positive start by the visitors.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n PSG get the ball rolling. Or rather boot it into touch, rugby-union style. That\u2019s football!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The teams are out! And the band strikes up \u2026<\/p>\n \u266b \u266a \u266c Die Meister A rare old racket in the Parc des Princes, the home fans giving it plenty, the travelling contingent from Bavaria doing their best to counter the noise. We\u2019ll be off in a minute!<\/p>\n The Paris St Germain fans unfurl a tifo. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersThe Bayern Munich fans\u2019 scarf game is strong. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.14 EDT<\/p>\n Pre-match postbag. \u201cIn the city of light and all things artistic (some might say pretentious), it\u2019s tres jolie to see your photographer going all avant garde with that image of what, in two hours time will be a very smelly (malodorous if you\u2019re being pretentious) room (salon). Gives your buildup a certain je ne sais pas atmosphere. And\u2026in the hometown of Les Miserables, pity the poor sod in the stands who finds himself sat next to Vincent Kompany. But they say Kompany loves misery, or something like that\u201d \u2013 Justin Kavanagh<\/p>\n \u201cObviously the neutrals will and should be cheering on PSG. The essence of the Champions League<\/a> is to help oligarchs, kleptocracies and unelected dictators gloss their tatty reputations, and I am sickened by the idea of some fan-owned Teutonic meritocracy – ugh – getting their unsullied hands on the trophy. I can\u2019t wait for General Zod or Lord Vader to swoop down and buy a club. Or Satan\u201d \u2013 Paul Griffin<\/p>\n \u201cAre we all ready for a Neuer howler to get things going?\u201d \u2013 krishnamoorthy v<\/p>\n The aforementioned avant-garde snap. Photograph: S Mellar\/FC Bayern\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.10 EDT<\/p>\n Vincent Kompany is replaced in the Bayern dugout tonight by his assistant Aaron Danks. The 42-year-old Brummie is best known in his own country as the man who took charge of Aston Villa for two matches after the sacking of Steven Gerrard, before joining Michael Carrick\u2019s backroom team at Middlesbrough. But he\u2019d already worked as Kompany\u2019s assistant at Anderlecht, and so came to Munich with his old mucker in June 2024.<\/p>\n As well as working with the team, Danks is also reportedly responsible for the everyday safekeeping of a cockatoo statue that has quickly become a symbol of success at Bayern. The porcelain parrot was on display in the Munich restaurant where the team watched Bayer Leverkusen draw with Freiburg last season, a result that gave Bayern the Bundesliga title, and caught the eye of one of the players, who nabbed it as a lucky charm. The following week, the cockatoo became part of Bayern\u2019s title celebrations, and has since been spotted front and centre of their Supercup hi-jinx as well as this year\u2019s Bundesliga party. The restaurant owner has since joked the bird \u201cflew away to watch a great football adventure up close\u201d.<\/p>\n Expect it to flap back into action should Bayern win the German Cup and\/or the Champions League<\/a>. Rumours that the players have named the bird Danski, after its new keeper, are unconfirmed.<\/p>\n The bird and Leon Goretzka, who reports that his avian pal \u201conly drinks champagne\u201d. Photograph: Tom Weller\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Good news for Paris Saint-Germain: Vitinha starts. He\u2019s back after two domestic games out with a right heel problem, so the holders are able to name the same starting XI that beat Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield a fortnight ago. Warren Za\u00efre-Emery gets the nod over Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz in midfield, the latter having only just recently returned from injury.<\/p>\n Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany will watch from the stand, having been handed a one-match suspension for picking up three yellow cards in this season\u2019s tournament. The latest came during the tumultuous quarter-final victory in Munich over Real Madrid, for telling the referee how he saw it in the wake of a challenge on Josip Stani\u0161i\u0107 that didn\u2019t lead to the award of a free kick but did lead to a Real goal. Alphonso Davies is in for Konrad Laimer, the only change to the Bayern starting XI from that match. Harry Kane, looking for his 54th goal of the season, leads the line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.14 EDT<\/p>\n The teams<\/p>\n Paris Saint-Germain: Safonov, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Za\u00efre-Emery, Vitinha, Jo\u00e3o Neves, Dou\u00e9, Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Kvaratskhelia. Bayern Munich: Neuer, Stani\u0161i\u0107, Upamecano, Tah, Davies, Kimmich, Pavolvic, Olise, Musiala, D\u00edaz, Kane. Referee: Sandro Sch\u00e4rer (Switzerland).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.19 EDT<\/p>\n \u266b \u266a \u266c \u201cMemorieeeeees light the corners of my mind \u2026\u201d \u266a \ud83c\udfb5 \ud83c\udfb6 Here\u2019s what happened when the teams met in the Big League phase back in November \u2026<\/p>\n \u2026 plus a reminder of how things panned out in that 2020 final \u2026<\/p>\n \u2026 but in the interest of balance, here\u2019s the one time PSG have avoided defeat in their last eight meetings with Bayern, a whirlwind victory that led to their putting out the then-holders in the 2021 quarter-finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a slow crescendo \u2013 poco a poco \u2013 but the Champions League has been building up to this: a summit meeting between the best two teams in the competition. On the face of it, you\u2019d have a good job confidently predicting the outcome of a tie between the outrageously talented holders and a side who have won 11 of their 12 games in the competition this season and simply don\u2019t know when they\u2019re beaten<\/a>. But then Bayern have won the last five games between the clubs, and seven in the last eight, including the 2020 final, so apologies for clouding your mind. The Paris Match<\/a> begins at 8pm BST. C\u2019est parti!<\/p>\n
Die Besten
Les grandes \u00e9quipes
The chaaaaaaaaaampions! \u266a \ud83c\udfb5 \ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n
Subs: Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Ruiz, Ramos, Lee, Hern\u00e1ndez, Mayulu, Ferna\u0301ndez, Barcola, Mbaye.<\/p>\n
Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Kim, Goretzka, Jackson, Ito, Laimer, Ofli, Pavic.<\/p>\n