In the first part, both teams enjoyed alternatives and chances, but neither was able to make a point or take full control. Bayern had more ball, but PSG came out well on the counter. Thus came the best of the first period, with Messi unable to define up to three times inside the Bavarian area against the Swiss wall, Sommer, who had a great game. The bad news kept coming for the French, who first lost Marquinhos to injury, and then saw De Ligt save from behind the posts, from an empty goal, a shot from Vitinha that was too weak.

At 0-0, Parisian hopes were intact, and Galtier’s men came out to surprise Nagelsmann’s men in the second period. However, the surprise was taken by them, and it could have been twice. The first dangerous attack by the Germans ended in a goal from Choupo-Moting, who finished off with a header but could not prevent Müller, offside, from touched the ball just enough for the VAR to cancel the goal.

PSG’s siege of Sommer’s goal continued, but with more haste than football. Despair seized the French team, with a Messi missing in action and a misguided Mbappé into space. Even so, they were still down by just one goal, and they did not lose faith… Until Choupo-Moting reappeared. Between Goreztka and Müller they recovered a ball that Verratti intended to play with his back to the edge of his own area, and his mistake was capitalized by the German striker to beat Donnarumma at pleasure after the pass of death.