The fate of Christophe Galtier's tenure at Paris Saint-Germain is in the balance as they face a crucial 90 minutes against Bayern Munich in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night. In the first leg, a single goal from former PSG player, Kingsley Coman sealed a 1-0 victory for the Bavarian team, leaving PSG feeling down and a difficult task ahead.
In the first leg of the round of 16, Bayern Munich recalled memories of the 2019-20 season final against PSG, which they beat with a Coman goal. The same story was repeated when the two teams met again in the French capital, where Coman, a former PSG academy player, scored the only goal in the 53rd minute, helping Julian Nagelsmann's side seal a precious victory.
Despite the late sacking of Benjamin Pavard, Bayern are halfway through their revenge, having been knocked out in the quarter-finals by PSG last season and avoided being eliminated in the round of 16 for 12 Champions League seasons. In the 2018-19 season, Liverpool defeated the longtime champion Germany at this stage. Bayern Munich boasts an impressive record in the Champions League, not being eliminated after winning the first leg of the knockout round since the 2010-11 season. The German champions have won 15 of the last 17 top European matches at the Allianz Arena, including all three group stage games against Barcelona, ??Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen this season, with the side advantage of keeping clean grid in all three sets. .
Bayern are also a force to be reckoned with at home, having failed to score in a Champions League match at the Allianz Arena since April 2018. Moreover, they still control the Bundesliga title race. after a 2-1 win over Stuttgart on Saturday, just hours before PSG made their match history.
Although PSG's defense revealed some flaws, they still got a 4-2 victory over Nantes in Ligue 1 at the weekend. The historic victory will be remembered by the French champions as they celebrate Kylian Mbappe's feat of becoming the club's all-time top scorer by surpassing Edinson Cavani's record of 200 goals. . Mbappe's goal, his fourth and final goal for PSG, came late in the game and was followed by an emotional explosion.
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