Psg-Bayern Munich, semi-final show: 5-4 and a Kvaratskhelia in great form

A great match was expected, it was extraordinary. PSG and Bayern played a semi-final that will go down in history for the game, the emotions, the intensity, the score — a resounding 5-4 — and also for what could have been: there were more goals, and an even more lunar result at this level.

For Paris Saint-Germain remains the I’m sorry I wasn’t able to finish the game and even perhaps there qualification for the final in Budapest when he found himself at 5-2 and missed a couple of clear opportunities to win the set (against Bayern, it seems like science fiction). For Bayern, the anger of not having completed a sensational comeback which in the last few minutes seemed within reach.

The football of the two coaches Luis Enrique and Vincent Kompany And based on the attack and the collectivethe team is more important than individual champions. But the «Georgian magician» Kvaratskhelia and the Ballon d’Or winner Dembélé on the one hand, and the elusive Olise and Díaz on the other they offered a wonderful show in terms of technique and above all ability to make an impact in decisive moments. In the second half Kvara and Dembélé led PSG, before a crazy recovery by Upamecano and Diaz for Bayern.

Five goals in the first half alonewhich ended with a penalty from Dembélé which allowed PSG to go into the locker room with a 3-2 lead, and with an extra psychological edge because the Bayern players they were unable to receive deliveries from the disqualified coach Vincent Kompany and placed under strict surveillance – no cell phone, no contact with assistants – by UEFA officials.

It had started a bit uphill for PSG, with the defense in trouble and a yellow card for captain Marquinhos already in the 13th minute. A few minutes later Bayern’s Colombian Luis Daaz enters the area, Pacho is unable to stop him without fouling under the eyes of the refereewho has no hesitations. Penalty, Kane takes it which displaces Safonov. Bayern in the lead, the two thousand in red shirts who arrived from Munich go crazy.

The blow is tough, for a few minutes PSG seems exhausted, but it is in these moments that a great champion takes the team by the hand and gets them out of trouble. PSG has many champions, but it is Kvaratskhelia is the right man, in these cases. He knows that he is the one who has to make amends, and like so many other times he hunches over, he outpaces his opponent on the wing, centers himself and unleashes a precise, perfect, uncatchable shot. One by one, the nightmare is already over. And PSG will no longer be behind for the rest of the match, the goal festival starts again with the header from a corner by the least tall player on the pitch, João Neves. Paris believes it but Olise equalizes for Bayernuntil Dembélé’s penalty ends the most incredible first 45 minutes of one of the best matches of recent years.

The second half shows that PSG and Bayern are both teams at times unplayable, unstoppable. Capable of spreading in a few minutes, of being taken back and starting again. When Fabian Ruiz replaced Zaire-Emery in the second half, PSG played with the same team from the final that won last year against Interexcept for goalkeeper Safonov in place of Donnarumma. Al return of Munichon Wednesday 6 May, the two goal machines of European football will have another 90 minutes, at least, to repeat their lesson to the world.