On Tuesday, FC Bayern is a guest in the Champions League at Paris Saint-Germain. While Munich are mastering their dress rehearsal against Bochum on Saturday before the round of 16 first leg, things are going turbulently at the Scheich-Klub from the French capital.
The mood has shifted: After the 1: 3 (1: 3) on Saturday evening at AS Monaco, who with goalkeeper Alexander Nübel sometimes raised their opponent’s limits, especially in the first round, the supporters of Paris Saint-Germain were more than angry . Although the club with the billions from Qatar initially only fielded an improved B-Elf, coach Christophe Galtier’s team was unable to change the result in the second half either. And there were stars like Achraf Hakimi and Sergio Ramos on the pitch.
First, the PSG stars snuck into the dressing room with their heads bowed after the bankruptcy in third place. Only goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and just 16-year-old midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery, who had scored the equalizer (39th) for PSG, wanted to go to the fans.
According to Prime Video, it was captain Marquinhos who stopped the squad from confronting the angry fans as one. Defender Presnel Kimpembe finally dared and returned from the dressing room to show himself forgiving before the curve with a megaphone in hand. “I can only say: Thank you for coming. Don’t let us down now, we still need you. We will mobilize again in the dressing room, discuss things and attack again on Tuesday,” said the 27-year-old.
PSG, who had to compete in Monaco without Argentina’s world champion captain Lionel Messi and star striker Kylian Mbappé, had previously lost the round of 16 in the French Cup against arch-rivals Olympique Marseille (1-2), giving away a chance for the title. The round of 16 of the Champions League against FC Bayern has become even more important for the Scheich-Klub. The worries in Paris grow and grow. With an end against Bayern, PSG even face a season without a title, because the lead over Olympique Marseille has melted back to just five points in the league. PSG has already lost three games this season.
“It looks like a bad movie,” wrote the French sports newspaper “L’Équipe”. The capital city club is experiencing its worst winter since it was taken over by the Qatari investment fund in 2011. “Three defeats of the season start to annoy the shareholder, four a crisis brews, five the coach is threatened,” the newspaper said.
Alexander Golowin (4′) and Wissam Ben Yedder (18’/45′) scored for Monaco and their goals caused PSG’s third defeat of the season. The team of Monaco’s trainer Philippe Clement reduced the gap to the leaders from Paris to seven points with the victory. However, a win in Lyon could see RC Lens overtake the Monegasque again and join Olympique Marseille towards the top of the table.
