The Champions League is still a forbidden fruit for PSG. One more season, the disappointment is capital for the project of the petrodollars. Again, in the ditch with much more pain than glory. If last season they left the forum in a crazed Bernabéu, this time they bit the dust without remission in Munich, defeated by a much more compact and solid team like Bayern. Two seasons for Messi in Paris and two eliminations in the round of 16. Neither the Argentine, who went from more to less in the game, nor Mbappé, not very participative and unwise when he intervened, were unbalancing. The Bavarians, who had won the first leg 0-1, prevailed again. It can be clearly said that PSG’s image this season was much worse than when they suffered the white comeback.

Win or to the street. There was no other choice for PSG in their umpteenth attempt to shine in the Champions League. Subdue Bayern or accumulate another continental fiasco. After behaving like a tiny team in the Parc des Princes, in Munich the Parisian team had no choice but to change their coordinates. Galtier’s men had to become a more offensive, ambitious and purposeful group. They were only at the beginning.

With Neymar absent due to injury, PSG stood up in Munich with advanced pressure. The idea was not to let Bayern combine, while covering their backs against attacks by the Davies or Coman bands. You help behind, Mbappé at the top of the race and as a link, Messi. The Argentine had the mission of finding the French greyhound. In fact, in the first rushes of the match it was like that but Mbappé was guilty of a lack of precision in the controls.

Meanwhile, Bayern, with less ball than usual, did not come with any danger. Just a shot from Goretzka from the front and another, closer, from Musiala. That was the baggage of Nagelsmann’s men, who were hoarse in the technical area. Despite his shouts, Bayern shone more in containment. Goretzka collided with a Messi who bounced off. And De Ligt became the local hero on a couple of occasions. The first, blocking a double attempt by Messi in the small area. The second, deflecting a low shot from Vitinha over the goal line after a loss of the ball from goalkeeper Sommer, overtaken by Achraf. The Moroccan winger returned to the pitch after three weeks of injury and in the midst of his legal problems.

The rest was reached without the marker moving. Bayern had been less fierce than usual but PSG had not opened the can and had also lost Marquinhos due to injury. The Bavarians asserted the 0-1 in the first leg, perhaps waiting for PSG to have to attack more.

But Bayern has not been a contemplative team in modern times and returned from the locker room with more verve and with the firm will to take the helm of the game. Now it did look more like a more classic Bayern, with dynamism, legs and the ball. PSG was getting messy, now without Mukiele who had come on for Marquinhos and was also injured.

To the French, with Mbappé and Messi in limbo, the Bavarian waves were coming. The first warning was given by Choupo-Moting but his goal was canceled due to Müller’s offside. PSG was saved but it would be for a short time because in minute 60 Verratti lost a ball, pressured by Müller and Goretzka, who combined with Choupo-Moting. The striker scored at will. If Coman, formerly of the Parisians, saw the door in the first leg, in Munich a former footballer from the French team also prodded.

PSG was leaving the Champions League again. He needed two goals to force extra time. Sergio Ramos tried to put a tourniquet on the wound but his headshot repelled him in a feline Sommer way. Galtier was running out of ideas, the system did not change and the spare parts that he had on the bench did not seem to be guaranteed. To top it off, Gnabry put the finishing touches with the second (89). Life goes on the same in Paris. That is to say, from failure to failure in the Champions League.