For the Bayern Munich striker Thomas Müller, Kylian Mbappe is unquestionably the player “the most spectacular“of Paris SG, not only in”aesthetics” but also in “efficiency“, he said before facing Paris SG in the Champions League.
“The most spectacular player currently is very clearly Kylian Mbappé. His explosiveness combined with the right choices in the penalty area. It also goes where the attacker should be. It’s not just aesthetics, but it’s also very effective. I really like it“, underlined Thomas Müller in a press conference.
“The whole world loves to watch him play. Wednesday, we are not going to watch him, we are going to hinder him in his work. If our plan works, it won’t take much fun“, added Thomas Müller, double winner of the Champions League with Bayern in 2013 and 2020.
“Given his profile, Kylian Mbappé is a player who brings danger. You have to wonder how to stop such a player, but at the end of the day, it’s a team sport. It will be necessary to prevent the passes from reaching him, that he has the depth and the space he needs“, insisted Thomas Müller.
Facing Mbappé, Julian Nagelsmann is counting on the young Croatian Josip Stanisic (22), because the French international Benjamin Pavard is suspended after his exclusion in the first leg (two yellow cards). “As it stands, I assume he will play“explained the Bayern coach at a press conference.
The ten-time reigning German champion took a slight option for qualification in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after his success at the Parc des Princes in the first leg. “I see an advantage for us, very clearly. We are at home, which is an advantage, but in football, a goal ahead or behind, it can be made up for“, slipped Müller. “It will be tight“.
In the Champions League, Bayern have won fifteen of the last seventeen home matches, conceding only one draw (1-1 against Villarreal, synonymous with elimination last season in the quarter-finals) and one defeat against… Paris SG (3-2 in the first leg of the C1 during the 2020/21 season).
This season, the Bavarian club has conceded only two goals – on the lawn of the Czechs of Plzen – in seven matches, for 19 goals scored.
