FC Bayern is under pressure in the premier football league against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday evening. However, there is great confidence.
There was no trace of pressure with Harry Kane. The football superstar and Thomas Müller passed the balls to each other with a broad grin, and the flax also blossomed with the ear snaps for Serge Gnabry. There is so much at stake for FC Bayern: in the Champions League on Tuesday (9 p.m./Prime Video) against Paris Saint-Germain, but also afterwards in the league classic in Dortmund and the cup clash against Bayer Leverkusen.
The recipe? Bayern are approaching their week of truth step by step, but they didn’t want to downplay the importance of the hit against PSG. “There’s a lot at stake, we’re aware of that,” said Kane on Monday afternoon: “It’s the start of a very stressful period before the winter break…” How stressful it really will depend primarily on Bayern themselves. In the “eternal « In the duel with the French champions, a win is a must for both top clubs in order not to fall further behind in the league phase. Direct qualification for the round of 16 is already a long way away. With six points in 17th place, the Munich team are not on target on their way to the “Finale dahoam 2.0”. “We’re not used to being so low in the table,” admitted Kane. But the ambitious French are also only 25 with just four points after four games.
However, veteran Thomas Müller warned urgently. »The place in the table in Paris does not reflect the performance. “This is a super team, with great individual players,” said the Bayern icon on BR24 Sport, in the spirit of Vincent Kompany. “We are playing against one of the really big clubs in Europe,” emphasized the coach, “one of the top 10, they have a lot of outstanding quality, a top coach, speed and playing ability. It will be a top game.” Because of the offensive ideas of both teams, he believes it will even be a spectacle: “I wouldn’t expect this game to be boring.”
You know each other all too well. The two clubs are meeting in the premier class for the 14th time – with the highlight being 2020: Bayern triumphed 1-0 in the final against PSG, the goalscorer at that time was Kingsley Coman. Since then there has been a quarter-final in 2021, in which Bayern failed, and a round of 16 in 2023 with two Munich wins. However, PSG’s dazzling days with superstars like Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe are over. But Kompany doesn’t want to hear about any weakness in his opponent, his colleague Luis Enrique’s squad is “one with incredible talent.”
But no matter who is on the other side: Bayern are starting the intense year-end spurt with great self-confidence. “We’re in good shape, the team feels good – we just have to keep going,” emphasized goal scorer Kane. He believes, captain Manuel Neuer added with a broad chest, “that none of the three teams are looking forward to meeting us now.”
Expected lineups: Munich: Neuer – Guerreiro, Upamecano, Kim, Davies – Kimmich, Goretzka – Olise, Musiala, Coman – Kane; Paris: Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes – Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Joao Neves – Dembele, Asensio, Barcola; Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
