Neymar’s Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé are one match away from winning a first UEFA Champions League that would crown the prestige of one of the toughest clubs in the world, but a formidable Bayern of Munich led Robert Lewandowski’s prolific position in his own way. in Sunday’s final.
It is an attractive showdown between two superclubs of the European continent, two groups that are not used to losing, but that will be played behind closed doors in the cavernous Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
In the year of the coronavirus pandemic, this Champions could still carry an asterisk next to it, after the five months of waiting to finish with the circular of the 16 and the arrival of a “Final Eight” tournament in the Portuguese capital, with a – There is no draw in quarter-finals and semi-finals and no fans are allowed.
Almost all the sense of opportunity is lost in the quiet streets of Lisbon during construction, and the atmosphere at the beginning in the 65,000-seat field of Benfica will be surreal at best, at the worst sad.
None of this detracts from the importance of the opportunity of two clubs for the validation of the Champions League and the prestige that surrounds it.
Nine years after the Qatari inauguration that remodeled them, the PSG has nevertheless come this far.
They can moment French representative to win the biggest prize in interclub football, 27 years after Marseille won the first edition of the Fashion Champions League.
It is a war between the new and one of the big names of the aristocracy of European football: Bayern play their eleventh final.
Formidable
The Germans have won the trophy five times, the last in 2013. Four are the first in the 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley: goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, David Alaba and Thomas Mueller are on the line to start here. .
When Bayern won the first of three consecutive European Cups in 1974, a young PSG had just won promotion to France’s elite.
A year later, Captain Franz Beckenbauer lifted the trophy at the Parc des Princes at PSG after Bayern beat Leeds United in the final. Twelve months later, they defeated Saint-Etienne, the Frenchman of the time, to win it again.
Leaving aside their past, Bayern are lately the most formidable team in Europe.
His 3-0 win in the semi-final over Lyon, his 20th consecutive victory. They are undefees of 29 games since December last year with modest coach Hansi Flick.
They have already scored a double in the German league and cup, with the Bundesliga name being their eighth in a row.
They won all 10 Champions League games this season. He scored 42 goals in one’s matches, adding a 7–2 home win over Tottenham Hotspur and the 8–2 knockdown in the Barcelona quarter-finals.
Lewandowski has 55 goals this season. But it’s more than backed up.
“The difference with 2013 is that we have players in all areas. At the time, we were winning with fewer players,” Neuer said.
Bayern are threatening to bet with a dangerously higher defensive line. However, it remains to be noted whether they can take on this threat in the face of the PSG’s thrilling attack on Neymar, Mbappé and Angel Di Maria.
‘Devils of a team’
PSG, led by German coach Thomas Tuchel, completely dominates France and, despite everything, seems to have discovered a winning formula in Europe, earning the admiration of Beckenbauer himself.
“They’re a great team,” says bayern’s website.
PSG was too strong for RB Leipzig in the semi-finals, winning 3-0. They have lost once since 1 November last year and have come up that 2–1 defeat in Dortmund in the round of 16 by winning the second leg.
Neymar is still happy. Mbappé still feels the aftermath of an ankle injury and can still make it to the final.
However, it remains to be seen whether goalkeeper Keylor Navas or midfielder Marco Verratti will have compatibility to begin with.
“I’ve been here eight years and it was complicated before, as is the case with the Champions League,” Verratti said this week.
“This year we’ve had a career so far. Now we have 90 minutes left, and it will be the lifeblood of our gaming races in the club’s history.”
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