Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are no strangers to the trophy collection, nor have they had trouble winning the UEFA Champions League title.
Bayern, the German Bundesliga champion, have not won the most productive club festival in Europe since 2013, while French PSG is seeking their first Champions League crown.
Sunday’s high in Lisbon, Portugal marks the moment in the festival’s history when a German and French team faced each other in the top. Bayern Munich beat Saint-Etienne in that attack in 1976.
The 2020 name clash may be one of the most significant moments in UCL history with Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé at the helm.
Latest UEFA Champions League 2020 information
Date: Sunday, August 23
Start time: p.m. Et
Television: CBS Sports Network
Live streaming: CBS All Access
Odds (via Caesars Sportsbook): PSG (up to 225); Bayern Munich (up to 105)
Overview
Since arriving in Portugal for the quarter-finals, PSG and Bayern have won matches with explosive attacks and defences.
PSG beat Atalanta and RB Leipzig 5-1, while Bayern put fc Barcelona on the fireplace 8 and 3 against Lyon.
Lewandowski gets the most attention among world-class forwards on either list. He leads the UCL with 15 goals and it can be argued that he has been the most productive player in Europe this season.
The Polish striker has discovered the bottom of the net in the last 3 games and has 4 goals and two assists over Chelsea, Barcelona and Lyon.
Covering Lewandowski is a complicated task for any defense, but unfortunately for the PSG has to deal with the marking of Thomas Muller, Serge Gnabry and others in a deep attack.
Gnabry is third Lewandowski and Erling Haaland in the UCL Golden Boot race and has scored 3 goals in the last two games.
Even german national defenders are fatal in the future, Canada’s 19-year-old Alphonso Davies, who has been one of the stars of the European campaign.
Davies’ speed can be just one of the X points for Bayern at either end of the field. His ability to evade defenders in individual battles and his speed to chase down opposing attackers can create or save him chances to score in 90 minutes.
The Major League Soccer product will face one of the toughest assignments of his career: Neymar, Mbappé and Angel Di Maria.
At least one member of the trio has been affected by PSG’s five goals in their two knockout matches in Portugal.
If Davies manages to take part of the third striker, it may only minimize the production of psg triumvirate for the match extras.
Juan Bernat and Thilo Kehrer will be in the same roles in the defense of the PSG, as they deal with the intertwined movement of Lewandowski, Muller, Gnabry and others.
Even if the defenders give false performances, world-class strikers can simply take advantage of all the opportunities they receive.
After all, Bayern still dropped two goals opposite Barcelona and PSG conceded two goals for Borussia Dortmund in the 16-year-old and dropped an early goal against Atalanta in the quarter-finals.
If the game stays tight at the end of the moment, possibly one of the forwards would need a moment of brilliance to make the final difference.
Muller, who is one of the few remaining players in Bayern’s last UCL win, may be the most productive candidate for the role, as he has played a role in a number of high-level matches for Bayern and Germany in his career.
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