Paris: UEFA Champions League pre-quarter matches start today. PSG, aiming for their first Champions League, will face Bayern Munich and Tottenham AC Milan in the Superfight. Bayern Munich won the 2020 Champions League final by defeating PSG. PSG made up for it in the quarter the following year.
PSG’s headache is the team’s poor form as the German giants once again take the lead. PSG lost to Marseille in the French Cup and lost to Monaco in the league. The trio of superstars Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe are tipped to play for PSG today.
PSG lost to Monaco in their last league match without Messi and Mbappe injured. Even though Messi and Neymar played, they lost to Marseille in the French Cup. Messi and Mbappe have resumed training. Messi’s big defeat in the Champions League while in Barcelona is also in the minds of the fans when he comes out against Bayern Munich. On that day, Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona, which included Messi, by eight goals. But Bayern Munich is in the first place in the German league but is in the shadow of regular excellence.
But captain Thomas Muller hopes that Bayern have the strength to hold the MNM trio. The fact that the match is in Paris will be a strength for PSG. AC Milan, who have seven titles on the shelf, will face Tottenham today in the pre-quarters. A shadow of former glory, Milan’s only hope this season is in the Champions League. Tottenham are on the way to victory but injury is a setback.