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Leo Messi and Kylian Mbappe in shock (Reuters)
Another season of Paris Saint-Germain began with bursting hopes that maybe this time the stars from the City of Lights will do it and be able to go to the end in the Champions League, but as always – hopes are separate, and reality is separate. The Parisians were eliminated last night (Wednesday) from the Champions with a 3:0 loss in the summary of the two meetings against Bayern Munich, and in the world media they do not feel sorry for Christophe Galtier’s group.
In ‘L’Akip’ it was written: “Verati sank, Mbappe was helpless. The two were the symbol of Paris Saint-Germain lacking resources against Bayern Munich, when the main headline on the front page of the newspaper was: “Paris lacks genius”.
In ‘RMC’ they were harsher with the team from the capital of France and wrote: “Disappointment, again. This is the second year in a row that Paris Saint-Germain kicks the bucket in the knockout stages of the Champions League. At Parc de France, Kingsley Coman punished his training club. At the Allianz Arena, Eric Chopo Motting took on the role of the ex. For a long time he was mocked when he was in the ranks of Paris, but the Cameroonian striker destroyed the hopes of the Parisians in the 60th minute – a goal made possible by a huge mistake by Marco Verratti.”
In ‘RMC’ they also pointed the arrows at Mbappe: “And Kylian Mbappe in all this? On German soil, the world vice champion was quite ‘discreet’. His teammates couldn’t find him, greatly limiting his good situations. Leo Messi didn’t do much better. Although he stood out a bit more, the Argentine rarely ‘succeeded’ and put in an unsatisfactory performance for a world champion. And to make the situation worse, Dayot Opamakanu was huge against them.”
By the way, the Madrid media stung Mbappe, when a cover in Marca this morning defiantly wrote about the French star: “If you want to win the Champions League, you already know…”.
