It was paradoxically when Paris had managed to loosen the grip of Bayern Munich that the Parisians cracked on the lawn of the Parc des Princes and conceded the opener. PSG are playing higher and higher, Mbappé is accelerating his warm-up and everything seems to be going better and better in this Champions League round of 16. And then, in the 53rd minute, Bayern come to the edge of the area. The Parisian defense seems however well aligned.
Éric Choupo-Moting, the Cameroonian who passed through Paris, shifts Alphonso Davies to the left side. The latter then sees on the other side the Frenchman Kingsley Coman completely unmarked on his left wing. Alone because Nuno Mendes, the defender in charge of marking him, completely forgot him and let himself be sucked into the center. The long and precise center of Davies arrives at its destination. Alone, Coman executes a volley with the flat of the right foot skimming the ground.
Donnarumma’s turn to intervene. If the European champion with Italy throws himself to the ground, he does not do it fast enough. He touches the ball but cannot prevent it from entering his goal. Coman, trained in Paris, immediately raises his hands to show that he will not celebrate his goal. It is, however, his first goal this season in four appearances in the Champions League. For his part, this is the second assist delivered by Alphonso Davies in this 2022-2023 edition.
“It’s something that we work on a lot in training with the wing players who tighten up as soon as there is a cross. Afterwards he (Alphonso Davies) hits me with a really perfect ball and I have a bit of success because I take it very hard and in a place where the goalkeeper has trouble capturing it,” declared Kingsley Coman after the match at the microphone of Canal+.