While there is no questioning the quality of Messi and Mbappe in PSG's attack, they have struggled defensively at times this season. We have to block the passes and be courageous in duels." You have to think about how to prevent this. "He is a player who poses a threat to us. I understand his opinion, he has a lot of self-confidence. "But a one-goal deficit can always be caught up in football. "We won the first leg 1-0 I think that's an advantage. "Everyone can assess that for themselves," he said. He claimed last week that PSG remain favourites to advance to the quarter-finals, despite being a goal down, but Bayern attacker Thomas Muller does not agree. The 2022 World Cup Golden Boot winner is aiming to become the first ever player to score in three successive visits to Bayern in the Champions League.
Mbappe has 30 goals in 30 games this season – only Manchester City striker Erling Haaland can better that tally across Europe's top five leagues, with 33 goals in 34 games. We know we can't defend every attack, so Yann will also have a part to play in goal." PSG have a clear idea with Lionel Messi and Mbappe up front. "Mbappe plays from the start – that changes something. "It doesn't change much," Nagelsmann said at Tuesday's pre-match press conference when asked about Neymar being ruled out.
With Mbappe now fit enough to play a full part, Nagelsmann believes PSG will cope just fine without Neymar, who has been ruled out for the season with an ankle injury. The France international, returning from a thigh injury ahead of schedule, forced Yann Sommer into a good save and had a couple of goals ruled out for offside.
Neymar failed to have much of an impact in the reverse fixture, whereas Mbappe caused Bayern's defenders plenty of problems in the final 30 minutes after being brought on. Julian Nagelsmann says Neymar's absence for Paris Saint-Germain "does not change much" in terms of Bayern Munich's approach heading into Wednesday's showdown.īayern welcome PSG to the Allianz Arena boasting a 1-0 advantage from last month's Champions League last-16 first leg, courtesy of Kingsley Coman's second-half goal.
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