It seems that the whole of Europe was waiting for another Bayern’s elimination of PSG. The traditional, fans-owned club takes care of their money against the state-owned club, which throws more and more money every season and yet cannot ‘buy’ the Champions League or even tradition. And everybody is rooting for the Bavarians. So, when the inevitable happened last night, and Bayern won 2-0, the whole world was gloating. And the Germans too. When the club’s president said to Herbert Hainer ‘you can see that you can’t do everything with money’ after the game, the whole of Europe agreed.Bayern make sure the curse continues: PSG couldn’t be further away from Champion League gloryIt seems that their captain Thomas Muller, one of the rare youth products of the club, was right about Kylian Mbappe. He said that if their plan works, the Frenchman won’t have much fun, and he was right. He also didn’t want to emphasize the fact that he always plays excellent (and wins) against Lionel Messi, but after the game, he used the opportunity to take a gentle swipe at the Argentinian.“Against Messi, things are always going very well in terms of results at all levels. Cristiano Ronaldo was our problem when he played at the Real Madrid. But I have the utmost respect for Messi’s performance at the World Cup. It’s not so easy to play in a team like Paris. It’s difficult to having a very good team balance. Individuals help you win a lot of games. But that naturally requires equipment to ignite the explosives” said the German midfielder.Thomas Muller answering the Messi v Ronaldo question. No bias, no personal agenda, no bad feelings. Just an empirical factual answer. pic.twitter.com/NOxLv7PhFq— H ☠️✈️🔭⚽ (@OrangeMentosSzn) March 8, 2023 Coach Julian Nagelsmann was happy as his new tactics worked, but also, he got ‘off the hook’ for last season’s early elimination from Villarreal. The German tactician stated that Bayern’s display in the first half was not good but that things changed for the better in the second half. And indeed, in the middle of the first half, after Yann Sommer’s mistake, the ball was going into an empty net for 0-1, but Matthijs de Ligt cleared the ball on the goal line.“Unbelievable by Matthijs. I’ve already said: I’ll put a truck of Swiss chocolate in front of his front door. If that went wrong, the game would end differently today. The way we defended as a team against this offensive was really strong. We just think it’s great to defend our goal. Watching the guys defend from behind is cool” said the Swiss goalkeeper.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUERound of 16 – 1st legThursday20:45: (1.70) Union Berlin (3.60) St.Gilloise (5.40)20:45: (1.33) Leverkusen (5.70) Ferencvaros (10.0)20:45: (3.40) Sporting (3.45) Arsenal (2.25)20:45: (2.25) Roma (3.15) Sociedad (3.45)23:00: (1.80) Sevilla (3.70) Fenerbahce (5.00)23:00: (1.70) Juventus (3.70) Freiburg (5.90)23:00: (1.45) Man.Utd. (4.40) Betis (7.25)23:00: (3.10) Shakhtar (3.45) Feyenoord (2.40)***odds are subject to change***
