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Achraf Hakimi also starts for PSG despite rape charges and Marquinhos survives fitness scare.

If we are in that mindset, we have the opportunity to qualify. And there is a lot of work that is done with Donnarumma, ahead of a penalty shootout." We will need to have a much more defiant approach than what we showed in the first leg. To get through, we will need to put in a top performance against a top side. We believe in ourselves, we will need to perform very well to take the qualification back to Paris. And he also can't wait to be there." Tomorrow, out on the pitch, we will need to show that we are strong and win here. "We may have the chance to pressure them. We want to enjoy ourselves and go out and qualify. "Mbappe is a player whose profile represents a danger," added Muller ahead of the game. Having Neymar in the squad would always be an additional asset to score goals." Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg](https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/bayern-munich-vs-psg-live-stream-champions-league-watch-messi-and-mbappe-online-time-tv-channel/) on Wednesday are already a hot topic of discussion.

Bayern Munich forward Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting scored against his former club and Serge Gnabry added a late second as the Germans beat Paris St Germain 2-0 ...

It's a big disappointment but we have to swallow it." In the end, we deserved to win." "Then we concede a ridiculous goal.

Lionel Messi has exited the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16 for the 3rd year in a row after PSG were soundly beating 3-0 by Bayern Munich on ...

For the fifth time in seven years, PSG's expensively assembled squad has been knocked out in the Champions League last 16, this time by Bayern.

We had a lot of important absentees in the first game and in the second game. Had a golden chance to open the scoring for PSG in the first half, but he wasn't clinical enough with the empty goal gaping. In the end, we deserved to win" [Sadio Mane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/169797/Sadio-Mané), who replaced Musiala as a late substitute, or [Leroy Sane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/202641/Leroy-Sané). Yet he joined PSG in 2021 with the challenge of helping the French team finally win their first Champions League, and for the second successive season, he and PSG have gone out in the round of 16. Right now, though, only Musiala is looking like the kind of world-class player that Bayern used to have in abundance. The Bayern star dominated the midfield and his first-half shoulder charge on Messi summed up how he approached this game. This isn't a vintage Bayern team, but nobody will want to face them in the latter stages simply because they know how to win in this competition. This might just have been the game in which Messi saw his last chance of one more Champions League crown disappear forever. Bayern had to weather an early PSG storm before taking control of this game, but once Choupo-Moting put them ahead on 60 minutes, the tie was in the bag. In continental competition, all PSG's Qatari owners have to show for their mammoth investment in the club is one final appearance. PSG, who lost to Bayern in Lisbon, Portugal, in their only Champions League final appearance to date in 2020, crashed out 3-0 on aggregate after losing the first-leg 1-0 in Paris.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé will have to wait another year for a chance to win the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain.

PSG coach Christophe Galtier blamed the team’s busy schedule and injuries to key players for the loss. Bayern was lucky to escape without conceding when de Ligt made a desperate goal-line block in the 36th to clear Vitinha’s shot on an otherwise unguarded net. “Yes, there was pressure from Bayern, but sometimes you mustn’t be ashamed to play it long to get over the pressing. Choupo-Moting played for PSG against Bayern when the German team won the Champions League final in 2020. In the end, we deserved to win.” We defended better in the second half and were dangerous on the ball.

Bayern Munich has convincingly beaten Paris Saint-Germain. The German record champions won the game 2-0 thanks to goals by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (61') ...

In the end, we deserved to win.” We defended better in the second half and were dangerous on the ball. PSG controlled 55% of the possession and made more passes, 556 to 453. That could be an advantage for the Black and Yellows in the long run as they will now entirely focus on the Bundesliga. It is an astonishing record when contrasted to the Bundesliga, where Bayern has at times shown deficiencies and where they are deeply entrenched in a title race with Borussia Dortmund. In fact, the only club that did manage to score against Bayern this season has been tiny Viktoria Plzen from the Czech Republic.

Paris Saint-Germain said "Au Revoir" to the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16 for the second straight season following a 2-0 loss to Bundesliga side…

In the last seven seasons, Paris has been eliminated in the Champions League round of 16 five times. PSG have now been eliminated in the round of 16 in back-to-back seasons. It was a quiet evening for PSG stars Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi, who were essentially invisible in the second half when the team needed them most.

Paris Saint-Germain crashed out of the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16 on Wednesday with a 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena which ...

The French champions have never looked so far from being what they set out to be and now sweeping changes feel inevitable to stand any chance of getting there in the future. Sergio Ramos rolled back the years with a decent display in Germany and can still expect to move on this summer with his deal also coming to an end. Messi and Ramos might not be the only ones leaving this summer with Galtier having massively failed his biggest test so far and allowing PSG to prematurely exit Europe and the Coupe de France. However, the out is there with Messi and even an improved second season at Parc des Princes does not make this any less of a debatable move. Not quite at the level of some of PSG's previous worst nights in Europe such as the 2020 UCL final loss to Bayern, a 3-1 home defeat to Manchester United and Remontada, it was still dismal. It was not even that much of a disappointment in the end as Christophe Galtier's shorthanded side fell back on bad old habits and produced a below-par display reflective of their post-World Cup form.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé will have to wait another year for a chance to win the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain.

The injury list lengthened when captain Marquinhos went off in the 36th minute with what appeared to be a repeat of the rib pain which limited him in last week’s win over Nantes. Bayern was lucky to escape without conceding when de Ligt made a desperate goal-line block in the 36th to clear Vitinha’s shot on an otherwise unguarded net. Choupo-Moting played for PSG against Bayern when the German team won the Champions League final in 2020.

Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier admitted the French side had no option but to accept their latest early Champions League exit and move on, ...

Bayern Munich ended the Champions League hopes of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, beating the French club 2-0 in the second leg of their last-16 tie to ...

Paris Saint-Germain have suffered a fifth Champions League last-16 elimination in seven seasons, underlining the fact that Nasser Al-Khelaifi's project is ...

It was Al-Khelaifi himself who told L'Equipe that they had to win the European Cup within four years – back in 2014. ](https://www.goal.com/en/lists/psg-player-ratings-bayern-munich-kylian-mbappe-marco-verratti/blt1ec946a127df20ad)There was no excuse for [Nasser Al-Khelaifi to go looking for the referee.](https://www.marca.com/en/football/psg/2022/03/10/62292ef646163f39888b45dd.html) There had been no contentious call. Is it time to rip up the Paris Saint-Germain masterplan and start again?

Kylian Mbappe refused to discuss his PSG future following their Champions League round-of-16 exit at the hands of Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

"We didn't open the scoring when we had the chance," Galtier said. "We have to deal with it and accept it. "I said it at the start of the season during the first press conference that we were going to do our best. We need to do some self-reflection and return to our daily life which is Ligue1." "At the moment, I'm only talking about this season. [Ligue 1](/soccer/league/_/name/FRA.1) and then we'll see," Mbappe told reporters after the game.

Christophe Galtier admits he does not know if he has a long-term future as Paris Saint-Germain head coach after the club were eliminated from the Champions ...

We had a lot of important absentees in the first game and the second. We had a lot of hope on this return leg. I stay focused on the end of the season with a lot of energy and determination.” “We lost too many tonight, and that made things tough. “Bayern are a physical team, they win lots of duels,” he said. The club had a lot of hopes for this competition.

Paris Saint-Germain were convinced that persuading Kylian Mbappe to stay would finally deliver them Champions League glory, but the failure to build a ...

Kylian Mbappe admitted that Paris Saint-Germain had performed to their "maximum" despite slumping to another early Champions League exit at the hands of ...

"I'm calm," he said when asked about his future. "As I said at my first Champions League press conference this season, we were going to do our maximum. "What were PSG missing?

Paris St Germain were knocked out in the Champions League last 16 for the fifth time in 12 seasons under big-spending owners Qatar Sport Investment (QSI) ...

Tonight Vitinha was not up to it at all. "If we want PSG to win the Champions League, the players have to be more invested in the club, more committed." Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Steve McManaman & Joe Cole don't think this generation of PSG players will ever win the Champions League after watching their latest bid for European glory ...

All Paris Saint-Germain can win this season is the French league title after being knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich.

“My objective is to win the league, and then we’ll see.” Despite the splurge in spending habits, PSG has failed to build a strong collective with depth on the bench, instead relying on the individual skills of star players. There’s a lot of disappointment in the dressing room. The only Champions League final PSG reached was in 2020’s pandemic-shortened format, when it also lost to Bayern Munich. That’s the truth,” said Mbappé, who signed a contract extension last year with PSG precisely to win the Champions League title. They did not have any sort of influence on the match.

When signing for Paris Saint-Germain, you have to accept that the success or failure of your season is decided in a couple of matches in the spring.

[Barcelona](https://theathletic.com/football/team/fc-barcelona/), [Argentina](https://theathletic.com/football/team/argentina/) and now PSG. [World Cup](https://theathletic.com/football/world-cup/) that compromises their day job. Our Messi memories are primarily with Barcelona, a decent amount of Argentina, and almost no PSG. It would be entirely boring if PSG limited themselves to a couple of superstars, surrounded those two with technically proficient but hard-working players and became an intense pressing unit, a solid defensive side and swept up multiple European Cups. PSG just can’t offer anything comparable, in part because they’ve put all their eggs in the superstar basket. Sometimes, Messi needs to trust the ability of his team-mates in possession and concentrate on receiving the ball from them where he can do damage. [Lionel Messi](https://theathletic.com/football/player/lionel-messi-HlEFpLdbHt68CnvJ/)’s two-year contract in Paris, we’re left to conclude his arrival hasn’t worked. Now, they’ve been eliminated twice in a row from the round of 16. It’s become almost boring to criticise PSG along these lines, and it seems unlikely the club will build a European Cup-winning side that features all three of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. Before that, they’d looked toothless, with Neymar and Messi badly disconnected from the rest of the side. When signing for Paris Saint-Germain, you have to accept that the success or failure of your season is decided in a couple of matches in the spring. In his 14 Champions League appearances for PSG he has managed a combined 13 goals and assists, a pretty good return.

PSG have once again crashed out of Europe sooner than expected – so what are the consequences on and off the field?

Messi is reaching the latter stages of his career and uncertainty lingers around his future. “If I linked my future to the Champions League, without wishing to show a lack of respect to the club, I would have left a long time ago,” the 24-year-old said. You can already argue he is ahead of any of his rivals, but the Champions League will elude him for at least another season. If you win the Super Cup, the bonus is €1m, while winning the FIFA Club World Cup (a tournament played between the various continental champions) banks a cool €4.6m. Since the 2012-13 season, PSG have only reached the semi-finals twice and the final once (2019-20). Qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals earns a bonus €10.6m payment, a semi-final spot is worth an additional €12.5m, and reaching the final provides a cash injection of €15.5m. “I don’t think this match will have an impact. The club that wins the tournament can expect to receive a €4.5m bonus payment. But the impact will still be keenly felt. [Kylian Mbappe](https://theathletic.com/football/player/kylian-mbappe-vqEQPtKAKLluodtc/), Neymar and [Lionel Messi](https://theathletic.com/football/player/lionel-messi-HlEFpLdbHt68CnvJ/) having already taken the club to a new level in terms of following. [The wreckage of another collapse highlights a weakness for glamour](https://theathletic.com/4290626/2023/03/09/psg-bayern-munich-champions-league/) [Real Madrid, Mbappe and the story that won’t go away](https://theathletic.com/4100202/2023/01/18/real-madrid-kylian-mbappe-psg/) [Argentina](https://theathletic.com/football/team/argentina/) final and Achraf Hakimi helped [Morocco](https://theathletic.com/football/team/morocco/) reach the semi-final, it was hoped the second half of PSG’s season would be one to remember.

All Paris Saint-Germain can win this season is the French league title after being knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich.

“My objective is to win the league, and then we’ll see.” Despite the splurge in spending habits, PSG has failed to build a strong collective with depth on the bench, instead relying on the individual skills of star players. There’s a lot of disappointment in the dressing room. They did not have any sort of influence on the match. That’s the truth,” said Mbappé, who signed a contract extension last year with PSG precisely to win the Champions League title. The only Champions League final PSG reached was in 2020’s pandemic-shortened format, when it also lost to Bayern Munich.

PSG fell to Bayern Munich 2-0 in the second leg of the Champions League, eliminating them from the tournament at the last-16 stage 3-0 on aggregate.

“We have to carry on in the league. “We’re going to make sure to win the [Ligue 1] title. We did well in the first half, we felt we could match our opponents, but we didn’t put away our chances,” said Galtier. PSG failed to score in both legs of a knockout tie in the competition for the first time since their 1995 semfinal against Milan. “My big regret is that we didn’t fight with all our strength in these two matches.” Yet they still failed to score over both legs and watched their hopes of clinching the top European title crumble away for the fifth time in seven years.

So dominant in French soccer, Paris Saint-Germain continues to fall short in the UEFA Champions League.

Or will it continue to pursue the game’s biggest names? What must be tough to take for the PSG hierarchy is that two of its former players – Kingsley Coman and Choupo-Moting – scored two of the three goals for Bayern across the the two legs this season. With a now lessening need to bring eyeballs and star power to the club, will the club perhaps place its faith in the tremendous pool of talent that exists in Paris and its suburbs and build a more coherent team? “At PSG, when it comes to the knockout stages of the Champions League, defeat is a culture,” wrote L’Équipe journalist Vincent Duluc in a brutal analysis of the French club’s performance. ](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/07/football/neymar-ankle-injury-paris-saint-germain-spt-intl/index.html)was altogether absent for the match – the fourth time in his six seasons with PSG that he’s been absent from a key European match. [Paris Saint-Germain](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/football/super-league-documentary-football-jeff-zimbalist-spt-intl/index.html) continues to fall short in the UEFA Champions League.

Paris Saint Germain are set to withdraw their offer of a contract renewal for Lionel Messi because their fans "will not accept him" following Wednesday's ...

It is yet to be seen how Messi will be treated on March 19 when his team hosts Rennes, and Neymar will be spared any potential bad reception given an injury that has ended his campaign three months early. "The only thing that matters to me this season is winning the championship and then we’ll see," he explained. [said](https://twitter.com/DBR8/status/1633819693478805504) on the DirectoMARCA program on Spanish radio that the Qatari-backed giants will not renew Messi because the club's fans will not accept him after the latest continental KO.

Amid more Champions League frustration, wealthy PSG must look to within to make the next step.

I’m still focusing on the end of the season with a lot of energy and determination.” From a more positive standpoint, Mbappé recently suggested performances will have no bearing on his future in France, with Real still courting the valuable winger ahead of a possible transfer. The club hierarchy has to reboot, from the executive level to the sporting setup, to achieve this. PSG must again take the consolation of a probable league trophy, crazy as that may sound, with the campaign in its final third. With Cristiano Ronaldo now in Saudi Arabia, high-earning strikers Messi and Mbappé are unrivaled in making millions on the continent. Apart from one thing: PSG lacks the ingredients to cap it all off and become the best in Europe.