In the early morning of March 9, Beijing time, in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final, Paris Saint-Germain lost 0-2 away, and was eliminated by Bayern Munich 0-3 on aggregate, and Messi stopped in the round of 16 for three consecutive seasons. With the Champions League out, Messi's free departure from Paris will be accelerated, and he will leave as soon as June this year.
It's a blockbuster match worth €1.9 billion, with Paris worth €900 million and Bayern worth €1 billion. In the first leg last month, Bayern relied on Koeman's goal to win 1-0 away to Barca, and returned to the home in the second leg to draw to advance to the next round, with Paris winning at least two goals away to achieve a comeback.
According to statistics, Bayern's last home defeat in the Champions League was in the first leg of the 1/4 final of the 2020-2021 season, when they lost 2-3 to Paris, while Bayern won all three home games in the Champions League this season, scoring 10 goals and not conceding 1 goal, so it is difficult for Paris to turn around.
In the first half, Paris had a chance to equalize the aggregate scoreline, but Vitinha missed the opportunity against an empty goal, and after Bayern's power in the second half, the Paris backline was poorly parried, and Verratti lost the ball at the back, directly extinguishing Paris' hopes of a turnaround.
With Paris out, the Ligue 1 side have been wiped out in the Champions League this season, Marseille are eliminated at the bottom of the group stage, and Paris have stopped in the round of 16.
Messi started the game and made his 150th Champions League start, becoming only the third player in history to reach this milestone after Cristiano Ronaldo with 178 and Casillas with 176 starts.
However, Messi was focused on by Bayern, there were almost no highlights, and after Paris conceded the ball in the second half, Messi was unable to lead the team to turn over, and Bayern did not score in the second game. After two seasons in Paris, Messi reached the last 16 of the Champions League in a row, was eliminated by Real Madrid and Bayern respectively, and missed the Champions League for 8 consecutive years.
Detailed review of the competition——
In the 37th minute, Sommer was tackled by Ashraf with the ball at the back, and Vitinha's hasty shot from an empty goal was cleared by De Ligt's sliding tackle in front of goal.
In the 51st minute, Musiala crossed, Shupomotin headed a ball, the ball bounced off the ground and into the net, the referee signaled that Muller was offside, and Bayern's goal was invalidated.
In the 61st minute, Paris played with fire at the back, Verratti dribbled the ball and was tackled by Muller, Gretzka did not shoot, chose to cross to assist Shupomotin to push and score, helping Bayern 1-0 to take the lead.
In the 89th minute, substitute Gnabry scored to seal a 2-0 victory for Bayern.