Bayern – PSG: Vincent Kompany announces a fiery return to the Allianz Arena

Despite the defeat suffered at the Parc des Princes, Vincent Kompany already looks ahead to the return leg with ambition. The Bayern Munich coach expects an electric atmosphere at the Allianz Arena, where his players will host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-final return. Suspended and forced to watch the match from the stands, the Belgian coach praised the intensity of a spectacular duel, while announcing a second leg of the same ilk. «This will be a similar match. PSG does not change the way it plays, and neither do we. It is the DNA of both teams,» he said after the game.

Frustrated by some refereeing decisions, Kompany also returned to a penalty that he regards as questionable: «The ball first touches the body, then the arm… But we must move on.» Before insisting on the importance of the Bavarian crowd’s support: The atmosphere at the Allianz Arena will be incredible. On the pitch, the spectacle was total. Harry Kane had opened the scoring from a Bayern penalty, before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia brought Paris Saint-Germain back into the game. João Neves had then given the Parisians the lead, and Ousmane Dembélé had stretched the gap with a penalty.

After the break, Kvaratskhelia and Dembélé struck again, before a late Bayern response from Dayot Upamecano and Luis Díaz. A dramatic turnaround that bodes an uncertain and explosive second leg in Germany.