Bayern Munich vs. PSG PREDICTIONS! Who will Arsenal face in the Champions League final? | ESPN FC

0:01 Uh, Wednesday sees the second leg of what

0:03 was of course one of the best matches we've

0:05 seen ever in the uh Champions League in the first

0:08 as it finished PSG 5, Bayern Munich 4.

0:11 All to play for then in Germany.

0:13 Here are the two coaches.

0:17 The mission is to win games.

0:19 That's all it is.

0:20 We want to win the the football match.

0:22 Uh, we have ideas that that we think help us

0:26 to to do that and and we win a lot of games.

0:29 But, um I mean, what do you have to say about PSG?

0:32 That that they are the ones who won the Champions League last year, by the way.

0:35 And I'm sure that when Luis Enrique comes to his press interview,

0:39 you're going to say the same questions.

0:41 So, um I I don't discuss ideas or philosophies.

0:45 It's not about this.

0:46 For me, it's about winning the game.

0:48 Um What is important and and I think that we shown that we win a lot of games.

1:23 You're going to feel one of these coaches,

1:25 does your approach to this game differ to that of the first leg?

1:33 I think uh the approach to the second leg is uh is a bit easier,

1:38 actually, um than to the first leg because the first leg, you know,

1:41 there's there's so many open questions and there's so many scenarios that you're

1:45 going through and then it turned out into um as, you know,

1:49 this this picture showed that that's the Wunder Spiel

1:51 or the the the game of the century, basically, 5-4.

1:55 Um now it's it's it's a very very clear situation, you know,

1:59 Bayern Munich needs to win by one goal and going into extra time and then

2:02 they might go into to penalty shootouts and it will be it will be a thriller.

2:07 There's no doubt about it.

2:08 I think you those two teams are the best in Europe at the moment.

2:11 They're meeting in the semi-final so one will go home.

2:14 Um, and it it will be very very tight, you know,

2:17 what I hear from from my friends in in Munich

2:20 is that they they are hungry hungry hungry.

2:23 They want to they they want this final and they want this trophy so badly.

2:27 I mean obviously PSG won it last year

2:29 in a fantastic way against Inter Milan and yeah,

2:33 it will be interesting to see how how PSG

2:36 will will will will counter every move from from Bayern

2:39 Munich but Bayern Munich is in in its

2:42 way of playing and it's its style over decades.

2:46 And not only under under Vincent Kompany who's doing a fantastic job there is,

2:50 you know, they take matters in their own hands.

2:52 They're not waiting for PSG making their own moves.

2:55 They they're going to go for it.

2:58 So hopefully we see a couple of goals as we not as many probably as in the first

3:02 leg but but we're going to see some goals and it will be a a spectacle.

3:06 I mean it's it's two fantastic teams meeting up.

3:09 They're not going to let us down, Rob.

3:10 It's not going to be like today, is it?

3:11 Don't be silly.

3:13 No, it's certainly not going to be like today.

3:15 I mean we're still going to see both sides

3:17 try and win the game and go and and attack.

3:19 But I think both coaches and both sets of players will

3:22 be a little bit more aware of when they do lose possession,

3:25 how can they defend better than they did in the last game, you know?

3:28 We we can't throw quite so many men forward, you know, when we're attacking.

3:31 We've got to have some sort of a resistance

3:33 at the back so that if we do lose the ball,

3:36 you know, we won't be broken down quite so easily.

3:38 You can't allow the game to be so open because it

3:40 becomes pot luck who's going to finish off the the chances.

3:43 And I don't think either manager would want that.

3:45 So I think we're still going to see a great game.

3:46 We'll see both sides go for it but there will be a little bit

3:50 more reservation in terms of making sure

3:53 you're not caught on the counter attack.

3:54 If if you're a player, you're excited, aren't you?

3:56 Well, obviously you're excited Champions League semi-finals,

3:58 it's a stupid statement, but even more so given what we saw in the first leg.

4:02 Yeah, I mean, you are you always want to play in the biggest of games

4:05 and this is just a monster game to try to get to the to the final,

4:09 particularly after what happened in in Paris.

4:12 Hakimi, I think, is out, so that's a that's a that's a blow.

4:16 You know, with his dynamism and his pace

4:18 getting forward and his attacking style, obviously.

4:21 Nuno Mendes had a a tough time from from Alicia.

4:23 There's so many sort of subplots and sub stories to to this game.

4:28 I was trying to think back to all the goals and if why bother.

4:31 Yeah.

4:31 Remember how they happened because it was just I

4:34 I I think we said it at the time, you didn't have to you didn't even have

4:37 to make like a big mistake and you got punished.

4:39 You might have just been on the wrong side

4:41 or you might have been halfway out of out

4:42 of position and all of a sudden a ball was

4:44 played through or a ball was played over the top.

4:46 Uh so, it's going to be a game of fine margins.

4:49 Both teams, I think, will try and dominate it.

4:51 As you saw in the graphic there, they you know,

4:53 Bayern Munich did dominate possession even away in Paris.

4:56 Uh did create a lot of chances.

4:58 You think about the one Alicia missed, I think it was in the first half.

5:00 It was a little bit lightweight from him, which is unusual,

5:03 so but there there are there are so many facets of this game

5:08 that that could go brilliantly for either team or just or just

5:12 wrong because some of the players that are on the field this they

5:17 see a pass so early that sometimes it's just difficult to defend.

5:22 You know, before you know it, that ball's around the corner and there's

5:24 a striker in or there's a wide player in.

5:26 There's so much quality on both sides.

5:28 It's a really really difficult game to call.

5:31 I I don't think I think I don't think either

5:33 of these sides will even think about taking their foot off the gas.

5:37 They have sub- sublime confidence in how they go about it and they won't change.

5:42 And that's that's why I think we saw such a great game in the first leg.

5:46 And and I we'll see maybe not nine goals,

5:49 but I think we'll see another high-scoring one in this game in the Allianz.

5:54 And to that point, while I understand what

5:57 Stewie is saying in that he's probably thinking

6:00 that these teams are going to be more aware

6:02 defensively because they know that that little bad decision here,

6:06 that little bad step here cost you a goal a week ago.

6:11 I don't think they have it in them

6:13 to speculate defensively or to speculate with the result,

6:16 or to speculate with possession.

6:19 These are teams that want to get up and go.

6:21 They want to go and attack.

6:22 They want to get on the front foot.

6:23 They want to be the ones that dictate how the game is going to play.

6:26 And eventually, because this is a game of turnovers,

6:29 somebody loses the ball in a bad area,

6:31 and you're catching somebody out of position,

6:33 and now it's Elisa running, or it's Luis Diaz running,

6:35 or it's Dembélé running, or it's Doué running,

6:38 and it's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia this way,

6:39 and you're thinking each of these players, unlike today,

6:43 for example, each of these players can hurt you individually.

6:48 So, yeah, I don't believe that there's going to be

6:51 a whole lot more defending that there was last week.

6:55 There There may be slightly better position to start off with, but in the end,

7:01 once that a turnover happens, they're going to get up and go.

7:04 As for Bayern Munich,

7:05 I'll throw a number that that we were talking about this past weekend.

7:10 We think about the goals that they allowed to Real Madrid.

7:13 We think about the goals that they allowed to PSG.

7:15 Since April 15th, they have played six matches in all competitions,

7:20 and this Bayern Munich team that we consider to be one of the best of Europe,

7:23 potentially the best in Europe, has allowed 16 goals.

7:28 16 goals, and it's not just Real Madrid, it's not just PSG.

7:32 No, no, it's Mainz, and this past weekend is three goals against Heidenheim.

7:37 So, point being, this team hasn't been defending well for a while.

7:43 It's not just against PSG.

7:45 And yet And yet you You know it and you love it.

7:50 Bayern Munich are going to get back.

7:51 you wondered if Vincent Kompany is thinking You know we

7:55 saw the for those that watched the Real Madrid game,

7:57 he put Konrad Laimer to Was it right back or left back

8:02 to to to to to shut down in the second half to shut down Vinícius?

8:06 To shut it well he he he put him Right back.

8:08 He basically put Konrad Laimer on He took Davies

8:12 off and he put Stanisic to the other side.

8:15 Yes, and Laimer

8:16 And then Laimer to right back and he shut down Vinícius Júnior, right?

8:19 He's that kind of player.

8:20 He's really a midfielder.

8:22 Uh but he's a good player, really good player,

8:24 but he he's he can do a real job on somebody if he wants to.

8:28 And he maybe you think to yourself Does Does Vincent Kompany think right,

8:33 do I put like do I do I make a little tweak here?

8:36 Who do I try and do I put him on Vitinha?

8:39 But then you think well I don't just have to worry about Vitinha.

8:43 I've got Neves and one or two others

8:44 and Fabián Ruiz if he plays or whoever it is.

8:46 So but does Vincent Kompany have something up his sleeve

8:49 where he thinks well how do I stop this PSG team?

8:52 How do I negate some of their biggest threat?

8:55 And I I don't think many would disagree

8:56 that Vitinha is the heartbeat of that midfield.

9:00 However, he's not the only one and that that is the problem.

9:03 Or does Vincent Kompany say you know what

9:05 We went toe-to-toe with them the first leg.

9:07 We dominated the possession in the middle of the park.

9:09 We just have to brush up on the defensive

9:11 errors and he's going to go for it that way.

9:14 Uh so he does have some options,

9:16 but trying to I mean try to stop both teams is difficult,

9:18 but try to stop this PSG midfield in the way they operate it is not easy.

9:22 Considering what we saw in the first leg,

9:24 Jürgen, as a coach once this game kicks off,

9:26 how much of an impact can Luis Enrique and Vincent Kompany actually have?

9:34 I think they will have a huge impact

9:35 because they they give the direction to to both teams and I think you could see

9:39 in the words of Vincent Kompany very clearly says,

9:43 you know, it's it's just about winning.

9:46 He knows that they are far more under pressure to win this game than PSG.

9:51 PSG won this this trophy last year in an incredible manner against Inter Milan.

9:57 They they can actually go far more relaxed into the second leg and say,

10:00 "Okay, if it doesn't work out this year, okay,

10:03 we won it last year." Bayern Munich and for for their fans,

10:09 for their city, they they have to win this trophy this summer.

10:14 So, they are under a lot a lot of pressure in in that way.

10:18 And and and I think that's what Vincent

10:21 meant with saying it's it's just about the result.

10:24 You just need to win this game.

10:25 Doesn't matter really how.

10:26 And there's another kind of little point into this this kind

10:30 of big rivalry now is is the last year's game in the well,

10:35 in the Club World Cup in Atlanta where, you know,

10:38 the the accident happened between Donnarumma unfortunately with with Musiala.

10:42 I was at that game and and that game was

10:44 controlled by Bayern Munich until that injury right before half time,

10:49 you know, and and this is this is a little bit still up in the air.

10:52 So, there is so much hunger that I mentioned before on Bayern Munich's side

10:56 that they they they have to figure out a way to beat them tomorrow.

11:00 It's it's it's a must-win for Bayern Munich.

11:03 It's a nice-to-win for PSG if they go through

11:06 and and that gives it even far more energy.

11:09 And let's take a look then at everyone's predictions.

11:10 We already heard that Ali is going for Bayern.

11:13 I would bet I'd bet my house that Jurgen's also going for Bayern.

11:17 Yes, indeed, convincingly as well.

11:21 Shaka has got Bayern to run away with it in extra time.

11:24 Jules has gone for Bayern.

11:26 Oh, Julian, what a Julian,

11:28 what a It's only myself and Craig that are going for PSG.

11:32 Robo, why Bayern?

11:36 Because I think they have got such attacking talent.

11:39 I think they've got players in the wide areas that can go past.

11:41 So have PSG, but I just think they would

11:43 dominate possession in that in the first 20 minutes.

11:45 I think they're going to get an early goal and I think they

11:48 would eventually get grind out the the result for 2-1 in my view.

11:54 And then it will go to extra time

11:55 and penalties and I think Bayern will win on penalties.

11:57 That's that's how I see it, but what Bayern can't do,

12:00 they can't think they've got to win the game in the first

12:02 20 minutes or get back into the game in the first 20 minutes.

12:04 That's when they can lose the game.

12:06 If they allow PSG a couple of chances and they score them,

12:09 that will be the big problem for Bayern.

12:10 Let's not forget that this was 5-2 at one point.

12:13 Mhm.

12:14 The reason I'm picking Bayern is because Bayern

12:17 made it 5-4 and PSG allowed that to happen.

12:20 They would have been in full control of this match if they had

12:24 been able to hang on to the 5-2 or even make it worse,

12:26 which it looked like it was going to be likely outcome.

12:30 They allowed Bayern Munich back

12:31 in this and in allowing Bayern Munich to believe,

12:34 they asked for trouble Bayern advance.

12:36 Welcome to team Thomas, Burley.

12:38 Can I change?

12:40 Can I change?

12:41 Can we change the graphic quickly?

12:44 All will be revealed of course tomorrow.

12:45 Jurgen, thank you very much, mate.

12:47 Much appreciated.

12:48 ESPN FC then will give bring you everything

12:51 you need to know for that second semi-final.

12:53 Of course, the final against Arsenal at stake.