a big night at a great venue the pac de place here in the french capital
paris i'm derek ray joined in the comedy position by lee dixon and tonight we've got the semi-final
of the champions league coming up for you it's paddy sanchez up against bayern munich
well he's excited to watch his supporters and commentators alike like me and you derek
i can guarantee that the players will be nervous as heck really big night for both teams
and here is the initial 11 for paris as your map kayla navas starts in goal marquinhos plays
alongside president kim pembe at the back and potentially a real handful and attack mauro icardi
intercepting it intelligently
here's the initial 11-4 bayern manuel neuer stands between the posts david alaba plays alongside
nicholas zulu at the back and the starting role an attack today is handed to robert lewandowski
given away by bayern munich
can he put them in front what's an important piece of defending
well it doesn't get much better than winning the world cup for your country at 19 that's
what killian and bappe did in 2018 and so many aspects of his game that are positively
well he's just a brilliant player just dreams about getting the ball and running at defenders
and when he gets it the players around him run into other positions he creates things
he scores goal and he's got a massive appetite for the game couldn't keep it
can he give them the advantage alaba puts his body on the line
goretzka thomas schmidt
it's across towards the near post and stopped there by marquinhos and the flag has gone up here
offside the decisions and he favors the inside rooms might still be able to do a bit of damage
not able to put it behind for what will be a corner here over it comes
and he's fired over the corner well punched clear
and on the volley that's not exactly how he intended to catch it well it's worth a chance
one in ten it goes in the top corner nine out of ten he goes where he did do
it's a weighted pass
gohetska goalkeeper's ball every day of the week ferrazzi nicardi
let's just name our
the end product just wasn't there
breaking at pace won it back
muller can he give them the lead
must be and a goal the opener and the semi-final first goal of the contest
well here's the replay that pullback cross is so hard to defend against
but most of the blame has to be leveled at the goalkeeper your coast is a youngster
to always protect your near post and he just didn't do that and paid the price
well they get the ball moving again what effect will that girl have on psg
we're going to find out here
another stoppage time situation one minute here read it magnificently and intercepted
and that is that for the first half here in the french capital
second half of this champions league semi-final first leg underway
jose leon goretzka under pressure doesn't seem to be bothering him
would have been a foul but instead advantage buyer
from vape
pure brilliance
well here's the goal again and it's a great ball to put him through and then just look at
this finish just entices the keeper in and it's a lovely ding to this evening fantastic goal
well the happy times are back coach is more than delighted by his team's response
well the earlier goal canceled out what a piece
sunny
promising pass
he's in control of the ball as he runs sane well strong play here go ahead scott
well that's how to put in a clean tackle
bodies forward and the break looks on
di maria lorenze and return to vernati well not hard to read that pass
lewandowski ball's gone
oh what an opportunity really important tackle
nicardi this is neymar
now what can paddy said your man do from this position losing possession a bit easily
come on in behind for him to chase
what a genuine opportunity but it was
squandered
inside the last quarter of an hour
and a lot of options here
neymar waiting to take us on a deft clearance
that's someone to play it to maori cardi here and here's rafinha and intercepted it
coleman in position here to protect the ball
but a girl at this late stage might end up being a winner that's the hope in the bayern camp
and crossed in there oh it comes to nothing in the end really should have made more of that
and bayern will change personnel now
here's icardi
paradise attacking possibilities for psg couldn't keep it there will be
one minute added on at the end oh that's a super ball over the top
really good block late in the game a bayern corner as is can they make it count it's a substitution
for buyer and played in by kenny and he did what he had to do defensively and that is that
the referee blows for full time so many people thought this would be a very tight tense contest
and latex and that's exactly how things turned out yeah it was so evenly matched eric wasn't it
which is what you want to see at this stage of the competition should be a great set leg and it's all
set up perfectly for someone to make themselves a hero and drag their team into the final you