PSG draws Bayern in semis
- UEFA's Champions League semifinal draw has PSG set to host Bayern Munich in the first leg in Paris next Tuesday. (sportstar.thehindu.com) - PSG reached the tie after a 3-0 Ligue 1 win over Nantes that featured Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scoring twice. (sportstar.thehindu.com) - Media are framing this as a marquee knockout pairing with Bayern also fresh from clinching the Bundesliga title. (sportstar.thehindu.com)
Paris Saint-Germain will host Bayern Munich in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals on Tuesday, April 28, at Parc des Princes in Paris. (uefa.com) UEFA’s fixtures list shows the other semifinal pairing as Atlético de Madrid against Arsenal, with the return legs scheduled for May 5 and May 6 and the final set for May 30 in Budapest. (uefa.com) Paris reached the last four after beating Liverpool 2-0 at home on April 8 and 2-0 again at Anfield on April 14, a 4-0 aggregate win in the quarterfinals. (uefa.com; psg.fr) Bayern advanced by beating Real Madrid 6-4 on aggregate, with UEFA’s bracket and results pages listing a 4-3 second-leg win after a 2-1 first-leg result. (uefa.com; uefa.com) Paris goes into the tie off a 3-0 Ligue 1 win over Nantes on April 22, and the club’s match report lists Khvicha Kvaratskhelia among the scorers in that game. PSG’s season schedule also places an away league match at Angers on April 25 before Bayern arrives three days later. (psg.fr; psg.fr) Bayern arrives with domestic momentum too. The Bundesliga’s official site described Vincent Kompany’s team on April 22 as “newly crowned Bundesliga champions” and said the club was also in the German Cup final. (bundesliga.com) The semifinal sets up a meeting between two clubs built to win Europe, with Paris still chasing another shot at a first Champions League title and Bayern pursuing a seventh European Cup. UEFA’s competition pages list Bayern among the semifinalists again as the German club returns to the final four. (uefa.com; uefa.com) For now, the schedule is simple: Paris hosts the opener on April 28 at 12:00 p.m. on UEFA’s listed time, and the road to Budapest runs through one of Europe’s heaviest knockout matchups. (uefa.com)
