DBasia.news – Another nightmare came to Bayern Munich after seeing the results of the 2022-2023 Champions League last 16 draw. The German giants became the most unfortunate group winners in the draw.
Munich are predicted to be the main candidate to win the Champions League this season. This was inseparable from Die Roten’s impressive performance in the group phase.
Munich are the only team that has a perfect record in the group phase. Six games were swept clean with a win.
The incision became a good capital for Munich when they stepped into the last 16. Thomas Muller and his team will only face the runners up.
Ironically, Munich obtained the strongest runner up they could face. The draw matched them with French monster, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
PSG, who are also the favorite to win the title, must accept the fact that they finished as runner ups. Les Parisiens were overtaken by Benfica only because they lost on away goals productivity.
This draw disappointed the Munich coach, Julian Nagelsmann. His team’s struggle to perform optimally in the group phase seemed meaningless.
“The perfect group phase is ‘undervalued’ (with the opponent we got). PSG are a challenging opponent,” Nagelsmann said at a press conference ahead of the match against Werder Bremen.
“They have a lot of world-class players, just like us.”
Munich and PSG do have a balanced power. The chances of both of them going further are the same.
The record of the meeting between the two teams is also quite balanced. Of the eleven matches, Munich won six times and the remaining five belonged to PSG.
The last meeting of the two teams was presented in the quarter-finals of the 2020-2021 season. At that time PSG had the right to qualify for the semifinals as they were superior on away goals even though they drew 3-3 on aggregate.