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French media were successful thrall to a triumph hailed arsenic a milestone performance, calling Paris Saint-Germain’s 100th triumph successful nan Champions League arsenic “one of nan finest” successful nan club’s history.
Bayern Munich will beryllium hoping for a repetition of their extremity bonanza erstwhile they big nan holders successful nan semi-final return limb adjacent Wednesday, pinch Tuesday’s 5-4 nonaccomplishment successful Paris breaking nan title grounds for astir goals successful a last-four game.
L’Équipe described nan capacity arsenic “a prodigious conflict of astonishing intensity and method quality”, highlighting nan performances of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembélé, who some scored twice. Its shot commentator Vincent Duluc called nan crippled a “whirlwind of each emotion and each impulse, contradictory and furious” and said it had “showcased nan champion of modern football”.
Le Parisien was likewise lavish successful its praise, calling nan brushwood “pure madness, this pinnacle of creation and culture, this depository of world wonders, this fable for nan history books – each of this must beryllium passed on, recounted, and recounted again”.
But it struck a cautionary statement fixed Bayern’s precocious surge that could good activity to their favour successful Munich: “Neither broadside will want to backmost down, and nan result will erstwhile again hinge connected nan sheer unit of their attacks, some of which are incredibly potent.”
In Germany, nan property homed successful connected Bayern’s protect vulnerabilities but remained sanguine astir nan return aft nan visitors dug heavy to trim nan shortage from 5-2 pinch 2 second-half goals.
Kicker called it a “football show astatine nan Parc des Princes”, a “spectacular encounter” wherever Bayern were astir overwhelmed but “showed resilience” and “impressive character” to claw backmost to 5-4 done goals by Dayot Upamecano and Luis Díaz. “Both teams revealed their quality, but besides their vulnerabilities,” Kicker reported.
Süddeutsche Zeitung noted nan absence of Bayern’s coach, Vincent Kompany, from nan touchline – owed to suspension – but highlighted his post-match sentiment that “the belief is 100% there” for nan return. Bild concentrated connected nan rarity of nan scoreline, calling it a “wild, wide-open shot battle”.
Italian media were successful thrall to Kvaratskhelia, pinch La Gazzetta dello Sport lauding “Kvara” arsenic nan standout player, describing his curling decorativeness to level nan scores astatine 1-1 arsenic a “moment of axenic magic”. It called nan lucifer a “total spectacle. Real football, axenic football. Football successful its finest essence.”
Corriere dello Sport hailed nan crippled arsenic “football astatine its absolute peak” but was circumspect astir nan pell-mell quality of Bayern’s performance, saying it “splits nan world successful two: connected 1 side, location are those who saw adrenaline, senseless play, a frenetic gait … and those who saw only a crippled acceptable only connected PlayStation”.
In Spain, attraction was heaped connected nan 2 figures linked pinch Barcelona, Luis Enrique – who said it was “the champion lucifer I person ever coached” – and Dembélé. Marca praised “a breathtaking 5-4 title that felt much for illustration an accumulation of attacking brilliance than a conflict for a spot successful nan final”. AS flagged nan “non-stop drama” and praised Bayern’s “winning mentality and looking ambitiously towards nan return leg”.
