Striker Thomas Müller of Bayern Munchenpraised Kylian Mbappé’s star Paris Saint Germainthis Tuesday, the eve of the return duel between the German team and the team from the French capital for the round of 16 of the Champions League.
“The most spectacular player at the moment is clearly Kylian Mbappé. His explosiveness combined with good decisions in the area. He also goes where the striker needs to be. It’s not just aesthetics, it’s also efficiency. I like it a lot,” Thomas Müller said at the press conference. press.
“Everybody likes to see him play. Tomorrow we won’t see him, we’ll disturb him at work. If our plan works, he won’t like it so much,” added Thomas Müller, who won the Champions League twice with Bayern in 2013 and in 2020.
“From his profile, Kylian Mbappé is a player who carries danger. You have to ask yourself how to stop such a player, but deep down it’s a collective sport. what you need”, insisted Thomas Müller.
In the fight against Mbappé, coach Julian Nagelsmann has the young Croatian Josip Stanisic, as Frenchman Benjamin Pavard is suspended after being sent off in the first leg.
“In this situation, I assume he will play,” explained the Bayern coach at a press conference.
Bayern will enter the field with an advantage in the dispute for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after the 1-0 victory at the Parque dos Príncipes Stadium in the first leg.
“I see an advantage for us, clearly. We play at home, which is an advantage, but in football, a goal advantage or disadvantage can be overcome,” said Müller. “It will be very disputed”.
In the Champions League, Bayern have won fifteen of their last seventeen games at home, with only one draw (1-1 against Villarreal, which led to last season’s elimination in the quarterfinals) and a defeat against Paris Saint-Germain itself. (3-2 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the 2020/21 season).
This season, the Bavarian club conceded just two goals in seven games, with 19 goals scored.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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