After their elimination from the Champions League Round of 16 by Bayern Munich, Neymar and Messi issued an apology to the club’s ultras.
The players of Paris Saint-Germain, led by Lionel Messi and Neymar, issued an apology to the club’s ultras after a dismal performance in their Champions League loss to Bayern Munich.
A goal scored by Kingsley Coman early in the second half of the first leg of the Round of 16 tie settled it. The match took place at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. The home team was outplayed for the most of the match. As a consequence of this result, Christophe Galtier’s team will start the second leg, which will take place in one month, as the underdog.
As a consequence of this result, the leaders of Ligue 1 continue their worrisome drop in performance. They have already lost five matches in all competitions since the turn of the year, and they risk finishing the season with another European defeat and underperformance in Europe.
PSG has been eliminated from the Coupe de France after suffering defeats away at Lens, Rennes, and Monaco over the past six weeks. Additionally, they were eliminated from the competition away at Marseille last week. They also played at home in the league and were held to a draw by Reims.
It was against this backdrop that a rather tense climate prevailed between the players of the club and the fans, even if the fans did provide them with full verbal support throughout the match against Bayern. This occurred despite the fact that the German team was superior to their competitors for a significant portion of the contest.
The team managed by Julian Nagelsmann dominated the first 70 minutes of the match, but the only goal they could muster was scored by Coman. Kylian Mbappe, who had recently suffered a muscular injury and was not anticipated to play in the game at all owing to the severity of the injury, came off the bench for Paris Saint-Germain in the dying stages of the game and helped turn the tide in their favor.
Mbappe did find the back of the net when Nuno Mendes sprinted under the defense of the away team, but the goal was rightfully ruled out by VAR following an offside check. Bayern goalkeeper Yann Sommer was forced to make numerous brilliant stops.
After the game, Messi and Neymar were seen leading a group of Paris Saint-Germain players as they stayed behind on the field and went over to the club’s ultras. It was a mixture of apologizing for their performance and defeat, as well as thanking the club’s fans for their support throughout the match.
PSG has never won the Champions League in their history; their best performance in the competition to this point was a loss to Bayern Munich in the 2020 final, during which their former youth-team graduate Coman once again scored against them. PSG’s youth program also produced Coman, who scored against them.