Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich confirmed that all his players must become "leaders" in the retaliatory confrontation between the European Champions League holders against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the continental championship.
Bayern lost at home to Saint-Germain in the first round 2-3 last week.
The difficulty of the task is that only 5 times throughout history in the Champions League have any team succeeded in converting their loss in this way in the first leg of the quarter-finals into a victory and qualified in the second leg.
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Bayern suffered the same fate in the 2011 edition against Inter Milan, but he hopes to follow the path of Manchester United, who achieved this rare achievement two years ago when he lost in the first-leg match at Old Trafford 0-2, before defeating Paris Saint-Germain at home 3 -1 in the return leg.
Bayern have never beaten Saint-Germain in Paris, and the team will go to the second leg without its Polish striker Robert Lewandowski.
The Bavarian club hit a domestic setback by surprisingly drawing 1-0 against Union Berlin in the final round of the Bundesliga.
"We are the best team, I trust our qualification," Kimmich said in an interview with the club's official website.
He added, "Every player should become a captain in this match. Every player must show his character and have complete confidence in himself, and then we must take advantage of the opportunity when it arises."
Bayern paid the price for wasting a number of chances in the first leg, as Saint-Germain clinched victory in Munich thanks to the brilliance of young Kylian Mbappe, who scored twice.
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"We were the best party in the first leg, and unfortunately the result does not reflect the performance, but I am confident in our ability to correct things in the second leg," Kimmic said.
And Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino knows that "the second leg will be difficult", but his young striker Moise Kane said, "We will be ready" for this "tremendous match".
Saint-Germain is still chasing its first Champions League title after losing the final of the last edition at the hands of Bayern.
Manchester City is also chasing its first Champions League title when it meets its German host Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night, after winning the first leg of the quarter-finals with two goals.
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And he meets the winner of the match between Bayern and St. Germain in the semi-finals with the winner of the confrontation of City with Dortmund.
Real Madrid, the record champions of the Champions League, will meet Liverpool on Wednesday evening, after their 3-1 victory over the 2019 champion, who has recovered in the English Premier League but faces an uphill task in the continental championship.
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"We need to provide a perfect performance on Wednesday if we want to have an opportunity, just an opportunity," said Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp.
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The winner of the match between Liverpool and Real in the golden box will meet the winner of the English match between Chelsea and Porto, which will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, after Chelsea won the round with two goals without a response.
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The Spanish city of Seville hosted the first-leg match between Chelsea and Porto, as well as the return match due to travel restrictions related to the Corona pandemic.