The defeat of the first leg (1-0) did not bode well, that of the return match extinguished all hope: the disappointments follow one another and are similar for PSG in C1, with this second elimination in a row in the round of 16.
In the absence of Neymar, neither Lionel Messi nor Kylian Mbappé knew how to exist in this confrontation which plunged the Qatari supporters and owners into anger, those who dream of a first European title since 2011 and the takeover of the club. .
Overthrown last year by Real Madrid (3-1 in Spain after the Parisian victory 1-0 in the first leg) at the same stage of the competition, the Parisians have never come close to qualifying this time...
And the revolution announced last year, at the time of the appointments of Luis Campos as football adviser and Christophe Galtier as coach, looks more like yet another stroke of the sword for the leaders.
The crisis is total: PSG only has Ligue 1 on the program to try to console itself.
Milan return to the top 8
As in the first leg, Bayern looked like a real quarter-finalist, with a united, balanced team and a bench of substitutes much better stocked than their opponent...
AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli celebrates his club's qualification for the quarter-finals at the expense of Tottenham (0-0 after the 1-0 victory in the first leg), Wednesday March 8, 2023 in London © JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
The Germans took care to disgust PSG by scoring one of their exes, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (61st), after Kingsley Coman on the way out.
Serge Gnabry increased the addition (89th) at the end of a frustrating meeting for Paris, close to opening the scoring by Vitinha in the first period (38th).
After Chelsea and Benfica on Tuesday, AC Milan also validated their ticket to the quarter-finals, a first for eleven years.
The partners of Mike Maignan, decisive for his return to competition, obtained the draw they wanted in London against Tottenham (0-0).
Brahim Diaz's goal on the way to Italy (1-0) was therefore enough for the Milanese.
The end of the return matches of the round of 16 is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, with a chance for the other Lombard club, Inter, to qualify in Porto (first leg: 1-0).
Manchester City - Leipzig (go: 1-1), Naples - Frankfurt (go: 2-0) and especially Real Madrid - Liverpool (go: 5-2) are the other posters on the program.
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