A special confrontation between German coaches Tuchel and Flick
Saddam Saint-Germain and Bayern in the final of the champions ... the secret of Mbappe and Gnabry
Hans Flick "emergency coach" is on the cusp of the most important European club titles. Father
The attention of world football fans today turns to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, which hosts the final dream of the European Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain in this competition, and Bayern Munich, the German aristocrat who crowned Five times, most recently in 2013.
The match carries with it many confrontations: between Brazilian Neymar and Polish Robert Levandowski for the title of best player in the world, French winger Kingsley Coman, Bayern winger in the face of the team he started from, but the most prominent confrontation will be between the most prominent players on both sides, two young stars, Kylian Mbappe In Saint-Germain, and Serge Gnabry in Bayern.
Since the return of football activity after a long hiatus due to the Corona pandemic, and the resumption of the tournament from its elimination rounds, Gnabry has been decisive for Bayern in many matches, as he scored a goal against Barcelona in the quarter-finals, and contributed greatly to winning the historic eight, as was important. Very much in the victory over Chelsea in the final price, and in the semi-final it showered Lyon's nets with two decisive goals from the Bayern hat-trick.
As for Saint-Germain, although Mbappe did not score in the games of Atalanta and Leipzig in the quarter and semi-finals, he was the most dynamic player on the field with Neymar, and contributed greatly to a decisive pass that ended the two matches in favor of the French, as it suffices that he is the reason for Remontada San When Germain entered as a substitute, his team was trailing 1-0 against Atalanta and contributed to the equalizer, and then played an important role in the winning goal.
And in the Bayern camp, Hans Flick will be facing a confrontation with his German counterpart in Saint-Germain, Thomas Tuchel. Flick is on the threshold of a historic day, as he started his career in the middle of the season with Bayern as an "emergency coach" after he was sacked by Kovac, but the remarkable results he achieved paved the way for signing him to continue with the club. Regarding the strength of Saint-Germain, he said in a press statement, “Tuchel did a wonderful job in Paris. "His team is doing very well. He is doing an exceptional job." And if the province of Bavaria did not celebrate the qualification of its team to the final for the 11th time, unlike what happened in the French capital, that is because Bayern has always reached advanced stages of the most important continental competition.
In the history of the champions, Bayern, which was founded in 1900, fought 10 final matches, losing five and winning the same, and today they want to equal the third Liverpool number with six titles, behind Real Madrid, the record holder (13 titles), and Milan with 7.
Of the team that was crowned champion in 2013, Bayern still has four players, their captain, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller, Jerome Boateng and Spain's Javi Martinez.
In the absence of Real and the two Portuguese superstars Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who won nine of the last 13 titles in this competition, it seems that the presence of Bayern Munich is considered to be steadfast in the face of the new world represented by new forces on the continental stage embodied by Saint-Germain. The confrontation is considered the embodiment of two different visions from an economic and strategic point of view, while the French capital team does not hesitate to spend huge money to contract with the most prominent stars of the game, such as Neymar (220 million euros from Barcelona) and Kylian Mbappe (185 million euros from Monaco), the Bavarian team maintains On financial balance, he waited until last season to spend nearly 85 million euros to sign French defender Luca Hernandez from Atletico Madrid. The final match will be broadcast live on giant screens at the Parc des Princes stadium in front of 5,000 spectators, while it will not be allowed to allocate certain areas in different places of the capital. And if the nominations were in the interest of Bayern Munich at the expense of Saint-Germain, especially after its resounding 8-2 victory over Barcelona in the quarter-finals, the Bavarian team showed some defensive defects against Lyon without the French team being able to exploit it.
Observers believe that if Bayern coach Flick does not take the initiative to rectify matters in his team's back line, he may suffer greatly in the face of Mbappe's speed and Neymar's accurate passes.
Another hope for Paris Saint-Germain is the gradual rise of his level from one match to the next, after his suffering to overtake Atalanta, who led him 1-0 until the 90th minute, he had no difficulty winning 3-0 against Leipzig. He is also starting to recover most of his injured players, especially his Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, and Italian midfielder Marco Verratti, who participated late in the match against Leipzig.
Numbers from the match:
■ Saint-Germain plays its first ever European Champions League final.
This is the 11th final of Bayern Munich, who has won five previous titles.
Important bilateral confrontations between (Mbappe - Gnabry) and (Lewandowski - Neymar).
The last title won by Bayern was in 2013 at the expense of Dortmund.
Bayern have previously lost 5 finals from their 10 previous finals.
The Bavarian looks forward to equaling Liverpool's number in European titles.
■ Real Madrid outperforms everyone with 13 titles, then Milan with 7 titles, and Liverpool by 6.
■ Only 4 Bayern players who were crowned in 2013, they were goalkeeper Newer, Boateng, Martinis and Muller.
The most expensive player Bayern bought was Luca Hernandez, with 85 million euros.
The most expensive player bought by Saint-Germain Neymar, with 222 million euros.
■ This is the first final in the history of the continent to be held in August due to the circumstances of the Corona pandemic.