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Parc des Princes, in Paris, will be the stage for one of the most anticipated clashes in European football this season!
This Tuesday (28), at 4 p.m., reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain host Bayern Munich for the first leg of the 2025/26 Champions League semifinals.
The other semifinal, between Atlético de Madrid and Arsenal, gets underway on Wednesday (29).
Match Details
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 4 p.m. (Brasília time)
Venue: Parc des Princes, Paris (France)
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Broadcast: TNT, HBO Max, and Live Text on OneFootball
Road to the semifinal
Both teams are in excellent form, leading their domestic leagues, with Bayern already crowned Bundesliga champions.
However, their paths in this season’s Champions League have been quite different:
- Bayern Munich: Had a solid first phase (finishing second), steamrolled Atalanta in the round of 16, and knocked out mighty Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, with memorable wins at the Santiago Bernabéu (2-1) and the Allianz Arena (4-3).
- PSG: The reigning champions had a shaky start in the "league phase," needing to get past Monaco in the playoffs. In the quarterfinals, however, the team rediscovered its best football and eliminated Liverpool with two emphatic 2-0 wins.
Recent head-to-head
In the fourth round of this edition, the Germans and French already faced off at Parc des Princes, and Bayern came out on top with a 2-1 win.
Lineups and Absences
Both teams are expected to take the field with their strongest available lineups, relying on their powerful attacking systems.
PSG are counting on the trio of Doué, Dembélé, and Kvaratskhelia. Bayern, meanwhile, are pinning their hopes on the quartet of Olise, Musiala, Luis Díaz, and top scorer Harry Kane.
The German side, however, are dealing with more injuries: Bischof, Karl, Gnabry, Guerreiro, and Ulreich are sidelined.
For the French side, only Quentin Ndjantou is a confirmed absentee.
Probable Lineups:
PSG
Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, and Nuno Mendes; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, and João Neves; Doué, Dembélé, and Kvaratskhelia; coach: Luis Enrique
Bayern
Neuer; Stanišić, Upamecano, Tah, and Laimer; Kimmich and Pavlović; Olise, Musiala, and Luis Díaz; Harry Kane; coach: Vincent Kompany
What the coaches are saying
Luis Enrique (PSG): "Every coach wants to reach the final stretch in the best possible condition. Right now, we are in the semifinals and all players are available, except Quentin Ndjantou. The magic of the Champions League gives the players special energy."
Vincent Kompany (Bayern): "Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, as the reigning champion, is probably the toughest challenge. I don’t want to stop here. Now come the decisive weeks. We’re looking forward to them, but we also know how difficult it will be. Our confidence is there, and that means a lot in football."
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