Those of Thomas Tuchel found with the French at the back of Kimmich a good area on which to attack. Neuer had to intervene several times to save his team. Bayern Münich, despite being imprecise on some occasions, grew up with Thiago at the exit of the ball. The Spanish midfielder was the one who brought his team closer to the rival area.
Bayern Münich started better by pressing the rival ball out and forcing PSG to play long to avoid suffering from behind. There they found themselves comfortable with Flick, who despite not having dangerous occasions if they managed to live far from their area. Despite this, little by little PSG managed to balance things out and settle in, taking advantage of rival losses and a more direct ball out towards Mbappé.
First time of vertigo between PSG and Bayern Münich that ends 0-0. The tie is nothing more than a number, as both teams have had chances to score a goal in the first 45 minutes. A highly contested final between both teams, who have had moments of dominance despite the different proposal of their coaches to tackle the game.
END OF THE FIRST PART!!
Coman was on the ground inside the area after leaving Kehrer. Orsato did not whistle a penalty or go to watch the replay in case his decision had to change.
BAD SHOT BY MBAPPÉ !! Bayern Münich lost the ball in their area. The ball fell to Mbappé, who looked for Ander Herrera, and he looked for him back again, but the Frenchman's shot was very tame and focused, without creating problems for Neuer.
Great play from one field to the other. Neymar drove well, eliminating rival players but Di María lost the ball. This led to a counter attack by Bayern Münich that the Flick team could not materialize.
Final minutes of the first half with both teams trying not to suffer excessively so that the result against them is not altered. Bayern Münich with the ball, and PSG trying to find the opportunity to attack.
Kimmich's ball over the area that ends with a goal kick for Keylor Navas.
Both teams are going with everything to each ball they have to dispute. Bayern Munich have a good chance now after a foul on Lewandowski.
Bayern Münich begins to grow again in the meeting. Flick's team is not entirely comfortable because it is difficult for him to advance meters with the ball, but Coman is beginning to appear to generate danger.
FOR KEYLOR NAVAS A BOCAJARRO !! Center from the right that fell to Lewandowski, who in an unorthodox way had to finish with his head but the PSG goalkeeper stopped with a good reaction.
LA PEGA ANDER HERRERA TO BOAT SOON !! Bayern Münich clearance on the front that fell on the Spanish midfielder. His shot hit a teammate and he went off.
The foul is a mini corner on the left side. Van Neymar and Di María.
YELLOW FOR ALPHONSO DAVIES !! First card for the Bayern Münich player after committing a foul on Kehrer when both disputed a ball in the baseline.
PSG is getting much more comfortable on the pitch as the minutes go by. Bayern Munich are holding the French team back with fouls.
First change of the game on the Bayern Münich side. Flick is forced to admit Süle by Boateng, who has had to retire injured.
UP DI MARÍA !! Great exit of the ball from PSG to verticalize and attack Bayern Münich. From Mbappé to Neymar and from Neymar to Di María, who played with Ander Herrera so that he could return it to him at will. The Argentine's shot, with the right, went high.
TO THE PALO LEWANDOWSKI !! Alphonso Davies cross from the left that fell on the Polish striker, who hit it with his right half-turn and the shot hit the post after not hitting it clean.
So far the best chance of the game has been for the French team. Those of Thomas Tuchel increasingly comfortable on the pitch against a somewhat imprecise Bayern Münich both in the blaón exit and in the final meters.
DOUBLE INTERVENTION OF NEUER !! Loss of the ball by Bayern Münich with which Mbappé and Neymar could be launched in attack. The Frenchman played on the Brazilian who was unmarked inside the area but his shot with the left was stopped by the German goalkeeper. The rejection, which went from Neymar to Di María, was sent to a corner by the Bayern Münich goalkeeper.
MBAPPÉ AGAIN !! Recovery of PSG with a very good movement from Paredes towards the Frenchman, who tried to finish inside the area but Kimmich blocked his shot.
Good arrival of Mbappé to the rival area after an attack by PSG on the right wing. A rebound fell to the Frenchman after a Bernat cross but his shot was blocked by Goretzka.
PSG had their first minutes on the rival field. It is not being easy for the French team to reach the Bayern Münich field with the pressure of the Flick team on their players.
PSG took the first corner of the match after a Kehrer breakthrough down the right wing that Boateng cleared after the center. Good defense of the German team from the set pieces.
Alphonso Davies takes the center of Di María at the far post with the crown of his head.
Mbappé takes a good free kick for his team after a loss in the exit of the ball by Bayern Münich. Thiago missed the French footballer. Possibility for those of Thomas Tuchel from set pieces.
First minutes of the match in which Bayern Münich is having more of the ball and PSG is trying to defend the spaces well to be able to launch the three attackers of the team.
Flick's team is not compromised despite knowing what PSG has in attack. The German team pressing the ball out of the French team and harassing the rival defenders and midfielders as much as possible.
Kimmich takes a dangerous free kick for Bayern Münich on the left side. The center was cleared by PSG inside the area without problems. The Germans continue to tighten at this start.
Bayern Munich's first approach on the PSG area after an error in the ball out of Marquinhos. Goretzka looked for Kimmich on the wing but his ball went off the end line.
THE FINAL BEGINS !! PSG and Bayern Munich are already playing.
The referee tonight will be the Italian Daniele Orsato.
FEW MINUTES FOR THE FINAL TO BEGIN !! Everything prepared in Lisbon for PSG and Bayern Münich to compete in the final to be crowned the UCL champion.
Paris SG coach Thomas Tuchel has lost more games in his managerial career to Bayern Munich than to any other team (9).
Bayern coach Hans-Dieter Flick is the sixth athlete to play and coach the same team in a European Cup / Champions League final, after Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid), Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid), Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan)), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) and Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid); Flick played in Bayern's 2-1 defeat in the 1987 final to FC Porto, and could be the first of the six to lose both as a player and as a manager to the same club.
Bayern's Robert Lewandowski has scored 15 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, two short of the record set by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013/14 (17). He (along with Serge Gnabry) seeks to become the fifth player to score in the group stage, round of 16, quarter-finals, semifinals and the end of a season, after Diego Milito (Inter, 2009/10), Lionel Messi . (Barcelona, 2010/11), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 2013/14) and Sadio Mané (Liverpool, 2017/18).
Bayern forward Robert Lewandowski has scored in nine consecutive UEFA Champions League games, and only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in more consecutive games in European Cup / Champions League history (11 in a row between June 2017 and April 2017). 2018).
In 19 UEFA Champions League games for Paris SG, Neymar has participated in 23 goals, scoring 14 goals and assisting in nine. Neymar scored in the 2015 final with Barcelona and could become the third player to score in a final for two different teams, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Real Madrid) and Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich and Juventus).
Bayern Münich have won their last 10 Champions League games and are looking to become the first team in European Cup / Champions League history to win 11 consecutive games; the two previous cases where a team won 10 in a row were Bayern itself (April-November 2013) and Real Madrid (April 2014-February 2015).
Paris SG are the fifth French team to reach a European Cup / Champions League final, and the first since AS Monaco in 2004. Only one of the four previous French finalists was victorious: Marseille, who won by 1 -0 to AC Milan in the 1993 Champions League final.
Bayern Münich have scored 42 goals in 10 UEFA Champions League games this season, and only Barcelona in 1999/2000 have scored more in the same campaign (45), although they played 16 games that season.
Paris Saint-Germain has reached its third major European final after those of the Recopa 1995/96 and 1996/97. They won the first 1-0 against SK Rapid Wien, while they lost the last 1-0 against Barcelona.
Bayern Münich will play their 11th European Cup / Champions League final, only Real Madrid have played more (16). He currently has five titles, the fourth best record after Real Madrid (13), AC Milan (7) and Liverpool (6).
This will be Paris Saint-Germain's first European Cup / Champions League final, making them the 41st team to reach the final. The last six teams that played their first final lost it, with Borussia Dortmund, in 1997 against Juventus, the last to win the first final in which they took a game.
Bayern Münich and Paris Saint-Germain have met eight times previously, all in the UEFA Champions League group stage: Paris SG won five of those matches, while Bayern won the other three, including the most recent match between both in December 2017.
Without much news at Bayern Münich after the semifinal played against Rudi Garcia's Olimpique Lyonnais. Flick only makes one change from that game, bringing Kingsley Coman for Perisic into the starting lineup.
Hans-Dieter Flick comes out with the next eleven tonight in ‘da Luz ': Neuer – Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Alphonso Davies – Goretzka, Thiago – Gnabry, Müller, Coman – Lewandowski
There are hardly any changes in the French team with respect to the match they played against Julian Nagelsmann's RB Leipzig. Thomas Tuchel recovers Keylor Navas for the goal and leaves with the Tico as a starter. In his place the Spanish Sergio Rico leaves the eleven.
Thomas Tuchel goes out with the next eleven tonight in ‘da Luz ': Keylor Navas – Kehrer, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat – Ander Herrera, Marquinhos, Paredes – Di María, Neymar, Mbappé
THERE ARE ALREADY ONCES FOR THE FINAL !!
Today's final will define a new champion who will pick up the baton from Liverpool. A champion who will lift the UCL to heaven without an audience in the stadium, at the end of August and with a feeling that this season has been a turning point for the competition.
Bayern Münich's path to the final in the qualifying rounds has been one of victories. Chelsea (6-1 roundtrip), Barcelona (2-8) and Olimpique Lyonnais (0-3) have succumbed to the team led by Hans-Dieter Flick, who after his arrival on the Bavarian bench has managed to wake up a team that he seemed lethargic.
PSG reaches this final, in search of its first orejona, after having beaten BVB (3-2 with roundtrip), Atalanta (1-2) and RB Leipzig (0-3) in the final phase. Thomas Tuchel's team arrives at the most important event of the course with confidence through the roof, and with its squad more motivated than ever. A different scenario for the French team that always had problems in previous editions.
After months of hiatus, and after restructuring the competition to be played in a single venue from the quarterfinals, Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Münich will seek to be proclaimed champion at the ‘da Luz’ stadium.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!! The big day is coming, the great final of the UEFA Champions League. The mother of European competitions today will put an end to an atypical season in which Lisbon will set the stage for the game that closes the season to be played.