Champions League: The best match Ive ever seen in the stadium… PSG

After the exceptional fireworks offered by both teams in PSG’s 5-4 victory on Tuesday in the first leg of the semi-final, amazement was shared by both the players and the spectators.

Published on April 29, 2026 at 06:00, updated at 07:39, with a reading time of 3 minutes.

Where will this first leg between PSG and Bayern Munich (5-4) rank in football history? While the second leg will inevitably influence the mark this clash between the two best attacks in current European football will leave, the first act left millions of people speechless in front of a spectacle rarely seen at this level of the Champions League. The two teams attacked without compromising their principles, without seeking to hold an advantage in the score, right up to the last second of the game.

Since the creation of the Champions League in 1955, only one semi-final had seen nine goals scored, back in the 1960 edition in a slightly more unbalanced duel between Frankfurt and Rangers (6-3). Observers were speechless at the final whistle. Former football legends did not hold back their emotions. According to David Ginola, a Canal+ consultant, this match has “rehabilitated football.” On the American channel CBS Sports, former Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel admitted to not remembering “having witnessed a better football match in [his] life, live from the stadium.”

On the players’ side, there was naturally a bit more restraint, even from PSG’s side, knowing that qualification for the final is still far from assured. But the joy of being part of this great event naturally prevailed. “All football enthusiasts had to love it. We on the field also had a real pleasure, it’s a dream we’ve had since childhood,” described Marquinhos, with twinkling eyes on Canal+.

His coach Luis Enrique, in his first words after the match, immediately pointed out the “exceptional” character of Tuesday night’s game. “I have never experienced as a coach a match with so much intensity, with this desire to win. I have never lived a match like that,” he confessed to Canal+.

His counterpart Vincent Kompany, suspended and banned from the bench for the match, did not hide his disappointment at not being able to experience this evening up close. “I told Luis Enrique that I didn’t understand why he enjoyed watching certain matches from the stands [which the Spaniard did intentionally on several occasions this season]. It was a match for people who love football,” declared the Bayern coach. “It was a clash of two similar ideas. Normally, in this kind of situation, one team steps back and accepts that another team can impose its game. And that’s what gave us this kind of match,” he went on to explain at the press conference.

He also launched the return leg by calling on Bayern fans to set the Allianz Arena on fire next Wednesday for a match with the feeling of a “final.” “We need to either change everything, or go even further in what we are already doing… And you already know the answer,” Kompany hinted, with a smirk.

In other words, do not expect another type of match. The Parisians made it clear that they did not intend to deny their DNA and defend their slender advantage on a hostile pitch. “I asked my staff how many goals we will need to score to win the return match. We said at least three,” the Asturian coach revealed.

We thought we had already touched the irrational last year during the return leg of the Inter and Barcelona semi-final (4-3 in extra time), but all the ingredients are in place for this double confrontation to surpass it.