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05/06 14:55 CDT Dembl scores early to give PSG a 1-0 halftime lead against
Bayern in Champions League semifinal
Dembl scores early to give PSG a 1-0 halftime lead against Bayern in
Champions League semifinal
MUNICH (AP) --- Ousmane Dembl has scored early to give Paris Saint-Germain a
1-0 lead against Bayern Munich at halftime in the second leg of their Champions
League semifinal on Wednesday.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia raced clear after playing a simple one-two with Fabin
Ruiz in midfield, then picked out the unmarked Dembl to sweep the ball inside
the top left corner in the third minute.
It gives PSG, the defending champion, a 6-4 lead on aggregate after edging
their encounter 5-4 in the first leg in Paris last week.
Bayern complained that the already-booked Nuno Mendes should have been booked
again when the ball hit his arm, and there were more protests when Vitinha
struck teammate Joao Neves' arm with the ball in the penalty area with a
clearance.
Jonathan Tah went closest for Bayern with a header wide before the break.
The winner will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30,
after the Gunners defeated Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Tuesday to progress 2-1 on
aggregate.
PSG and Bayern were the top-scoring sides in the competition with 43 and 42
goals before Wednesday's game, respectively.
The German club has won five of its last seven meetings with PSG in Munich, and
is going for a repeat of the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup treble
of titles that it won in 2020 and 2013.
But PSG has good memories of Munich. The city was the scene of PSG's triumph in
the final last season when it demolished Inter Milan 5-0 to fulfill its Qatari
owners' quest to become European champion for the first time. A relatively
unchanged team has been charged with delivering the second title.
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