There was no place for Korean players on the stage of dreams.
PSG beat Bayern Munich 5-4 on the 29th (Korea time) at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals. With a whopping nine goals, the match was recorded as the highest-scoring game in Champions League semifinal history.
The match itself was also dramatic. Harry Kane took the lead with the opening goal. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's equalizer came, so the lead did not last long. PSG, led by multi-goal performances from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembélé, at one point led 5-2.
Bayern's counterattack began. Starting with a header by Dayot Upamecano, a rival of Kim Min-jae, they launched a chase, and with a goal by Luis Díaz the gap was reduced to one. In the end PSG won 5-4, but it was a 'slugfest' beyond the result.
The Korean derby between Kim Min-jae and Lee Kang-in did not materialize. Both players were left out of the starting lineup and waited on the bench, but had no opportunity to play. On the biggest stage, Kim Min-jae and Lee Kang-in did not win the coach's selection.
Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique, who left Lee Kang-in out of the squad, said he was intoxicated by the victory, saying, "We should congratulate everyone. This was a match we deserved to win, deserved to draw, and could have lost. Without a doubt, the best match of my managerial career."
Vincent Kompany, the Bayern Munich coach who could not sit on the bench due to suspension, was very upset. He also did not use Kim Min-jae. Kompany expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's defeat, saying, "It's not fun at all. This must not happen again for me to be satisfied."
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