However, there is everything to enjoy a fun evening this Thursday, November 20 at the Parc des Princes. For their first match of the season in Paris, the fourth round of the first phase of the 2025-2026 Champions League session, the Paris Saint-Germain players hosted Bayern Munich. On paper: gala poster, almost 13,800 supporters attended and among them were the club’s Ultras. Even though the thermometer was only one degree short, they again provided support and were ready to speak for 90 minutes.
Determined to achieve their first success in the competition, Paulo Cesar’s players would have ideally started the evening by opening the scoring and finally enjoying the pleasure of taking the lead. The first since the start of their European campaign.
With a big impact, Jennifer Echegini managed to get rid of several Bayern players on the left side of midfield before finding Rasheedat Ajibade with a fine cross. Technically comfortable, the Nigerian international played a pass to Sakina Karchaoui on the right side of the penalty area. The Rouge et Bleu captain then responded with her left foot to beat Maria Luisa Grohs (16).
Long moments of joy and celebration from Parisians ensued. We thought they had finally launched, as if breaking free from the competition. But a minute and a throw-in later was enough to hurt them again. Launched on the right side of the Bavarian attack, Giulia Gwinn didn’t let Olga Carmona reply and was then able to provide a cross. Griedge Mbock then missed his intervention in front of the cage. Linda Dallmann was able to finish without shaking with a cross shot with her right foot (17th).
Eleven goals conceded in four matches
Slightly stunned, the capital’s players were then hit by the technical quality of their opponents in midfield, before giving up again. We got going in the 34th minute when Momoko Tanikawa played Élisa de Almeida in the penalty area, before slaloming between other defenders and beating Mary Earps with a powerful shot from the right.
In the second half, PSG perhaps regretted the inaccuracy of its defense and some of its positioning, such as Romée Leuchter, who inadvertently denied Anaïs Ebayilin’s solid right-footed effort in the Bayern area (53). Followed by a header on target from Vitoria Yaya which was caught without difficulty by the Munich goalkeeper (60), a double chance from Vitoria Yaya then Élisa de Almeida in the 69th minute was saved well by the German defense. The youth of Anais Ebayilin in midfield, the quality of Olga Carmona’s crosses or the aggressiveness of Sakina Karchaoui were not enough to topple Germany, who also scored late in the game against a run of play (89) by Damnjanovic.
After Wolfsburg (4-0), Real Madrid (1-2) and Manchester United (2-1), the Parisiennes suffered their fourth consecutive defeat in this league phase. With eleven goals conceded, they are in last place… Very important to beat OH Louvain at home, then Benfica in Lisbon – two games on paper more accessible – now hope to progress. Twelfth place, through to the play-offs, already 5 lengths behind. There’s an emergency…
