After Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) umpteenth shot at winning the Champions League crown came to an agonising end in the Round of 16 on March 8 (Wednesday), their talisman Lionel Messi was almost taken out by a pitch invader after the referee blew the final whistle at the Allianz Arena.
With the game already lost, dejected Messi, with his head down, was lost in his thoughts before he was startled by the security guards tackling the pitch invader. Luckily, the fan didn't make any contact with Messi and security guards then carried the pitch invader out of the pitch.
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Meanwhile, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting haunted former side PSG as Bayern Munich reached the Champions League quarter-final with a 2-0 win that secured a 3-0 aggregate triumph. Julian Nagelsmann's side progressed to the last eight in Europe for a fourth straight season after Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry's second-half strikes in the second leg on Wednesday.
Aiming to overturn a one-goal first-leg deficit, PSG created the more promising chances in a first half bereft of cutting edge.
Alphonso Davies produced a last-ditch block to deny Lionel Messi from Nuno Mendes' offload, while Jamal Musiala forced a smart Gianluigi Donnarumma save at the other end.
PSG lost captain Marquinhos to an apparent hip injury soon after, before De Ligt cleared off the line from Vitinha after Yann Sommer's inexplicable error offered an open goal.
Choupo-Moting headed past Donnarumma after the interval, only for Thomas Muller's offside position to ensure the goal did not stand, but the striker was not to be denied.
Muller dispossessed Marco Verratti inside PSG's half before Leon Goretzka's selfless square pass afforded Choupo-Moting a simple 61st-minute tap-in.
Sommer then produced a stunning stop from Sergio Ramos' bullet header before Joao Cancelo teed up Gnabry, who made sure of progression with a composed 89th-minute finish.
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(With agency inputs)
