Overview
- Paris hosts the Champions League group leaders on Tuesday night with both teams on nine points, and Kompany says a win would be a major step toward the Top 8 and carry significant prestige.
- Bayern formally protested late Paris police measures that direct fan buses to gather outside the city and require other supporters to use public transport, with PSG backing the complaint and Bayern weighing further legal options.
- Kompany praised Enrique’s shift from star reliance to a team-first model, with contributors such as Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaire-Emery and Senny Mayulu highlighted, and Enrique said Ousmane Dembélé is fit to play.
- Bayern arrive on a 15-game winning run and unbeaten this season, while assessments differ on favoritism as Presnel Kimpembe tips PSG, Lothar Matthäus backs Bayern, and Thomas Müller calls his former club Europe’s “hottest” team.
- Elsewhere, Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz ended a dry spell with two assists and public backing from Arne Slot and Andy Robertson, and Germany’s U17s opened their World Cup title defense with a 1:1 draw against Colombia featuring Bayern prospect Wisdom Mike in the squad.