Willian Pacho was struck in the head and left on the turf for a couple of minutes in the second leg in Munich as PSG — who won the first leg 5-4 on Tuesday — defended a razor‑thin lead in the 2025/26 Champions League semifinal.
The game took an early, physical turn when Pacho was hit by Harry Kane’s studs in the 48th minute and remained down for a couple of minutes before continuing; play stopped again shortly after when Pacho and Bayern fullback Stanisic collided in the 51st minute.
At the other end, PSG’s goalkeeper Matvey Safonov, who started the match after manager Luis Enrique appeared to prefer him over Chevalier, produced a notable stop in the 70th minute to deny Luis Díaz. Manuel Neuer answered for Bayern with a strong low save from Désiré Doué in the 63rd minute.
Safonov’s selection came with context: Chevalier had a thigh injury that would have kept him out of the Munich match anyway, leaving Enrique to turn to Safonov for the return leg.
Numbers underline Safonov’s reputation as a penalty specialist and a situational goalkeeper. Across his career he has faced 41 penalties and saved 10 of them — a 24.9% conversion into saves — and he famously saved four penalties in the Intercontinental Cup final against Flamengo. For PSG specifically, Safonov has stopped five penalties for the club and one of those saved penalties is recorded as coming in the first leg of this semifinal.
That last point sits uneasily alongside the match timeline from the first leg, which records Harry Kane scoring PSG’s penalty. The discrepancy — a club save ledger that lists a first‑leg penalty stop and the match timeline that names Kane’s penalty as converted — is a clear gap between records and chronology to be resolved as both clubs and competition statisticians reconcile the figures.
Whatever the accounting, the immediate picture is unambiguous: PSG travel to Munich protecting a 5-4 advantage from the first leg and remain on course to reach the final in Budapest, where the club is aiming for a second consecutive Champions League title. Bayern, by contrast, must chase at least two goals in the second leg to force extra time, according to the live report.
Fans in the United States can watch the match on CBS and TUDN USA on television, or stream it via Paramount+, fuboTV, DAZN USA, ViX, TUDN.com, the TUDN app and Univision NOW; viewers in Mexico can see it on TNT Sports or stream on Max México, while in Spain it is available on Movistar Liga de Campeones through Movistar+.
This match also leaves a subplot around Pacho’s immediate fitness and PSG’s defensive balance. He was involved in two stoppages inside the first hour of the second leg and continued after the 48th‑minute knock; how the team manages his recovery and whether he can anchor the defense again are tangible concerns as PSG defend their slim aggregate lead. For more on Pacho’s role at the club, see the Round Time News preview of his approaching 100th appearance: Psg Match: Willian Pacho Nears 100th Appearance as PSG’s Defensive Anchor.
The single question now is straightforward and decisive: can Bayern score the two goals needed to drag this tie into extra time, or will PSG’s narrow first‑leg advantage and Safonov’s shot‑stopping hold fast and send the Parisians toward Budapest and a shot at back‑to‑back European titles?
