Kane, Marquinhos speak ahead of Bayern Munich and PSG Champions League cracker
By Joel Masibo, May 6, 2026Bayern Munich captain and his PSG counterpart Marquinhos have broken their silence about the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final tie between the two German and French giants on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The two sides will be battling for the remaining ticket to join Arsenal for the final tie scheduled for Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
The first leg was a nine-goal, edge-of-the-seat thriller at Parc des Princes and the highest-scoring semi-final match in the Champions League era. With rapid exchanges and barely a moment to breathe, Paris edged it, emerging with a 5-4 victory to end a five-game losing run against Bayern, including a 2-1 reverse in this season’s league phase, to hand the German champions just their second defeat of the campaign.
Captains speak
Harry Kane, Bayern München striker: “It’ll be who takes their moments. There were a lot of moments in the first leg, and it’s probably going to be the same next week. So, us being at home with the crowd behind us, we hope that can push us over the line.” He said.
Marquinhos, Paris captain: “The game there will be the same game, a crazy game between two teams that want to win and score. We need to go there with the same mentality, the same personality, so we can do an amazing job there.” He explained.
Match facts
Notably, seven different scorers delivered as the two most prolific sides in this season’s competition lived up to their billing, and in Munich, more goals look guaranteed. It is the first time in the competition’s history that two different clubs have each struck 40 or more goals in a single edition, Paris have 43 and Bayern 42, with Barcelona’s 1999/2000 all-time record of 45 now within reach.
Four more goals are required at Fußball Arena München to set the record for the highest-scoring two-legged Champions League knockout tie, and there is no shortage of incentive as among those chasing current top scorer Kylian Mbappé’s 15-goal haul are Harry Kane (13) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (10).
With nine wins to Paris’ seven in their 16 meetings in this competition, history offers Bayern encouragement, but with only one goal in it, the second leg may hinge on who blinks first.
Possible line-ups
Bayern: Neuer; Stanišić, Upamecano, Tah, Laimer; Kimmich, Pavlović; Olise, Musiala, Luis Díaz; Kane
Paris: Safonov; Zaïre-Emery, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha; João Neves, Fabián Ruiz; Doué, Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia