Izuchukwu OkosiKingsley Coman scored the only goal against his former club as Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.
The France winger was left unmarked before sweeping in an Alphonso Davies cross eight minutes into the second half at the Parc des Princes.
Kylian Mbappe who is back to fitness after some weeks out of action when his international teammate put away the ball.
Mbappe, and the entire stadium, thought he had equalised with eight minutes remaining when he turned in a Nuno Mendes cutback, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
Bayern finished the game with 10 men after Benjamin Pavard was sent off for his second yellow card of the night, but it was a frustrating ending for PSG.
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The French giants looked much better in the latter stages with Mbappe on the field but also needed a couple of fine saves by Gianluigi Donnarumma to prevent a bigger deficit.
PSG must now hope they can turn the tie around in the second leg in Munich on March 8.
“We are at a disadvantage but we saw that we were capable of causing them problems and now we just need to make sure all our players are in good health and we will go there to try to qualify,” Mbappe, who also had another goal ruled out for a clear offside, said.
Coman, who started his career in Paris, did not celebrate his goal but it was a case of history repeating itself – he was the match-winner when Bayern beat the Qatar-owned club in the 2020 final in Lisbon to become European champions for the sixth time.
Meanwhile, Tottenham suffered a setback in lacklustre Champions League defeat at AC Milan and would have to do things the hard way if they want to progress in the Champions League after they lost 1-0 at AC Milan in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
It was an insipid display at San Siro by Antonio Conte’s side after they were unable to recover from Brahim Diaz’s early opener.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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