PSG welcome Ousmane Dembele back into the attack. The Ballon d'Or winner started on the bench for the win over Nice last weekend, but replaces Senny Mayulu in the front three. Marquinhos and Fabian Ruiz are also back in the side, coming in Illia Zabarnyi and Joao Neves. PSG: Chevalier, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes, Vitinha, Zaire-Emery, Ruiz, Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola. Subs: Beraldo, Hernandez, Lee, Marin, Mayulu, Mbaye, Ndjantou, Neves, Ramos, Safonov.
Bayern Munich are back in action with a men's and women's double header today. While the men take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League later in the afternoon, we start with a Frauen-Bundesliga match on the road at 1. FC Nürnberg. It's a Bavarian derby with two teams of contrasting fortunes. Nürnberg is sitting near - but not at - the bottom of the league and Bayern is coming off a 4-1 win against SGS Essen.
Later, PSG coach Luis Enrique would confirm that Dembélé was good to play. "I don't take any risks with any player. But Ousmane is fit; he's completed all training sessions in the last two weeks and participated in the last two matches," said Enrique (as captured by Tz). "He's improved his fitness and will of course play tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll decide how long he'll play."
Bayern Munich traditionally spends every summer traveling around the globe to grow and accommodate the club's international brand. In 2025, Bayern spent extensive time in the United States for the inaugural version of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup. It has also become common practice for the top European clubs to spend the winter holiday training period in a warmer climate to maximize fitness and satisfy a different set of fans and sponsors.
As per Football Insider, Pete O'Rourke has revealed that Upamecano is in talks with Bayern over signing a new deal, but despite this, his future in Bavaria remains very uncertain. I'm sure (Liverpool) will be hoping that maybe they could sign a player of the calibre of Upamecano on a potential free transfer in the summer. Look, he's under contract at the Allianz Arena until the summer and discussions over a new dealer are ongoing between Upamecano's representatives and Bayern Munich.
Jonas Urbig started in goal for Bayern Munich's 3-o win at Borussia Mönchengladbach over the weekend in what was only the keeper's second match of the season for the German Rekordmeister. Manuel Neuer was fit and available, but the idea from Vincent Kompany and his coaching staff was to give Urbig minutes ahead of the midweek DFB-Pokal clash against FC Köln since Neuer will be serving a red card suspension for that match from the straight red he was shown in last season's round of 16 loss to Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in the true "Klassiker"! In this episode: We delve deeper into Bayern's win over Gladbach. We praise the Lennart Karl, who lit up the Borussia Park in his cameo. We discuss if Gladbach might get relegated and why that might not be a good thing! We discuss Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, VfB Stuttgart, Köln and Bayer Leverkusen! We talk Thomas Müller. We talk about some other big games in Europe.
However, the Campus is increasingly unable to fit the growing demands of the games played there. The Frauen in particular have been exponentially growing in popularity, with their last game at the Allianz Arena selling over 50,000 tickets. What's more, the campus is not exactly fan friendly when it comes to public transport, with only bus service to and fro.
Bayern Munich is officially off to the best start in European history. After 13 consecutive wins, each upcoming match will become tenser as the streak becomes a target for opponents. Since winning consecutive DFB-Pokal titles in 2019 and 2020, Bayern has gone 2-3 in the second round of the domestic knockout tournament. In recent years, Bayern has held a dominant advantage over Köln, winning 18 of the last 20 encounters. The other two matches ended in 1-1 draws.
The Bayern youngster apparently behaved disrespectfully-possibly with provocative stepovers or other antics. "Something that would have prompted an old-school defender to make a final tackle," Lienen described the scene. According to information from Absolut Fussball, the soccer portal of Home of Sports, the scene involved Karl's multiple step-overs in the final stages of the game.