Defeat is nothing that footballers are overwhelmingly fond of, especially when experienced in important games, Cameroon international Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has concluded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 33-year-old might be the perfect witness to report the delicate issue credibly. "It still hurts," the forward said when talking about the 2020 UEFA Champions League final with him losing 1-0 in PSG shirt against Bayern, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 2021, setback two followed, with the spearhead having changed into Bayern's shirt. PSG booked a narrow win (3-2\/0-1) in a last-8 clash at that time. "Bad memory," the current Bayern striker remembers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Not to speak of Bayern's humiliating 3-0 defeat in the 2017\/18 season leading to the dismissal of coach Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Details are deciding such games, the 33-year-old is concluding ahead of the last-16 duel this Tuesday evening when PSG and Bayern the sixth time in six years are crossing swords.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Hamburg-born attacker hopes to turn things to good for his colors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The number of energy-taking games after the 2022 FIFA World Cup indicates an advantage in favor of the reigning German champion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Bavarians can count on only six games since the Qatar tournament in addition to a long break of roughly two months until the national league's restart.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
PSG at the same time went through 12 games. On top, Kylian Mbappe for example was back to action only ten days after the lost World Cup final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich used the opportunity of a 50-day break to get over the disappointing group exit of the German national team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Paris star Lionel Messi enjoyed a three-week break but was still far from the vacation-like interruption of Bayern's performers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
PSG's injury list and lately poor results might tell the story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The participation of Mbappe and Messi is said to be a cliffhanger.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The superstars around or not, nevertheless is affecting Bayern's tactical approach. Coach Julian Nagelsmann is said to waver between a back-row of three and four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Games like that are a topic of your daily condition. Tuesday we will see two teams equipped with enormous individual quality facing a big fight," the Bayern striker concluded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Like Choupo-Moting doesn't rate PSG as the nail-biters' underdog.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"If you lost important games, you feel it come right away; you desperately want to turn things to good next time," the Bayern striker said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"People for a reason only remember the winners. I can tell you what my individual feeling is; it's that I want to win the Champions League more than anything else."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
To turn painful feelings caused by defeats into positive energy is the spark in his case when returning to his former club in France.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In advance of important games, "you start to think about every detail of your action. And: Why is that? It's because it makes winners," the Bayern spearhead is adding.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
To turn painful feelings caused by defeats into positive energy is the spark in his case when returning to his former club in France.<\/p>\r\n\r\n