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Bayern vs PSG Champions League Semi-Final: Kompany Praises Kane Form

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Vincent Kompany Says Harry Kane 'ageing like fine wine' ahead of Champions League clash

Jamal Musiala will start for Bayern vs PSG after Gnabry was ruled out. Coach Vincent Kompany is suspended but praised Harry Kane’s 53-goal season.


“They are dangerous on the counter and from positional play...”


Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany praised Harry Kane on Monday, saying the England captain is only getting better with age as the German giants prepare to face Paris Saint-Germain in their heavyweight Champions League semi-final.


Kane has scored 12 goals in 11 Champions League appearances this season, including goals in both legs of the remarkable quarter-final win over Real Madrid.


He has 53 goals in total across 45 appearances in all competitions for Bayern this season.


Those are incredible numbers for any player, especially one who turns 33 in July and spends large parts of games dropping deep to link play rather than saving his energy for the penalty area.


“He was an incredible goal-scorer, a striker who could find a way to score goals from any position, whether it be headers, left foot, right foot, distance shots,” Kompany said of how his perception of Kane has changed since the forward left England in 2023.


“I think his finishing was never underestimated, and I think his leadership was never underestimated either because he has had that role for his team and for his country.


“Obviously what we see a lot more is just his distribution and his workrate for the team, and his game intelligence in general.


“To combine that side of his game with the numbers he has, you have to do the job to help the team progress and then still arrive in the box, so it is not an easy thing.


“That is something we have seen and been able to enjoy, and that was maybe underestimated at the time in England, but he is ageing like fine wine so I am just enjoying seeing that side of his game for us as well.”


Kane and Bayern are back in Paris, where they won 2-1 during the league phase in November. The former Tottenham Hotspur star was eclipsed that night by Luis Diaz, who scored both goals for his team before being sent off.


The sides also met twice last season. Bayern won 1-0 in Munich in the Champions League league phase in November 2024, before PSG got revenge with victory in the Club World Cup quarter-finals in the United States.


 'Always Very Tight' Says Kompany

“You go through each game against them and it has always been very tight - we won a couple, they won one, but the games were so tight that they could have been different,” admitted Kompany.


“Luis Enrique (the PSG coach) said it would be about details and that has never been more true.”

 


Bayern have already secured the Bundesliga title and reached the German Cup final, while PSG are on the verge of another French championship as they target back-to-back Champions League triumphs.


“There are no miracle solutions, no magic wands. The only thing we have is the advantage of having played against Paris quite a lot now, but it is the same for them,” said Kompany when asked how to stop the French side.


“They are dangerous on the counter and from positional play but if you look at our team we have the same qualities.”




Kompany is suspended from the touchline for the game after being booked against Real in the quarter-finals. Bayern are also without Raphael Guerreiro and Serge Gnabry.


The absence of Gnabry means Jamal Musiala is set to start against the team he faced when he broke his leg during the Club World Cup clash last July.



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