In a tense, rain-soaked semi-final second leg at Munich’s Allianz Arena on Wednesday, defending champions Paris Saint-Germain held firm to secure a 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich, booking their spot in the 2025 UEFA Champions League final against English Premier League leaders Arsenal with a narrow 6-5 aggregate victory across the two legs.
Luis Enrique’s squad carried a narrow 5-4 advantage into the second encounter from a thrilling first leg in Paris a week earlier, and they wasted no time extending their lead against the six-time European champions. Just three minutes after kickoff, Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia cut a low pass back across the Bayern penalty area, finding Ousmane Dembele, who drilled a clinical strike into the top corner of the net to put PSG two goals up on aggregate.
Bayern, who last lifted the Champions League trophy when they defeated PSG in the 2020 Lisbon showpiece, struggled to create clear-cut chances for most of the match, leaving their attacking line largely toothless despite the home crowd’s roaring support. The German side grew increasingly frustrated with first-half refereeing calls, a controversy that added tension to an already high-stakes fixture but failed to shift the momentum of the game in their favor.
Bayern captain and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer kept his side in the tie with two outstanding saves in the second half, first denying Kvaratskhelia and then turning away a shot from substitute Desire Doue to prevent PSG from putting the result beyond doubt earlier. As the clock ticked into the fourth minute of stoppage time, England captain Harry Kane, who has enjoyed a breakout first season at Bayern, drilled home his 14th Champions League goal of the campaign to level the score on the night. But the late strike came too late to power a Bayern comeback, with the final whistle blowing just moments after kickoff resumed.
The result means PSG will advance to their second consecutive Champions League final, where they will face Arsenal on May 30 in Budapest. The Allianz Arena already holds special significance for the French giants: it was the site of their maiden Champions League title win over Inter Milan last season. If PSG can defeat Arsenal in Budapest, they will become only the second club to win back-to-back Champions League titles since 1990, joining Spanish giants Real Madrid in achieving that rare feat, and are currently installed as pre-tournament favorites heading into the showpiece fixture following their resilient defensive display against Bayern.