The main surprise in PSG's starting eleven to face Bayern Munich was the absence of Kylian Mbappé, still limping due to a muscle injury. However, the Frenchman's ailment gave Warren Zaïre-Emery the opportunity to break an early record, who at 16 years and 343 days became the youngest footballer to start a game in the Champions League final phase. .
The Frenchman, who played the first leg of the round of 16 in the midfield, was born on March 8, 2006 in the town of Montreuil. His little experience and the greatness of his rival, a Bayern team that won at the Parc des Princes with a single goal from Coman, prevented him from showing all his qualities, the French champion being swallowed up throughout the first half by the suffocating pressure of the Bavarians.
The young midfielder is characterized by being a creative player, capable of distributing play and even reaching the rival area. Just a few minutes after the winning goal for the Germans, in the 57th minute, Zaïre-Emery was replaced by Mbappé, whose departure coincided with the best minutes of a more offensive PSG that will have to come back in Munich if it wants to go to the quarterfinals.
The azulgrana youth squad player had already made his Champions League debut this season in the game on matchday five of the group stage against Maccabi Haifa that ended with a thrashing for the Parisians (7-2). He came out in the last 11 minutes of the game. Formed in the lower categories of PSG, this course has already participated in 15 games with the first team.
In addition to his precocity record in the Champions League, Zaïre-Emery recently became the youngest goalscorer in PSG history thanks to his goal against Montpellier (1-3) on February 1. Previously, he was the youngest debutant in Ligue 1 after coming onto the field in the 82nd minute of the match against Clermont on August 6.
