Obsessed with attack - when clubs don't give up their identity, a match for all time arrives

I am obsessed with attacking football, it is endless - these are the words of one of the greatest minds of the game, Marcel Bielse.

Because of the legendary "El Loko", Pep Guardiola, a man equally obsessed with offensive football, entered the coaching scene, and Vincent Kompany apparently learned everything from him. There is no need to waste words on Luis Enrique, in Barcelona the game of scoring goals simply had to get under his skin.

When you add to that the fact that Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain have not given up on their identity - the former live for goals throughout their history, the latter finally conquered Europe through attacking football - then sport directs unforgettable nights like that April night in Paris.

It was exploding in all directions at the "Parc des Princes", the rhythm of both teams was unreal, atomic, and the goals left everyone who watched the unprecedented Champions League semi-final match, which ended with a 5:4 victory for the hosts, breathless.

- Total football - wrote the French "L'Equipe".

- An ode to football - added Madrid's "Marca" and Catalan "Sport".

KOMPANI AND LUIS ENRICE - THEY WILL NOT CHANGE

Bayern took the lead first, by half-time Paris Saint-Germain had 3:2, and in the 58th minute even 5:2. The Bavarians did not give up their game even at those moments, they attacked and took risks and in the end reached a much more favorable 5:4. Or rather, they made the match in Paris epic.

- Vincent Kompany told us before this match that he would not change because on the other hand he is the European champion, and we all know that Luis Enrique will not change either. This was total football - everyone attacking and everyone defending - said the legendary Thierry Henry for "CBS Sport".

Jamie Carragher described the rhythm of Ousmane Dembele, Hvicha Kvarachelia, Vitinha and friends on one side, and Michael Oliseh, Luis Diaz, Harry Kane and others on the other.

"Every offensive player on the field deserved an eight or nine out of ten. And I think every one of them outplayed their direct defender. The attacking play was out of this world," the former Liverpool centre-back said on the same show.

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When Henry wore the Arsenal jersey, the north London club was something like Bayern Munich and PSG are today, and it was the legendary Frenchman who was responsible for the goals. At that time, Henry clearly missed the "gunners" Arsene Wenger.

- Risk. We talked about how we see a lot of teams that don't take any risks. Wingers who don't dribble, people who don't go forward and think mostly about not losing the game instead of winning it. Well, now we have everything different from that - said Henry.

In a match with nine goals, the only ones who are not up to par are clearly the defenders.

- If we looked at the defense, many coaches would go crazy, through a professional prism we would have to analyze some things about the goals conceded, but overall I don't care. I enjoyed it, and I think that's the case with everyone who watched the match - added Henry.

Theories that football is becoming boring have thus fallen into disuse.

- Yes, we've been complaining for more than a year or two that football is boring. This game wasn't. I hope it will be similar - Henry started to add about the second leg, after which Carragher interrupted him:

- And in the second semi-final between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal - joked Carragher, as the two teams mentioned are currently playing a completely different type of football than PSG and Bayern.

The most common comment in the football world after the first match between the German and French clubs was that it was a shame it wasn't the Champions League final. In fact, it might be better this way, as the world is getting ready for another spectacle of two phenomenal teams - in seven days in Munich.