{"id":33179,"date":"2026-04-28T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33179"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:36:21","slug":"bayern-munich-bracing-for-a-brutal-confrontation-in-uefa-champions-league-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bayern-munich-bracing-for-a-brutal-confrontation-in-uefa-champions-league-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich bracing for a brutal confrontation in UEFA Champions League semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Bayern Munich\u00a0coach Vincent Kompany says his side is bracing for a brutal confrontation in their Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League semi-final\u00a0first leg tie against title holders, Paris St Germain (PSG).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The two-legged semi-finals begin tonight with Bayern up against PSG, while Arsenal will play Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Kompany believes that Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain are natural enemies in their playing styles.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nHe has briefed his team to expect a frustrating night at the Parc des Princes in Paris, fully expecting PSG to counter everything Bayern throws at the reigning champions.<\/p>\n<p>Key players Harry Kane, Luis Diaz, Michael Olise and Joshua Kimmich all travelled with the squad to Paris.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nHowever, the likes of Serge Gnabry and Tom Bischof are unavailable.<\/div>\n<div>\nBayern have won the Champions League six times, most recently in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, PSG coach Luis Enrique says that he is fully aware of the difficulty of playing against Bayern.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nPSG are defending the title after winning it for the first time last year.<\/div>\n<div>\nThey arrive at the semi-final stage of the Champions League ready to face what many regard as the most consistent team in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14838,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33179","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Union of European Football Associations","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33180,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33179\/revisions\/33180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}