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Picture : Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG) became the youngest player (16 years 343 days) and the first player under the age of 17 ever to start Champions League knockout stage game in the history of competition.
Statistics on Champions’ League round of 16 (February 14)
*Paris Saint-Germain (0-1 vs Bayern) had been scoring in the official matches played at the Parc des Princes for more than a year. Last time they couldn’t score at home was on 31 January 2022 (0-0 against Nice in the French Cup).
*Paris Saint-Germain suffered 3 consecutive defeats in official matches (including 1-2 from Marseille on 8 February and 1-3 from Monaco on 11 February).
Last time this happened with them was in 2011 (0-1 from Nancy, 0-3 from Marseille, 0-2 vs Salzburg between 20 November and 1 December).
*PSG have already lost 5 of their 11 games in all competitions in 2023, more than in the whole year of 2022 (4 in 46 matches).
*Paris Saint-Germain have only won 2 of their last 9 Champions League knockout games at the Parc des Princes (2-0 against Borussia Dortmund in 2020 and 1-0 against Real Madrid in 2022).
*Zaïre-Emery started for PSG alongside Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos who both played in Champions League before he was born.
Ramos faced Arsenal for Real Madrid in a round of 16 match just on the day Zaïre-Emery was born (8 March 2006).
*Kingsley Coman (Bayern) continues his unique series: all official matches in which Coman had scored (already 56) in his professional career for club and national team, his side has never lost (53 wins and 3 draws).
*Milan (1-0 vs Tottenham) got advantage in the score in a Champions League knock-out game for the first time since 20 February 2013 (round of 16 against Barcelona).