AC Milan reach CL quarterfinals

MUNICH, Germany (AP):

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe will have to wait another year for a chance to win the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain.

Bayern Munich contained the World Cup stars and beat PSG 2-0 yesterday to advance to the quarterfinals 3-0 on aggregate.

After former PSG forward Kingsley Coman scored in the round-of-16 first leg, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting -- another former PSG player -- doubled the advantage before Serge Gnabry finished off the scoring at Allianz Stadium.

Shortly after having a goal ruled out for offside, and also inadvertently blocking a teammate's shot, Choupo-Moting scored in the 61st minute to put Bayern on course for the quarterfinals and send PSG out of the Champions League in the last 16 for the second year running.

Leon Goretzka and Thomas Muller teamed up to take the ball off Marco Verratti and Goretzka squared the ball for Choupo-Moting to apply a simple finish with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma stranded.

Two substitutes then linked up to make sure of the win on the counter in the 89th, with Joao Cancelo surging down the right flank before playing in Serge Gnabry to score.

PSG had dominated the first half of the game and was only denied the lead by a goal-line clearance from Bayern's Matthijs de Ligt, but Bayern regained their focus in the second half to secure the win.

Games between PSG and Bayern have helped define the career of Choupo-Moting, a late-developing 33-year-old forward who, until this season, was best known as a back-up striker for Robert Lewandowski at Bayern.

Choupo-Moting played for PSG against Bayern when the Germans won the Champions League final in 2020. After signing for Bayern as a free agent the following season, he scored once in each leg in a defeat on away goals to PSG in the Champions League quarterfinals.

PSG were without Neymar, who played the first leg before sustaining a season-ending ankle injury but had Mbappe, a substitute in the first game, back in the starting line-up.

In the other match yesterday, AC Milan advanced to the quarterfinals after holding 10-man Tottenham to a goalless draw.