The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final between PSG and Bayern ended with a 2-0 victory for the reigning Champions League champions. PSG will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals, the winning team will meet Chelsea or Fluminese in the final in mid-July.
This is a tournament that Bayern Munich has high expectations for because they have just finished the 2024-2025 season without an international title. In addition, the prize money of 125 million USD for the champion is a bargain enough to attract any team. However, Vincent Kompany and his team have encountered a very strong opponent at the moment, PSG.
Failure is one thing, Bayern suffered a bigger blow when young talent Jamal Musiala suffered a serious broken leg injury. The German international had an accident after a collision with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the first half. Witnessing Musiala's broken leg, many players on the pitch could not hold back their tears.
Musiala was determined to have a broken fibula, which was the place where the strain was located in the leg. The 22-year-old returned to Munich, Germany last Sunday for surgery and is expected to be unable to play for Vincent Kompany's side until at least November.
After the match, Kompany described Musiala's injury as a serious problem for both the striker and the team. However, the young Belgian coach did not consider it a deliberate collision by Donnarumma.
As for Max Eberl, a member of Bayern's sports management board, Musiala's injury was a huge shock to the team, greatly affecting the club's future competition.
"Everyone knows how important Jamal Musiala is to Bayern. He plays a central role in the team's play. At this time, we all share very much with Musialai, he has just recovered from an injury and will be away for a long time.
Musiala will get everything he needs from the club. We will accompany and always be by his side. Bayern Munich are looking forward to Musiala returning to the pitch soon" - Max Eberl shared.
This incident to Musiala is a huge blow to Bayern's ambitions and the striker himself. Musiala has missed the final two months of the 2024-2025 season due to a hamstring injury. That injury kept him out of the Champions League quarter-final defeat to Inter Milan.
It was thought that everything was going smoothly as Musiala had fully recovered ahead of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. He played Bayern's opening match in this tournament, scoring a hat-trick in a 10-0 victory over Auckland City.
The loss of Musiala for about 4-5 months is a huge disadvantage for Bayern Munich as their attack is gradually declining in quality. Since Harry Kane's arrival, the English striker has been in charge of almost all of the "Gray Tigers'" attack. Meanwhile, Serge Gnabry's form has declined while today's Sane has moved to Galatasaray.
In Bayern's current attack, there are only 3 people who can trust them: Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala and Kingsley Coman. Coman is popular for coming on as a substitute to create a breakthrough. Michael Olise has only been there for a year, so he needs more time to become a person with great influence even though he is playing very well.
The missed purchase of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen has cost Bayern Munich a spearhead option. Now that he has lost Musiala, Vincent Kompany will have a real headache in the near future.
