MUNICH – Paris Saint-Germain have been the most thrilling outfit in Europe over the last year, but Luis Enrique’s men showed another side to their game as they held off Bayern Munich on Wednesday to reach a second straight Champions League final.

After their epic 5-4 victory in the first leg of their semi-final, when the attacking quality of both sides made for one of the greatest games in the competition’s history, PSG got the job done in the return 1-1 draw at the Allianz Arena thanks to a brilliant early goal followed by a heroic rearguard action.

Ousmane Dembele scored inside three minutes, and the French champions then set about thwarting their hosts, as Bayern very nearly failed to score in a game for the first time all season.

Harry Kane did eventually equalise on the night, but his strike came too late and the stalemate took PSG through 6-5 on aggregate.

“Tonight showed what type of team we are,” Enrique told broadcaster Canal Plus. “We showed our maturity, being able to defend as well as attack. As a coach it was a pleasure to see that performance.”

Forward Desire Doue added: “We can’t always win with magic or extraordinary play. Today we had to defend a lot but we defended very well.”

The display of defensive solidarity and solidity was led by the immense Willian Pacho, the Ecuadorian who remarkably won all six of his duels on the pitch.

Warren Zaire-Emery was magnificent filling in at right-back in the absence of the injured Achraf Hakimi, and the 20-year-old France midfielder has been perhaps PSG’s player of the season.

He has played more minutes than anyone else for them, recovering from a difficult last campaign personally when he was only a bit-part member of the side that won the Champions League.

His work-rate, energy and consistency have helped PSG overcome the fitness issues which threatened to derail them after an exhausting last campaign when a run to July’s Club World Cup final meant they only had a t...