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The Striker Who Waited for the Champions League to Find Him

Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting was never a can’t-miss talent. But as he leads Bayern Munich against P.S.G., he has proved he belongs right where he is.

“I always knew I could help the team,” Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting said. “I had no doubts.”Credit...Ronald Wittek/EPA, via Shutterstock

There were always plenty of things about Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting that caught the eye. The scouts dispatched to watch him tended to find that his build grabbed their attention first: tall but not rangy; broad-shouldered and muscular but lean. What held it, though, was everything else.