Borussia Dortmund defeat Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League semi-final: Match recap and analysis

Dortmund (AFP)

Borussia Dortmund from Germany defeated their French host, Paris Saint-Germain, by one goal, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Dortmund have a victory for Niklas Wolkrug, who scored his third goal in the competition this season (36).
The second leg will take place next Tuesday at the Parc des Princes Stadium in the capital, Paris, with the winner of this clash meeting the winner of the second leg between Spain’s Real Madrid and Germany’s Bayern Munich ( 2-2 draw in the first leg at the Allianz Arena).
This is Dortmund’s first win over Saint-Germain this season, after two previous matches in the group stage, losing the first 0-2 away from home and drawing the second 1- 1.
Saint-Germain hopes to qualify for the return leg, as it has done twice after falling behind in the first leg in the last four seasons in the playoffs, the first of which against Dortmund especially in 2019-2020 (1-2 lost in the matches). the first leg and won 2-0 back).
Dortmund coach Edin Terzic relied on his English teammates Jadon Sancho and Karim Adeyemi and midfielder Julian Brandt to trouble the Paris defence, while Spaniard Luis Enrique did the same, relying on Ousmane’s trio Dembélé, Bradley Barkola and Kylian Mbappé, who started in the full forward position.
Striker Volkrug was able to open the scoring for Dortmund, when he slipped between the defenders and received a long pass from center back Schlotterbeck, so he went one-on-one for Dortmund and put the ball in the net (36).
Volkrug became the third Dortmund player to score three goals and make three assists in the Champions League in one season, after Swiss Stephane Chapuissa (1996-1997) and Czech Tomas Rosicky (2002-2003, had four assists), according to Opta Statistics .
Dortmund captain Mats Hummels told streaming platform DAZN, “We helped each other to win the match. We needed some luck sometimes, but we can be very satisfied with our performance.
He said, “It’s not easy to play on the Champions League stage and take risks sometimes, because mistakes can happen, you can lose the ball. When you want to succeed at this level, it will only succeed when you make the other team. effort and try to control it.” ».