Paris Saint-Germain had the upper hand in Dortmund but were unable to do anything about it in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. Borussia didn’t need many chances, they won the match 1-0 with Niclas Füllkrug’s goal.
(right) could not shake off Mats Hummels this time either. Photo: AFP
Excellent Dortmunders, imprecise Parisians
The second leg was much like the first leg. PSG settled in Dortmund’s half, but did not make Gregor Kobel make any big saves. The guests defended well this time, and in addition, of course, they didn’t rush things, with one throw-in they staggered for up to thirty seconds.
After half an hour, Paris Saint-Germain switched to a higher gear, but Dortmund almost scored. After a domestic attack, Karim Adeyemi was lightning fast in front of the other goal with the ball and put Gianluigi Donnarumma to work.
Luis Enrique warned before the game that his players should not despair if they don’t score quickly – well, that didn’t happen. Dortmund’s defense stood firmly on its feet, and the French’s shots regularly went to the middle.
Goal post behind goal post
As usual, PSG gave everything at the beginning of the second half, which immediately resulted in a goal post – exactly the same as in the first match. And just like in the second leg, only Dortmund scored. After a corner, Dortmund’s man of the match Matt Hummels headed into the net in the 50th minute.
In the 62nd minute, Paris Saint-Germain found another goal post – a record, the French team was at twelve this season in the Champions League. To the home team’s credit, they still tried hard, they didn’t give up until the end of the match, but their shots were mostly inaccurate. Kylian Mbappé and Vitinha, for example, hit the crossbar and the goalpost once in a while.
Dortmund also won the second leg of the duel 1-0, thereby reaching the BL final for the first time since the 2012-2013 season. And he may even face the same opponent as back then, since Bayern Munich defeated Borussia in the final eleven years ago, and the Bavarians will try to fight back in Madrid on Wednesday (9 p.m., TV: M4 Sport) after a 2-2 draw at home. progress against Real.
And the Parisian fans can only hope that the coveted BL victory will come next year. Surely then without Mbappé, who is going to Madrid, PSG will have to embark on an impossible mission based on what has happened so far.
Champions League, semi-final, 2nd leg:
Paris Saint-Germain (France)-Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 0-1 (0-0)
scorer: Hummels (50.)
Borussia Dortmund advanced with a 2-0 aggregate score.
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