What a magical evening at Signal Iduna Park. For the first time since 2013, Borussia Dortmund qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League. Edin Trezic’s team beat Atletico Madrid 2:4 this evening (Wednesday) and finished 3:5 in the final in an evening where the momentum changed from side to side quite a few times, but only one team smiled at the end of the day.
Dortmund, who experienced a difficult season in the league, will meet PSG in the semi-finals after the great comeback against Barcelona and is only two games away from reaching Wembley. The last time she qualified for the final of the champions, even then the final was held in the capital of England. Maybe fate repeats itself, go find out. In any case, huge compliments go to Terezic’s players for their great character.
Dortmund started better and dominated throughout the second half, except for a big miss by Albero Morata in the opening. Julian Brandt (34) and Jan Mattsen (39) gave the Germans a double lead at halftime. Simeone made three changes in the second half and his team got back into business with goals from Mats Hummels (49) and Angel Correa (56) who came on as a substitute.
Korea could have secured promotion if he had scored one-on-one with Jan Kobel, but minutes later Niklas Polkrug (72) made it 2:3 for the host with an amazing strike. Dortmund closed the story with a wonderful goal by Zabitzer (74) outside the area, after a bad reaction by Oblak, who also made a mistake in the first goal.
For Atlético Madrid this is a great disappointment. Cholo Simeone’s team came into the game with a 1:2 advantage from the first meeting, in which they could have already led by three or four goals. This time she managed to get out of a big hole after a 2:0 deficit at halftime. But in the end she will finish the season without a title after exposing a very bad defense and continues to fake regularly in away games.
The only consolation for Atlético is that the team will play in the World Cup next summer and will receive 50 million euros in participation fees. This is following the relegation of Barcelona to PSG. In any case, Simeone will try to secure the ticket to the champions and return there next season through the league and has already counted seven years without advancing to the semi-finals of the champions.
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