Dortmund and PSG Advance to Champions League Semi-Finals – Latest Updates and Highlights

Borussia Dortmundwho beat Atlético Madrid 4 to 2 in Germany, and Paris Saint Germain, who turned the series around as a visitor and beat Barcelona 4 to 1, They appear in one of the semi-finals of the Champions League which ends this Wednesday with the games being played from 4pm on ESPN Manchester City – Real Madrid (3 to 3 in the first leg) and on Fox Sports, Bayern Munich-Arsenal (2-2 in the first leg).

The world champions started at Atlético Madrid Nahuel Molina (he came out at half time to be replaced by Pablo Barrios) and Rodrigo de Paul, who played 83 minutes and was replaced by Saul. While Angel of Korea He participated in the entire second period, replacing Alvaro Morata, and scored the goal that gave the tie and qualification to the team led by Diego Simeone. But Dortmund, who were winning 2-0 at the end of the first stage with goals from Julian Brandt and the Dutch Ithe Maatsenable to respond and with two goals in three minutes of Niklas Fullkrug and Austrian Marcel Sabitzer went on to win 4 to 2 and advance to the semi-finals.

For his part, Barcelona, ​​​​who won 3 to 2 last week in Paris, started winning at the Montjuic Olympic stadium with a goal from the Brazilian Raphinha 12 minutes into the first period after an overflow down the right by youngster Lamine Yamal. But At 28, Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo was sent off for a last resort break on Ousmane Dembelé and that seemed to bring out the Catalans who were not able to regain control of the game and who collapsed football and emotionally.

Dembele himself tied the game after 40 minutes and in the second half, the French defenses, and the defensive laziness of the Spaniards put behind the case. At 54 minutes, A tight right-footed shot from outside the area by Portuguese Vitinha put PSG ahead who explained the result and classification by two goals from their megastar Kylian Mbappe: At 61, he converted a penalty after a foul inside the area by Joao Cancelo against Dembelé and at 88 he closed the account after the French strikers won three consecutive rebounds in the Barcelona area . In this way, PSG entered the top four in Europe again and will go to the semi-finals against Dortmund on a date to be determined during the month of May.