Barça & PSG in the semi -finals
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Miracle missed, moral won for the Bundesliga end sprint: Last year finalist Borussia Dortmund said goodbye to the Champions League in the quarter-finals. In the second leg on Tuesday, BVB Hans Flicks FC Barcelona added the first defeat this year thanks to an unleashed Serhou Guirassy in the 3-1 (1-0). The team of coach Niko Kovac was no longer able to make up for the devastating 0: 4 from the first leg a week ago.
A Guirassy three-ply pack (11th minute, penalty/49./76.) Was too little for progress. Guirassy thus shot his hits eleven, twelve and thirteen in the ongoing competition – club record. Even Erling Haaland and the current Barça scorer Robert Lewandowski had not achieved this brand (to the best BVB goal shooters of every Champions League season).
An own goal of Ramy Bensebaini (54.) took the force to the Dortmund storm run in the second half. Despite the first defeat, Barcelona meets BVB in the semifinals for FC Bayern or Inter Milan.
Despite defeat: PSG in the semi -finals of the premier class
Paris Saint-Germain trembled into the semi-finals of the Champions League with a defeat at Aston Villa. The fellow favorite on the title lost the spectacular quarter-final secondary with the English with 2: 3 (2: 1), but thanks to the 3-1 success from the first leg.
Before the game there was briefly confusion because the anthem of the Europa League had been played instead of the royal class anthem. Players of both teams smiled, the commentator at the broadcasting station Dazn jokingly said: “The stadium DJ slipped on the mixer. Oh, that gives a UEFA contractual penalty.”
Ex-Dortmund Achraf Hakimi (11th minute) and Nuno Mendes (27th) brought the guests early after the music breakdown. But then Youri Tielemans (34th), John McGinn (55th) and Ezri Konsa (57.) turned the fast -paced game in favor of the team of coach Unai Emery. However, Villa did not score another goal, also because Paris was surprisingly confidently after the deficit.