Königsklass-Ko in front of your eyes
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Last year finalist Borussia Dortmund was out of the end of the Hansi Flicks offensive artist from FC Barcelona in the Champions League. In the quarter-final second leg in a week after 0: 4 (0: 1) on Wednesday, even a miracle can no longer help the Bundesliga dot.
Without the seriously injured Nico Schlotterbeck, the BVB defensive was played dizzy. In the Estati Olimpic on Montjuïc, royal class Toptorjäger Raphinha (25th minute), the former BVB go-goetter Robert Lewandowski with a double pack (48./66.) And Jungstar Lamine Yamal (77.), sometimes an adventurous positional error.
The return to the chain of four of Dortmund coach Niko Kovac went thoroughly. The 53-year-old received his first away defeat as a coach in the Champions League. Barcelona, on the other hand, remains undefeated this year. “We chose the chain of four today because Barcelona is very playful,” said the BVB coach before the game at streaming service “DAZN”. Kovac had recently driven much better with a triple chain. In fact, the Westphalia felt the offensive power of the Catalans early on.
In particular, Ramy Bensebaini, who had been struck before the game, seemed completely overwhelmed against Yamal. After seven minutes, Gregor Kobel in BVB goal against Lewandowski prevented the leadership of the Catalans. Dortmund also struggled in the structure. Again and again BVB lost the ball too early.
After a free kick after 25 minutes the time had come: Because full -back Bensebaini produced the next bad positional error, Raphinha dusted off the side in his back to the deserved leadership of Barcelona. However, the goal was able to check the video referee.
Dortmund also gradually came to offensive campaigns. The left attack side, on which Karim Adeyemi was aged, proved more effective. On the other hand, the game largely passed to Jamie Gitten, who surprisingly got a chance in the starting eleven after about a month.
Dortmund’s best Champions League goal scorer Serhou Guirassy suddenly appeared in the Barça goal in the 36th minute in front of Marc-André Ter Stegen’s representative Wojciech Szczesny, but stepped past the ball. In the stoppage time of the first half, Guirassy only hit the outside network.
At the break, Kovac reacted by taking the yellow pre -loaded adeyemi from the field and brought Maximilian Beier. It was hardly in the field, there was already the next damper. This time Waldemar Anton made a bad positional error against Raphinha. Its header headed Lewandowski over the line for 2: 0 Barcelonas.
And the Catalans really turned up. One attack after the other rolled towards the pitiful Dortmund back team, in which only captain Emre Can convinced. Lewandowski then used one of the many chances to go to his second goal. Again, Bensbaini was overflowed like a youth player. After a counterattack, Yamal finally came to his goal.
Champions League: PSG turns behind Aston Villa
The French series master Paris Saint-Germain has won a good starting position for moving into the semi-finals of the Champions League. Against outsider Aston Villa, PSG won the quarter-final first leg in the Parisian Prince Park highly deservedly 3-1 (1: 1). Désiré Doué (39th minute), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (49th) and Nuno Mendes (90.+2) scored the goals for Paris. Morgan Rogers (35th) surprisingly put Villa in the lead with the first attack by the guests.
PSG, which has been as a master again since the weekend, was broken in the first duel of the two teams from the start. But Aston Villa defended attentively and had a strong support in goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez. The Argentine world champion was whistled throughout by the French fans.