PSG goes on with a bang – the group stage of the Champions League went down in history

Kylian Mbappé scratched his head, but luckily for him, PSG managed to continue in the Champions League. PDO

Before Wednesday, 14 of the 16 teams that will continue to the spring playoffs in the Champions League had already been determined.

The biggest excitement was directed at the Westfalenstadion, where Borussia Dortmund’s famous Yellow Wall welcomed PSG’s star combination greased with millions of petrol.

The position of the Parisians was so tight that if it had not been able to win its away game, it would have been in danger of dropping to the next games of the Europa League. And that would have been a huge humiliation for the Qatari owners.

Head coach of PSG Luis Enrique had to go to the match without his favorite joker Ousmane Dembélébut luckily for the Spaniard, a 17-year-old prodigy Warren Zaïre-Emery had recovered from his injury.

The teenage star got more space than usual in the midfield because the Dortmund captain Emre Can had to watch the match suspended from the stands.

Correspondingly, I played the flute at the weekend Marius Wolf went right back to the opening. It was his job to stop Kylian Mbappé progression.

PSG wasted

The Frenchman should have given the visitors the lead after just over a quarter of the game, but Niklas Süle slid sensationally nicely in front of the ball, saving the hosts from a setback.

Mbappé had already prepared to score the opening goal, but had to scratch his head due to Süle’s heroic save.

Moments later PSG Bradley Barcola rattled the post of the Dortmund goal with his shot.

in the 24th minute Randal Kolo Muani slipped the ball just inches past after his own drive through.

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Little by little, it started to appear that both goal nets are bewitched, because Dortmund also built extremely dangerous positions PSG hat Gigi Donnarumman to the plot.

The ball just didn’t go in.

From Dortmund’s point of view, it didn’t really matter, because it had already secured its place in the spring playoff rounds.

PSG, on the other hand, started to have real trouble because the brass striker Joelinton had taken Newcastle into the lead in the second match of Group F.

At the same time, it had risen to second place in the group in a virtual situation. At that very moment, PSG was about to be eliminated from the Champions League playoffs.

MIlan equalized

Its position was further weakened at the very beginning of the second period because Niclas Füllkrug took advantage of the confusion in the visitors’ defense. The German still managed to move the ball For Karim Adeyemiwho surely finished the opening goal via the post.

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Dortmund could not enjoy their lead for a long time, because Zairë-Emery leveled the game practically on the next attack.

The draw was starting to taste a lot better for PSG as the information from Newcastle was telling Christian Pulisic tied the match for AC Milan.

The situation got a little easier when Samuel Chukwueze finished off the Rossoneri’s 2–1 win at St James’ Park. The result meant that the points distribution would be enough for PSG to continue.

The Parisian group scraped it, because in the very last minutes of the match, neither team really had a great need to attack.

The second free spot in the spring playoffs was taken by Porto in Group H, who beat Shakhtar 5–3 in a goal-scoring match.

Wednesday was also the last game day in history in the group stage of the Champions League. Next fall, the competition will switch to the “Swiss model” game system.