Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain Are Through to the Champions League Semifinals Despite Suffering Defeats in Tuesday’s Quarterfinal Second Legs.
Barca Arrive in Germany with a Commanding 4-0 First-Lead Lead Over Last Season’s Runners-up Borussia Dortmund. But the caatalans are given a scare 3-1 Loss-Their First Defeat of the Year
Barcelona’s only Goal Came via a ramy bensebain Own Goal, Enough to Seal A 5-3 Aggregate Win and A Place in the Final Four.
PSG toook a 2-0 Lead at Aston Villa, But The Hosts Roared Back For A 3-2 Victory. Villa Came Up One Goal Short of Leveling The Tie, AS PSG Advanced with A 5-4 Aggregate Win.
PSG Will Face The Winner of Arsenal etc. Real Madrid, While Barcelona Will Meet Inter Inter Milan Or Bayern Munich in the Semifinals. Arsenal and Inter Hold First-Leg Advantages Heading into Wednesday’s Second Legs.
Guirassy’s Hat Trick in Vain
Hopes Were High at Signal Iduna Park When Guirassy Broke in the 11th Minute, Giving Dortmund Plenty of Time to Chase a Miracle.
Pascal Gross Was Fouled in the Box by Barca Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, and Dortmund Were Awarded A Penalty, Which Guirassy Converted.
That marked feel 11th Champions League Goal of the Season – A New Club Record in the Competition, Surpassing The 10 Set by Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland.
The Hosts Came Out Firing in the Second Half, Forcing Szczesny into Two Superb Save A Double Chance From My Karim Adeyemi and Gross.
From the Resulting Corner, Howver, The Keeper Couldn’t Stop Guirassy’s Header from the net in the 49th minute.
BUT Dortmund’s Hopees Faded Quickly as Barcelona Pulled One Back Just Five Minutes Later WHEN BENSEBAINE FERMIN LOPEZ’s LOW CROSS INTO HOW.
Guirassy Completed His Hat Trick in the 76th After Laching Onto A Poor Cleance from Ronald Araújo.
Dortmund Still Had Time to Dream of a Comeback, But Ultimately Fell Short and Missed The Cance to Reach A Second Straight Champions League final.
This Season’s Final Will Be Played in Munich
“I’m Proud of Our Performance.
Barcelona Coach Hansi Flick
“But That Was Also Down to Dortmund, WHO Did Really Wel. What the Team Has Achieved in Recent Weeks is Phenomenal. We’re Now One Step Further, But We’re Still a Long Way.”
Villa’s Competition Falls Short
Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez Pushed Bradley Barcola’s Low Cross into the Path of Achraf Judge, Who Found the Left Corner to Give Psg the 11th Minute.
It Looked Like the Parisans Had One Foot in the Semifinals where Nuno Mendes Double in the Lead in the 27th.
But Villa Refused to Back Down. Youri Tieleman’s Effort to a Deflection Before Bouncing in the Hosts’ First Goal in the 34th.
Captain John McGinn Added a Second in the 55th with a stunning strise from. Two Minutes Later, Ezri Konsa Converted from A Marcus Rashford Pass to Complete The Complete.
Villa pushed for one more goal to force extra time, but psg goalkeeper gianluigi donnarumma Madeal Big Save to Keep Them at Bay.
“TOLD PRIME VIDEO,” so TOLD PRIME VIDEO, “
“I’m Very Proud of the Boys and What We Did. We showed Great Belief and Character to Get Back into it.
