Barcelona had a tough time at Signal Iduna Park, but still managed to progress.
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain both lost in the second leg of the quarter-finals on the morning of April 16 but still won tickets to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.
Barcelona eliminate Dortmund
Barcelona confidently traveled to Germany to face Dortmund after a resounding 4-0 victory at home a few days ago.
However, at Signal Iduna Park, Coach Hansi Flick's team had to go through moments full of pressure due to the opponent's changes.
Dortmund took the initiative to play offensively and had two goals leading after 49 minutes, both by Serhou Guirassy.
Guirassy opened the scoring in the 11th minute from the penalty spot and doubled the lead to 2-0 with a close-range header early in the second half.
Barcelona got a goal to reduce the score to 1-2 from Bensebaini's own goal after a cross from Fermin Lopez in the 54th minute.
However, Dortmund continued to respond with a goal to increase the score to 3-1 in the 76th minute and the scorer was still Serhou Guirassy, to shorten the gap to 3-5 after two matches and open up a chance for a comeback.
This made the home team play even more determined. They only needed 2 more minutes to score the fourth goal against Barcelona but it was disallowed because Brandt was in an offside position.
Guirassy excelled with a hat-trick but it was not enough to send Dortmund through. (Source: X)
Dortmund then continued to play offensively and caused many problems but could not score more goals, thereby accepting to watch Barcelona win a ticket to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League with a final victory of 5-3.
In the semi-finals, Barcelona's opponent will be the winner of the match between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich (Inter won 2-1 in the first leg in Germany).
The Gray Tigers are determined to win to reverse the situation at Giuseppe Meazza and if that happens they will have the opportunity to reunite with "captain" Hansi Flick.
PSG into semi-finals after tense match
Along with Barcelona, PSG has the advantage of winning the first leg and also losing the second leg but still has a ticket to the round of 4 best teams in this season's Champions League.
At Villa Park, Aston Villa and Paris Saint-Germain created an exciting match to create a "feast for the eyes" with 5 goals scored.
PSG took the initiative and made many people think of a resounding victory for the away team when they scored twice against Aston Villa after 27 minutes of play.
Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes took full advantage of their opportunities to force home goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez to repeatedly pick the ball out of the net.
Conceding two goals and letting the opponent lead 5-1 after two matches, Aston Villa seemed to wake up to attack and play with the mindset of having nothing to lose.
Unai Emery's students played more proactively to create pressure and were rewarded with Youri Tielemans' goal to shorten the score in the 34th minute.
In the second half, Aston Villa continued to play offensively and made PSG nervous when John McGinn and Ezri Konsa consecutively scored against Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 55th to 57th minutes.
Aston Villa led 3-2 in the second leg and reduced the aggregate score after two matches to 4-5, thereby still having a chance to come back because the gap was only one goal.
This made the rest of the match more tense and many dangerous situations were created towards the goals of both teams.
However, the second leg did not have any more goals and Paris Saint-Germain became the team to win the ticket to the Champions League semi-finals.
Aston Villa say goodbye to Champions League in regret.
This result helps PSG once again "sow sorrow" for English football teams in the most prestigious European club tournament this season.
Before Aston Villa, Luis Enrique's team also made two strong opponents, Manchester City and Liverpool, suffer "bitter consequences."
Paris Saint-Germain now have the chance to meet the remaining team in the Premier League - Arsenal.
The Gunners have a great chance to win a ticket to the Champions League semi-finals after a resounding 3-0 victory over defending champions Real Madrid at the Emirates./.
Source: https://baodaknong.vn/barcelona-va-psg-gianh-ve-vao-ban-ket-champions-league-249810.html
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