If anyone thought that Borussia Dortmund Paris Saint Germain couldn’t live up to a Champions League semi-final, well, they were very wrong. Very fast teams, on the one hand Adeyemi and Sancho who put the French flanks on fire. On the other Mbappé who lights up intermittently but who, with two touches, risks inventing as many goals out of nothing: first a post, then a wonderful assist in the middle of the entire opposing rearguard. The final reads 1-0 for the Germans, even if in a few days at the Parc des Princes everything could be reversed.
In the first half there is only Borussia Dortmund. Very few opportunities for PSG who, potentially, seem really dangerous. Everything remains only on paper, however, because the yellow and blacks are well organized and then sting with Sabitzer, in particular: at the beginning he calls Donnarumma on the exit – not too simple – then to crumple in a very short time on a conclusion from well inside the area. In the middle there is also the yellow and black advantage: a long ball from Schlotterbeck on Fullkrug who, as a consummate centre-forward, stops at the limit and unleashes a thunderbolt with his left foot, taking advantage of Marquinhos’ delay in rising at the right times.
Recovery is a different story. Because PSG is forcefully looking for an equalizer: Mbappé, as mentioned, takes the post. As the action develops, Hakimi hits it and Kobel is beaten. One might expect a siege, but this is not the case. Because Borussia Dortmund’s wingers often find the attack. Sancho in particular has great imagination to go away from Nuno Mendes and put it in the middle for Fullkrug: it would be 2-0 if the attacker, this time, didn’t hit it with his shin and send it high over the crossbar. Qualification remains in the balance, as does the result, net of Luis Enrique’s changes. However, it is Dembele who devours the equalizing goal: Hakimi gets to the end and gives it to the penalty spot where the Frenchman, former matchday player, sends it into the corner.