1-4, 4-2!Champions League reversal night!Barcelona 3 reds eliminated, Mbappe doubled, Dort reversed
With the second leg of the 2023/24 Champions League quarter-finals featuring two games, with Barcelona, the only team to win away from home, hosting Mbappe's Paris Saint-Germain, Xavi's goal is not just to reach the last four, but to look further into the final. The other is Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund returning to home to Atletico Madrid, with only one goal separating them from the first leg to give Dortmund hope of qualifying, and with the addition of the Westphalia, the most famous stadium in Europe, Dortmund is eager to turn the tables around. Each wealthy family has joys and sorrows, and a few families are happy and a few are sad.
Barcelona 1-4 Paris Saint-Germain
Barcelona is unbeaten in 13 consecutive games in all competitions since Xavi announced his departure at the end of the season, 8 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga, and still maintains the hope of competing for the title, and in the Champions League, Barcelona finally ended the embarrassing record of two consecutive Champions League group exits, and in the second half, Barcelona is far away from Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern and Arsenal, the four favorites to win the title. After the first leg away to Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona are already dreaming of reaching the Champions League final.
Paris Saint-Germain is unique in Ligue 1, and the lack of strong competitors has made Paris Saint-Germain's state and competitiveness unable to compete with the top European giants, even in the era of Mbappe, Neymar and Messi, Paris Saint-Germain has fallen into the embarrassing situation of stopping in the round of 16 year after year. Now that Messi and Neymar have left, Mbappe has become a single core, but Mbappe left the team at the end of the confirmed season, and Nasser put Mbappe in the cold, and the French league often replaced him, resulting in the interruption of Mbappe's state, and he has suffered a goal drought for two consecutive games.
In the game, in the first half, Yamal assisted Raphinha to score, Arauhola was sent off for a straight red and Dembele equalized. Yibian fought again, Vitinha made a contribution to the ground, Mbappe doubled, Xavi and Barcelona's assistant coaches complained about dyeing red, and finally the ten-man Barcelona 1-4, the total score was 4-6 Paris stopped in the Champions League top 8.
Borussia Dortmund 4-2 Atletico Madrid
Borussia Dortmund is a nervous knife team in the Bundesliga, but last season originally held the initiative to win the championship in a favorable situation, but at the last moment dropped the chain, handed over the championship trophy to Bayern, after losing the core Bellingham this season, the team has completely withdrawn from the championship group, and can only fight for the top four at present. Terzic's managerial ability was questioned, but he scored a goal away at Atletico Madrid in the first leg to keep the possibility of a home comeback.
Atletico Madrid started high and low in La Liga this season, and the team once competed with Real Madrid, but with Simeone's successful contract renewal, Atletico Madrid suffered a trough, and the ranking also fell all the way out of the top four. For Simeone, the top four positions in the league are still relatively stable, and now it is time to hit the Champions League semi-finals, with the first leg ahead, Atletico Madrid has the initiative to advance.
In the game, Sabitzer missed a good chance in the first half, Morata missed a single knife, Brandt and Maatsen scored two goals in five minutes, Hummels scored an own goal in the second half, Correa made a contribution as a substitute, and Phil Krueger and Sabitzer scored two goals in a row to overtake. In the end, Dort defeated Atletico Madrid 4-2 at home, and Dort reversed Atletico Madrid 5-4 on aggregate, returning to the top 4 of the Champions League after 11 years.