This morning's Champions League quarter-finals ended two battles, La Liga giants Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are both out, while Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain and Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund will face off in the semi-finals for a chance to reach the Champions League final. Coincidentally, these two teams were in a group with AC Milan in Serie A and Newcastle United in the Premier League in the Champions League group stage, and now the opponents in the same group have both reached the top four.
Although Barcelona lost 1:4 to Paris Saint-Germain, the process of the game really made people feel sorry for Barcelona. In this game, Barcelona coach Xavi relied on the advantage of a one-goal lead, and the opening was mainly based on solid defense, patiently looking for counterattack opportunities. This tactical arrangement worked wonders in the 12th minute, when Barcelona youngster Yamal broke through the opposing defender Mendes through his individual ability, and assisted Raphinha to rewrite the score with a cross from the ground, and Barcelona took the lead.
It's a pity that the situation of the next game changed abruptly, in the 25th minute, Barcelona defender Araujo put down the Paris winger Balcola, who was close to 1V1 to face the goalkeeper, in order to make up for the position, was punished by the referee with a red card, and the Barcelona coach was forced to replace Yamal with the veteran Martinez to strengthen the defense.
Although Barcelona defended with an iron heart, the old player Ousmane Dembele was in hot form, first volleying to equalize, and then in the third goal, he relied on his personal breakthrough to create a foul on Cancelo, and the penalty he got was taken by Mbappe, which also gave Paris the lead in the aggregate score. In the end, 1:4 was unfortunately out.
As for Atletico Madrid's match with Borussia Dortmund, the process was a bit more dramatic. At the beginning, Dortmund relied on the home advantage to besiege Atletico Madrid, with Brandt and Maatsen scoring two goals successively, and then Atletico Madrid used Hummels' own goal and Correa's goal to score two goals in a row to lead the aggregate score 4:3 again, and finally Dortmund relied on the goals of Phil Krueger and Sabitzer to set the aggregate score at 5:4 and ended the goal battle.
After this game, La Liga, which originally dominated the top 8 of the Champions League, only Real Madrid was left. Considering that Real Madrid drew with Manchester City at home and Manchester City away from home, La Liga is very likely to repeat the mistakes of the last round of Serie A and end up in the miserable situation of all out.
Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain gathered in the semi-finals of the Champions League, not only proving their value for Ligue 1 and Bundesliga, but also proving their gold content in the 'group of death' they are in.
In the group stage of this season's Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund were grouped together with AC Milan in Serie A and Newcastle United in the Premier League. The four top five league teams have been fighting until the final round, and each has the possibility of qualifying. In the end, Dortmund occupied the top of the standings with 11 points, Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan shared 8 points, relying on the goal difference advantage of the two sides to get out of the qualification, I believe that Milan fans watched the two opponents gather in the Champions League semifinals, and they must be very sorry in their hearts.
As for the other division, Arsenal of the Premier League will travel to Germany to face Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, drawing 2-2 at home to Bayern Munich in their last game, which had made Arsenal's qualification situation precarious. However, Bayern broke out one after another that Gnabry and Koeman were injured, but the balance tilted.
As for Real Madrid and Manchester City, they are destined to be the most watched matches in this round of group stage. Whether Real Madrid reported a 0:4 defeat last season, or Manchester City continued to crush Real Madrid strongly and become the opponent's bitter opponent, everything will be unveiled tonight.