On April 17, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the Champions League ended two key battles, Paris 4-1 away, 6-4 on aggregate against Barcelona to advance, Dortmund 4-2 at home, 5-4 on aggregate to reverse Atletico Madrid to advance to the semi-finals. In this way, Paris and Borussia Dortmund will meet in the semi-finals. Here's a look at a roundup of the two goal shootouts.
Borussia Dortmund - Atletico Madrid
Borussia Dortmund picked up the tempo as soon as they moved up, putting their forces up front to lay siege to the Atletico penalty area, and Sabitzer received a cross from the left before rushing into the six-yard box, which was blocked by Jimenez's outstretched leg. Ryerson's shot from the top of the arc is blocked. Atletico managed to commit a corner kick to instigate a counter-attacking long pass, Morata went beyond the defence to receive a one-on-one ball, but the shot from the penalty area was missed. Borussia Dortmund took control of the ball and continued to besiege, Adeyemi received a long ball from the right at the back post and his powerful volley was saved, and Sabitzer's powerful shot from the top of the arc went wide. In the 34th minute, Brandt received a penetrating cross from Hummels, turned into the penalty area, and fired into the far corner to tie the score at 2-2 on aggregate. Maatsen received Sabitzer back the ball and rushed into the penalty area to volley into the back corner to score, and Dortmund scored two goals in five minutes to complete the overtake with an aggregate score of 3-2. Both sides of the defence were up in intensity, with Lyerson and Hermoso receiving yellow cards for fouls.
Atletico Madrid, who fell into adversity, returned to the second half to make three substitutions, Griezmann's long ball from a corner created chaos in front of goal, Hermoso nodded the ball to cause Hummels to clear the ball and set himself up for an own goal, and Atletico equalized 3-3 on aggregate. Atletico hit a sharp counter-attack, Correa broke through the box and fired wide and missed another good chance to score. Atletico Madrid were even more ferocious, Correa grabbed the second drop in front of the goal in the 64th minute, and scored 4-3 at the end of the game. Phil Krueger headed in a 72nd-minute cross from Sabitzer to level again. Phil Krueger headed in a 72nd-minute cross from Sabitzer to level again. Sabitzer broke through the penalty area in the 75th minute and scored with a fierce shot, and Dortmund scored two goals in three minutes to win 5-4.
Barcelona - Paris Saint-Germain
The Parisian players looked a little impatient in this game, made mistakes one after another, and shot in a hurry, Fabian opened the opening three minutes with a long-range shot to outflank the goal, which was easily defused by the dense Barcelona defense. On the other hand, Barcelona launched an offensive unhurriedly and patiently carried out transmission cooperation. Raphinha sent a cross from Yamal on the right in the 12th minute to score to make it 4-2 on aggregate. Falling behind, Paris continued to attack, Mbappe received a cross from the right and headed high, and Fabian again curled a long-range shot wide. Barcelona's two wings broke through extremely sharply, Raphinha broke through the bottom line on the left and his cross was cleared, and Lewandowski's volley in front of the small penalty area was saved. In the middle of the half, Paris controlled the advantage of the field and suppressed it in the front, Dembele's corner kick spun towards the goal and hit the side netting, Balcola broke through with the ball and was tackled by Araujo to create a free kick, and the referee decisively showed a red card to send Araujo off the field. Mbappe's overhead kick from the left was blocked, and Dembele's free-kick on the edge of the box was blocked. The continued attack finally paid off, as Dembele smashed into the top corner from the back of the six-yard box in the 39th minute to put Paris 3-4 down on aggregate.
Paris returned to the second half with a tidal wave of attacks, with Achraf's long-range shot from outside the box almost deniing Ter Stegen to set up an own goal. In the 54th minute, Vitinha was unmarked in front of the arc and shot directly from distance, breaking the goal to tie the aggregate score at 4-4. Xavi was unhappy with the penalty and kicked the block in anger and was sent off with a red card. Dembele broke through in the 59th minute and was brought down by Cancelo to create a penalty, Mbappe hit the penalty, and Paris scored three goals in a row to take a 5-4 aggregate lead. Kylian Mbappe scored a brace in the 89th minute to give Paris a 6-4 aggregate victory.