In the early morning of April 17, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals continued, with Dortmund, which is worth a total of 460 million, sitting at home against Atletico Madrid, which is worth a total of 440 million.
Borussia Dortmund have won the Champions League once in their history, while Atletico Madrid have never won the Champions League. The two teams are in fifth and fourth place respectively in their respective leagues. In the first leg, Dortmund pulled one back before the end and lost 1-2.
Borussia Dortmund won 1-0 away at Borussia Mönchengladbach last weekend, ending a two-game losing streak in the league and cup. Prior to this, Dortmund had just played a wave of five consecutive wins.
Atletico's form has been up and down, with a league win over Big Dark Horse Girona last weekend not only made it three wins in a row in all competitions, cemented fourth place in the table, but also closed the gap between them and Girona to four points.
Less than five minutes into the game, both teams had great chances, but neither could convert them into goals.
In the 3rd minute, Sabitzer flanked in the middle, and after a slight adjustment to stop the ball, the close-range push was blocked. One minute later, Morata had an absolute one-on-one chance, but his shot was deflected wide.
The camera showed Simeone on the sidelines, the manager was stunned, and Atletico Madrid's bench was also stunned.
The Hornets at home were in full swing and launched a tidal wave of attacks, with Phil Krueger and Brandt's shots on the left side of the box blocked by Oblak.
In the 34th minute, Dortmund, who had always suppressed Atletico Madrid, finally scored. Hummels' pass was precise and on point, Brandt burst into the net from a tight angle, and Oblak saved, but couldn't stop the ball into the net.
The aggregate score of the two teams came to 2-2 and returned to the same running line. Atletico have conceded in 11 consecutive games, which is also the team's worst record since 2005.
In the 39th minute, Dort continued to make a fuss on the left side, and full-back Maatsen almost copied Brandt's goal and scored from a tight angle, and the Westphalian Stadium immediately boiled.
In the first half, Dortmund led 2-0. After half-time, Simeone made a big change to his personnel, and Atletico scored just four minutes into the second half.
Antoine Griezmann took a corner kick and Hummels made a block in front of goal, scoring an own goal to bring the two teams to 3-3 on aggregate.
In the 54th minute, Atletico came close to scoring again when Correa met the goalkeeper's shot and went just wide.
Atletico Madrid's attack was wave after wave, and in the 64th minute, Atletico Madrid continued to besiege Dort's goal, and Correa scored twice in a row to equalize the score. On aggregate, Atletico are ahead.
Dortmund seemed stunned by two blows. In the 71st minute, Atletico's defense on the right side was broken down again, Sabitzer crossed from the side, and Phil Krueger scored with a header to equalize the aggregate score.
In the 74th minute, Sabitzer, who had just given the assist, completed the goal. Within 3 minutes, the two teams exchanged hell and heaven, and Simeone on the sidelines was stunned.
In the end, Dortmund defeated Atletico Madrid 4-2 at home, and reversed the opponent 5-4 on aggregate over the two legs to advance to the Champions League semi-finals.