The Champions League semifinals are out! The Premier League is out of the semifinals: Real Madrid vs. Bayern Paris VS Dort
On April 18, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals was over, the Premier League duo Manchester City and Arsenal were out, and the semi-final matches were also announced: Real Madrid vs. Bayern, Paris VS Dort.
The Champions League semi-finals are out
In the early hours of yesterday morning, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Barcelona 4-1 at home, eliminated their opponents with an aggregate score of 6-4, and reached the last four of the Champions League for the first time since the 2021-22 season.
Borussia Dort's 4-2 home win over Atletico Madrid came from behind to eliminate their opponents with an aggregate score of 5-4 and reach the last four of the Champions League for the first time in 11 years after the 2012-13 season.
Manchester City hosted Real Madrid in the early hours of this morning, and the two teams drew 3-3 in the first leg. Vinicius crossed for Rodrygo to open the scoring with two shots in quick succession, Haaland hit the crossbar with a header, Rudiger was not far away from clearing the ball and Kevin De Bruyne volleyed in to equalise. The aggregate score was 4-4 into overtime, and it was still difficult to distinguish the winner.
In the end, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City through a penalty shootout and advanced to the Champions League semi-finals for four consecutive seasons. In the previous two seasons, Real Madrid eliminated Manchester City in the semi-finals, and Manchester City eliminated Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Bayern host Arsenal and the two teams drew 2-2 in the first leg. Goretzka's header hit the crossbar and Guerreiro hit the woodwork again and Kimmich scored the only goal of the game.
In the end, Bayern beat Arsenal 1-0 to eliminate their opponents 3-2 on aggregate and reach the last four of the Champions League for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
Semi-final matchup
In this way, all the top four teams of the Champions League this season will be produced! 2 teams in the Bundesliga, 1 team in La Liga, and 1 team in Ligue 1, and the Premier League will be wiped out.
The matchups in the semi-finals were also revealed:
Top half: Borussia Dortmund vs Paris Saint-Germain
Bottom half: Bayern vs Real Madrid
The first leg of the Champions League semifinals will be in the early morning of May 1 and 2 Beijing time, and the second leg will be in the early morning of May 8 and 9 Beijing time.
This season's Champions League final will be played in the early morning of June 2 Beijing time, and the teams that advance in the top half will be the "home team". Whether the Bundesliga derby will be repeated since 2013, or will Paris win the first title in the team's history, or will Real Madrid become 15 champions?