The first leg of this week's Champions League semi-finals kicked off, with Real Madrid heading away to Bayern Munich for 90 minutes on the first matchday, and the two sides drew 2-2 in the end, with neither side able to take the advantage. On this match day, the focus of Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dort's battle began, the two teams met twice in the group stage, and Grand Paris remained unbeaten with 1 win and 1 draw, occupying a psychological advantage. In this game, Mbappe and Achraf hit the post one after another, Dembele repeatedly missed opportunities, Lucas retired with an injury halfway, and Paris suffered a double blow, Phil Kruger sealed his throat with a sword, and Dort seized the opportunity 1-0.
In order to compete for a place in the final, both sides had no reservations, and Enrique continued to use a 4-3-3 formation for this game, with Donnarumma in the goal for Grand Paris, Mendes, Lucas, Marquinhos and Achraf in the back four, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz and rising star Unai Emery in midfield, Mbappe in the centre, and Barcola and Dembele on either side.
Terzic responded in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Phil Krueger attacking the front with Jadon Sancho, Brandt and Adeyemi behind him, Sabitzer and Emre Can forming a double midfield, and Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck and Maatsen at the back, with Kerber coming on as the starting goalkeeper.
As the referee blew the whistle, Paris Saint-Germain, which was stronger on paper, launched a fierce attack. In the 11th minute, Dembele advanced on the right, changed the angle of the inside cut, and shot decisively from a distance, but the ball grazed the post and missed. Not to be outdone, Dort slashed down the right two minutes later, Sabitzer cut in from a tight angle, and Donnarumma responded with a crucial save.
In the 18th minute, Dembele once again showed his ability to shoot from outside the penalty area, but still failed to hit the goal and missed a good chance to score. In the 36th minute, Schlotterbeck sent a precise long pass over the top, Phil Krueger unloaded the ball in a dashing manner, and shot into the far corner, Dort broke the deadlock, 1-0!
The big Paris, who were behind, suffered another blow in the 42nd minute, Lucas could not continue to hold on due to injury, Enrique was forced to make a substitution, and the youngster Berardo came on.
Before the end of the first half, there was a lot of noise in front of the goal, first Maatsen fell to the ground in the penalty area, and the referee showed mercy and did not award a penalty. Adeyemi's low cross from the left was met by Phil Kruger's shot in the box, Sabitzer volleyed the ball straight into the corner, and Donnarumma's near-anti-sky reaction saved the ball. In the first 45 minutes, Dort took a one-goal lead and Jadon Sancho completed 10 successful dribbles, becoming the first player to do so in the Champions League in nearly eight seasons, slapping Ten Hag in the face.
Yibian fought again, and the two sides continued to open up a posture to attack. In the 50th minute, Adeyemi's cross from the left was skidding at Sancho's feet, and then his powerful shot from a tight angle was blocked.
Two minutes later, Dembele split the ball at the edge of the penalty area, Mbappe fired into the far corner from a tight angle, and the 180 million superstar's shot was impeccable, but it was ruthlessly denied by the post. Immediately after the Balcora scuffle, Achraf hit again, and hit the other side of the post, and the luck of Grand Paris was too bad.
In the 57th minute, Achraf cut in a cross from the right, Fabian Ruiz cut in the middle, flew in front of the goal, and then grazed the post out of bounds.
In the 60th minute, Sancho easily broke through Mendes' defense on the right side, and the bottom cross was just right, and Phil Kruger volleyed high!
In the 63rd minute, there was a controversial penalty on the field, Brandt crossed the ball from the left side of the penalty area, Phil Krueger was suspected of being pushed to the ground by Mendes while fighting for the top, but the referee refused to award a penalty.
In the 72nd minute, Mbappe picked up a pass from the front of the penalty area, Dembele shot from a small angle, and was bravely defused by Kerber, and Muani's header was in the air again!
In the 83rd minute, Sancho penetrated the defense of Grand Paris, Brandt pushed in front of the goal, and Marquinhos bravely blocked.
In the end, Dort kept the score 1-0 until the end, successfully defended the home stadium and took the lead in the two-legged duel, while Grand Paris came back with a defeat, but only one goal apart, and the second leg back to the Parc des Princes was clearly not yet the time to despair.