In the early morning of May 2, Beijing time, the Champions League and the Saudi King's Cup staged two key matchups, Dortmund narrowly defeated Paris Saint-Germain to seize the opportunity, and Ronaldo led Riyadh to victory over Caliger to advance to the Copa del Rey final, staging a crazy night.
Borussia Dortmund - Paris Saint-Germain
The two sides quickly entered a state of confrontation to fill the defensive intensity, the two teams in the midfield with high pressure to destroy the organization of the attack, staged a battle of anti-robbery and anti-robbery, and did everything possible to suppress the opponent's conversion speed, the two sides in the fierce confrontation back and forth to consume too much time, have failed to form a substantial threat in front of the opponent's goal. Both of Dembele's in-cut shots went wide of the back of the net. Brandt also sent a brilliant through ball to Sabitzer's shot that was saved. The intensity of the confrontation between the two teams escalated in the middle of the half, and Achraf and Maatsen committed consecutive fouls. Dort gradually took control of the attacking tempo, and Brandt's curling shot was blocked by Marquinhos. In the 35th minute, Schroeterberg's long pass from the back instigated a blitzkrieg, and Phil Kruger rushed into the penalty area against offside and pushed the near corner to score the first goal. Paris suffered another heavy blow when Lucas was injured while intercepting the defence and was replaced by Berdo. Borussia Dortmund's attacking wave resumed, Sabitzer's volley in front of the six-yard box was saved by Donnarumma, and then Maatsen went down in the box without being heeded by the referee. Mbappe was limited and failed to deliver a shot on goal at half-time.
The two sides engaged in a second-half battle of attacking battles, with Paris taking the lead when Mbappe's shot from the left of the box bounced off the woodwork and Hakimi hit the near post again. Mbappe's volley from a tight angle was then saved, and Fabian headed wide in front of goal. Dort fought back strongly, Phil Kruger missed a good chance to open the net with a kick in front of the six-yard box, and then the goalkeeper fought for the top of the goal. At full-time, Dortmund 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain took the lead in the first leg of the semi-finals.
Riyadh Victory - Calijah
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the game with two overhead kicks, first with a curling shot that was saved, and then a corner header that went just wide. Riyadh were on the attack, tearing apart the defence with quick transitions and flexible movement up front. In the 17th minute, Ronaldo forced the goalkeeper to make a mistake in the front court, and he quickly steals the ball and takes advantage of the opportunity when the goalkeeper is not behind in time to shoot at 45 degrees in the corner of the penalty area, which is enough to prove Ronaldo's strong finishing ability. Riyadh's attack completely suppressed the opponent in the front, Brozovic grabbed in the box in the 35th minute and caused a foul in the opponent's penalty area, and Mane scored from the penalty to extend the score advantage. Before half-time, Yahya received a long pass from the back and scored with a single push, but was ruled offside and missed a good opportunity to further expand the score.
Riyadh Victory returned to the second half and continued to press Yahya, cutting in on the right side of the field to the top of the arc and volleying low into the near corner. In the 55th minute, Ronaldo outflanked Yahya's cross pass and pushed the half-empty goal to score a brace. Calij struggled to extricate himself from being suppressed, limited in attack, and was fiercely pressed by his opponent as soon as he had the momentum to counter-attack quickly. In the final stage, Riyadh Victory's successive substitutions slowed down, and Kalij took advantage of the situation to play a quick counterattack, and Haidar broke through the penalty area on the right and crossed low to assist Tyrese to outflank the middle to grab the goal. Riyadh Victory came back on the offensive when Sadio Mane received a through ball and crossed through the box to assist Aliva to score an offside position. At the end of full-time, Riyadh won 3-1 to beat Khalij to advance to the final of the Copa del Rey and will compete with Riyadh Crescent for the championship. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a hat-trick from the penalty spot and has scored 44 goals and provided 12 assists in 45 games this season, showing the style of the all-time leading goalscorer.