Barcelona has reached the first Champions League semi-final in six years, PSG continues to search for the title

Barcelona has reached the first Champions League semi-final in six years, PSG continues to search for the title

Barcelona again after six years the semi-finals of the champions League Although the team lost 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. Barça had brought an outstanding 4-0 win at home into an excellent position in the first leg, but the aggressive game of Serhou Guirassy and his hat trick in the second leg led to great pressure on the Spanish giants.

The pressure from Dortmund

The Guine -Egg international brought the connection goal early in the game with a penalty before scored another goal with a head at the beginning of the second half. The own goal of Ramy Bensebaini gave the blue granas some air and put the total stand to 5: 2. Nevertheless, Dortmund continued to start, with Guirassy scored his third goal in the 75th minute in Signal Iduna Park.

Barças remarkable balance sheet

Dortmund, The finalist of the last Champions League season seemed to meet again a few minutes later, but substitute Julian Brandt was whistled back to the sidelines. Ultimately, Barça was able to save the 5-3 overall victory over time, even though they allowed 18 shots in the game, 11 of which went on goal.

The challenge of the upcoming games

Hansi Flicks team strives for the first Champions League title for 10 years-at that time the Trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar led the team. Now Barça will meet either Inter Milan or Bayern Munich in the semi -finals. Flick said after the game: "You made a great team and made it very difficult for us, but we are one round and that counts. We didn't play our best today, which was also due to Dortmund that were really good." He added: "What the team has achieved in the past few weeks is phenomenal. We are now one step further, but the way is still long."

PSG fights through

In the other quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) also had to survive a fright after they had gained a comfortable 3-1 lead in the first leg against Aston Villa. The French team, which is still hoping for the first Champions League title in the club's history, started the second leg with early goals by Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes.

Aston Villa shows great fighter mentality

But Aston Villa, supported by Prince William and his son George, fought his way back into play with a deflected goal by Youri Tielemans in the 34th minute. Two goals within just two minutes - first a long -range shot by John McGinn and then a relaxed conclusion from Ezri Konsa after brilliant preparatory work by Marcus Rashford - Villa put in the position of a possible miracle in the second half.

The way to the semi -finals

After over 40 years after the first time again in the quarter-finals of the European Cup, the Birmingham team pushed to equalize, hoping to force the game into extra time. Tielemens had a header chance that was greatly parried by Gianluigi Donnarumma, while the Italian goalkeeper also stopped Marco Asensio with a foot defense. Despite the defeat of 3-2 in this game, PSG kept the overall victory 5: 4 and moved into the semi -finals for the fourth time in six years.

"It was a strange game because we dominated from the first minute and scored two goals, which was great," said PSG coach Luis Enrique. "After that we made some mistakes and had to pay for it. If you collect two goals in this atmosphere within three minutes, it is always difficult. But it is important for us, because we can grow from this suffering."

In the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Inter Milan Guys received after a 2-1 victory in Germany, while the defending champion Real Madrid tries to make a 0: 3 against Arsenal in Santiago Bernabéu. The winner of this duel will meet PSG in the semi -finals.