Tuesday evening last week provided huge football. 10 goals, revolutions, dramas, wonderful kicks and a great level of execution. Tonight (Tuesday), we got 11 goals, breakthroughs, dramas, wonderful kicks and a great level of execution. Unlike Tuesday evening last week, tonight we also received decisions. PSG and Dortmund, who lost the first game in the quarter-finals last Wednesday, advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League after two big and nervous games.
Barcelona – PSG 4:1 (6:4 on aggregate)
There is no doubt that the story of the game is the referee Istvan Kovac. The Romanian had trouble controlling the tense game from the first moment and it can be said that the Barcelona players felt the same as the Paris players felt during the 6:1 seven years ago. The Catalans suffered from controversial refereeing decisions and were issued no less than three red cards, the most significant of which was Araujo in the 29th minute, which completely changed the picture.
Although they had a 1:0 lead, Barcelona broke down mentally and PSG managed to take advantage of it. Dembele (40), Vitinia (54) and a pair of Mbappe (61 in penalty, 89) made it 1:4 and a Parisian celebration in Montjuic. Marc-André ter Stegen tried everything to stop the header, but without success. Xavi recorded his first loss in all competitions since he announced that he would end his role at the end of the season, but it is difficult to come to his team with complaints. She did what she could, but 60 minutes outnumbered is too much to contend with against Luis Enrique’s side.
Dortmund – Atletico Madrid 2:4 (4:5)
While in the first game the main man was the referee, this time the main man was Marcel Savitzer. The Austrian midfielder was amazing throughout the match and advanced Schwarzwald to the final with a goal and two assists at the end of a great performance. The Germans, who have not lost at home so far in the factory, took a double lead within five minutes with goals from Julian Brandt (34) and Ian Matsen (39) from almost the same spot, but Diego Simeone made three substitutions at half-time which paid off with an equalizer within fifteen minutes (own by Mats Hummels and a goal Another by Angel Cora).
But Dortmund, at least in the Champions League, is not one to break. She managed to rise from the house of death from second place, overcame a home draw against PSV to win a powerful 1:3 away and knew that everything depended on her. She continued to press on the goal of Jan Oblak and it paid off for her very quickly. In the 71st minute, Savitzer lifted a ball to Laniklas Pilkrug who found the net with a shot. Three minutes later, the Austrian kicked outside the box and beat the Slovenian goalkeeper. Now, they will meet PSG, the only team they have not been able to beat so far in the factory. Will it change this time on the way to the first final since 2013?
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