The much of Niclas Füllkrug in the 36th minute helped the yellow team take this first round at the Westfalenstadion and travel to Paris with a lead as short as it is hopeful for the return match, which will be played on Tuesday of next week.
Added to the adverse result was another concern for PSG, the injury to their defender Lucas Hernández, who hurt himself trying to avoid Füllkrug’s shot on goal and had to be replaced shortly before half-time.
This result changes the planned script in a tie to which PSG arrived as a clear favorite, just after mathematically becoming champion of the French Ligue 1 for the twelfth time in its history, while Dortmund is only fifth in the Bundesliga.
The team from the French capital already had to come back from its quarter-final tie, in which they first lost 3-2 at home against Barcelona, before winning as a visitor 4-1 with a double from Mbappé at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium.
The French star could not lead his team this time and sees his dream of lifting the ‘Orejona’ become complicated in his farewell to PSG, a club that since 2011 was acquired by its current Qatari owners has had the Champions League as a great obsession and with the one who became European runner-up in 2020.
Lucas by Lucas
The favorite label was soon forgotten and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma narrowly avoided a goal-scoring shot by Austrian Marcel Sabitzer in the 13th minute.
It was a warning that ended up materializing in the 36th minute, when Nico Schlotterbeck sent a long ball that left Füllkrug alone in the race towards the visiting goal. Lucas Hernández damaged his left knee in his desperate chase to avoid the German attacker’s shot.
The PSG defender tried to continue but ended up giving up his place on the field to another Lucas, his Brazilian teammate Beraldo. In the midst of the confusion, Sabitzer (43) tested Donnarumma’s reflexes again.
In the 50th minute he even hit the post twice in the same play: first Mbappé hit the ball against the post with a cross shot and the rebound made the play continue, before Achraf Hakimi touched the woodwork again.
The Swiss goalkeeper of the locals, Gregor Kobel, stopped a new shot from Mbappé (54) and Shortly after, the Spaniard Fabián Ruiz (56) misdirected a header in the goal’s mouth, with everything in favor.
Again savior, Kobel put in a providential hand to deflect just enough a shot from Ousmane Dembelé (72), who then shot into the clouds with everything in his favor with a shot in the area.
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