Dortmund 1 PSG 0

[txj]

Vitinha is growing to be one of the top CMs in the game...

[Scipio Africanus]

One sentence to describe this game: A cornucopia of missed opportunities

[mcal]

One sentence to describe this game: A cornucopia of missed opportunities

...hitting the goal post 2x in a space of seconds. PSG will be having sleepless nights till return match.

[mcal]

What a miss by Dembele.

Need to replace Adeyemi...

...the kid is a speedster, a good player but headless chicken at times, like one time SE player Pius Ikeda...great speed.

[danfo driver]

How poorly educated can someone be. Speaks about "one sentence," and then goes on to write a phrase. When the brain is full of sawdust, it cant function.

[Scipio Africanus]

Bebop is here! Rocksteady AKA BigPuPu is not far behind

[Scipio Africanus]

Bepob, AKA Doonfo Dooriver. Phrase this

[txj]

What a miss by Dembele.

Need to replace Adeyemi...

...the kid is a speedster, a good player but headless chicken at times, like one time SE player Pius Ikeda...great speed.

Unbelievable defensive work from him last night...
He is learning and improving...If he gets it right, he'll be devastating with that speed...

[Scipio Africanus]

How poorly educated can someone be. Speaks about "one sentence," and then goes on to write a phrase. When the brain is full of sawdust, it cant function.

Spot the irony. Affirmative action beneficiary like you.

[Siddonlook11]

In other news Sancho balled in that game ! why cant he play like that every time he is on the pitch ?

[Undertaker]

4UCK PSG! Glad they are out!!

[mcal]

...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.

[Undertaker]

...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.
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Because they had no business being in the semi-finals! PSG got lucky with a 10 men Barcelona!

[Kabalega]

[quote=mcal post_id=5977101 time=<a href="tel:1715114007">1715114007</a> user_id=100124]
...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.
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Because they had no business being in the semi-finals! PSG got lucky with a 10 men Barcelona!

KPOM! Not good enough. BTW, Barça could have won it with 10 men but they stopped playing and gave it away. Look at their last few games.

[Kabalega]

...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.

I thought they would tire at the end of the first leg and concede but didn’t. They withstood even a more intense onslaught at the end of the second leg. That is very difficult to do at any level. This is the stuff of champions.

[joplass]

[quote=mcal post_id=5977101 time=<a href="tel:1715114007">1715114007</a> user_id=100124]
...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.
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Because they had no business being in the semi-finals! PSG got lucky with a 10 men Barcelona!

KPOM! Not good enough. BTW, Barça could have won it with 10 men but they stopped playing and gave it away. Look at their last few games.

In football you need some luck sometimes. PSG outplayed Dortmund in Paris. I would like to see how that Dortmund defense can cope against a team like Real in a one game setting.

[txj]

[quote=mcal post_id=5977101 time=<a href="tel:1715114007">1715114007</a> user_id=100124]
...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.
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Because they had no business being in the semi-finals! PSG got lucky with a 10 men Barcelona!

KPOM! Not good enough. BTW, Barça could have won it with 10 men but they stopped playing and gave it away. Look at their last few games.

In football you need some luck sometimes. PSG outplayed Dortmund in Paris. I would like to see how that Dortmund defense can cope against a team like Real in a one game setting.

You make it sound as if it came down to luck...It didn't!

Did they ride their luck? Heck yeah!!!

But it came down mostly to how well they played in the defensive phase, and the ability to transition from that phase with calmness and clarity..

The defensive game in Paris was a masterclass, notwithstanding the help from the goal post/bar...

Rather simply deploy men towards Mbappe, they opted primarily to cut his supply line in certain zones. Note the defensive shadowing of Vitinha by Brandt, who was excellent.

In the first leg, they ran 9kms MORE than PSG...Look also at how Adeyemi was used defensively. I think he came of age over these two games...

[Kabalega]

[quote=mcal post_id=5977101 time=<a href="tel:1715114007">1715114007</a> user_id=100124]
...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.
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Because they had no business being in the semi-finals! PSG got lucky with a 10 men Barcelona!

KPOM! Not good enough. BTW, Barça could have won it with 10 men but they stopped playing and gave it away. Look at their last few games.

In football you need some luck sometimes. PSG outplayed Dortmund in Paris. I would like to see how that Dortmund defense can cope against a team like Real in a one game setting.

Real Madrid will have to go past Bayern Munich, first.

Somehow, Dortmund seem to attract more luck than PSG. They were outplayed by Atletico Madrid in the first leg then bounced back in the 2nd leg. Lucky?

In the group stages, they won away at Newcastle’s cathedral, and AC Milan’s San Siro. Lucky?
Dortmund held their ground against PSG for two games and won away in Paris. Lucky? Maybe, but I wouldn’t want to bet against a team that lucky.

Dortmund’s defenders did not make serious mistakes under pressure, especially at the end of games?
That is difficult to do. Ask Arsenal’s or Bayern’s defense how difficult it is to play under that pressure and not make a serious mistake.

If Dortmund could snuff out a team with Dembele on one side, Mbappe on the other (I know he switched to the middle after struggling on the left) and a sharp Vitinha in the middle, then I bet you they can do it against a team with Vini Jr., Jude Bellingham (whom they know well) and who else, Rodrigo?

Dortmund have the stamina, tactical nous, maturity and discipline to survive Real Madrid, especially in one game.

If Bayern Munich make it to the final, It will be payback time for the Wembley 2013 final and last season’s Bundesliga.

[joplass]

[quote=mcal post_id=5977101 time=<a href="tel:1715114007">1715114007</a> user_id=100124]
...Dortmund with a gritty masterclass match today. PSG tried but gods of football as they say was against them on both legs.
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Because they had no business being in the semi-finals! PSG got lucky with a 10 men Barcelona!

KPOM! Not good enough. BTW, Barça could have won it with 10 men but they stopped playing and gave it away. Look at their last few games.

In football you need some luck sometimes. PSG outplayed Dortmund in Paris. I would like to see how that Dortmund defense can cope against a team like Real in a one game setting.

You make it sound as if it came down to luck...It didn't!

Did they ride their luck? Heck yeah!!!

But it came down mostly to how well they played in the defensive phase, and the ability to transition from that phase with calmness and clarity..

The defensive game in Paris was a masterclass, notwithstanding the help from the goal post/bar...

Rather simply deploy men towards Mbappe, they opted primarily to cut his supply line in certain zones. Note the defensive shadowing of Vitinha by Brandt, who was excellent.

In the first leg, they ran 9kms MORE than PSG...Look also at how Adeyemi was used defensively. I think he came of age over these two games...

With all the chances they created PSG needed luck on their side. Not Saying Dortmund did not deserve to win.