PSG-Borussia Dortmund is a match valid for the return leg of the Champions League semifinals and is played Tuesday at 9 p.m.: live TV, streaming, likely lineups, predictions.
The infamous “yellow wall” a week ago worked. In the fiery bowl of Signal Iduna Park, PSG failed to combine much and in the end the first of the two challenges with Borussia Dortmund was decided by a goal (1-1) by the burly center forward Fullkrug, who until two seasons ago even played in the Zweite Liga, the German equivalent of our Serie B.
An unexpected success, allowing Edin Terzic’s team to travel to Paris with the certainty that, even in the event of a draw, they would return to the Champions League final eleven years after the last time. The Germans played the match as best they could, changing skins on several occasions and muzzling the Parisian attack. The qualification obviously remains in the balance, since Luis Enrique’s men, on paper superior, will have the opportunity to play the return in front of their own public, but if there is a team that in the European cups so far has pushed itself beyond its limits it is Borussia Dortmund, capable of coming within a step of Wembley against all odds and despite the fact that it has by no means enchanted in the Bundesliga.
The pressure is on the shoulders of PSG
With no particular pressure, Borussia has always performed well in the Champions League, starting with that very difficult round – in which PSG was also in – which ended in no less than first place.
Emre Can and his teammates, thanks to their narrow success a week ago, also “gifted” fifth place in the Champions League to the Bundesliga: despite currently being fifth, therefore, they are already certain to take part in the next edition of the cup with big ears. With a reserve-laden lineup, meanwhile, Dortmund scrambled Augsburg 5-1 on Saturday, returning to winning ways after two rounds. On the other hand, PSG, already crowned French champions, rested, thinking only of the return leg with the Yellowoners. Luis Enrique’s team stakes everything on the night at the Parc des Princes, as any elimination would change the judgment on their season: championship and national cup cannot be enough.
The Spanish coach will be without defender Lucas Hernandez, who was seriously injured in the first leg and will not return until 2025: Beraldo will replace him. Borussia will rely on Adeyemi and Sancho, two thorns in the side of the Parisian rearguard a week ago.
The Prediction
PSG forced to win and to do so at least by one goal to take the challenge to extra time. In Europe Borussia Dortmund is exalted and has been capable of great feats so far, but it will not be easy for the yellow-and-whites this time to avoid defeat at the Parc des Princes. Unlike the first leg, there is a good chance that they will both score, since Luis Enrique’s team, obliged to score at least one goal, will inevitably leave inviting spaces for Terzic’s men. The match should light up in the second half.
The probable lineups of PSG-Borussia Dortmund
PSG (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Nuno Mendes; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz; Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Emre Can, Sabitzer; Adeyemi, Brandt, Sancho; Füllkrug.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
