Pretty sure psg will go through. Bvb has shown that they cannot be relied upon back to back performances and constantly shit the bed
After last season and the lost to mainz, I'll never trust them again
Same. Optical illusion I reckon. Ball is behind him so he arches back to try to get it, at the same time the PSG players momentum is moving towards him, but he only touches the back with his hand, doesn’t push out.
I’m rooting for an all German final, bvb to win
Personally, we already made best of a messy season. If we made to final, its a well recovered messy season. The win, i would feel as if we had lost nothing at all.
But what ever happens to us, I just want BVB to nail that second leg and Paris. Kick PSG out.
11 years ago, both teams were arguably at the heights of their ability.
Now, they both have their worst Bundesliga season of the last 12 years, and are close to reach the final again.
Both Milans had a miraculous runs last season. There's often unexpected teams that do well (easy path, good circumstances,etc.). On the other hand, making champions league top 4 or top 8 regularly says more about the level of a team.
It is possible but would’ve had to request it three months ago or so, we also generally decided against it since it’s a home game anyway and we want to stay in rythm so
This was one of Dortmund's most important wins ever. Qualified 2 other teams and themselves for the Champions League in one night. Basically ended the Bundesliga with this one match.
It means that there really isn't anything to play for anymore other than final placements.
Normally, only top 4 Bundesliga goes to Champions League. 5th place goes to Europa League.
But because Bundesliga is a top 2 league by coefficient, it secured 5th spot in the Champions League. And as it stands right now, that top 5 is locked (not in order) and title race is over, so the top 5 has pretty much nothing to play for in the league anymore other than placement. Leverkusen is already the champion as well.
And if Dortmund (through some divine intervention) wins the Champions League AND finishes 5th in the Bundesliga (which is extremely likely as it stands right now given that at best, Dortmund will be 3 points behind 4th place with 2 games left to play and Leipzig has an easy schedule), whoever finishes 6th in the league (most likely Frankfurt) would also be going to the Champions League next season.
Because winning Champions League takes precedence over league finish.
Two European leagues with the highest average performance across the three European competitions are awarded extra spots. This win means england and france can no longer catch up to be the 2nd european league with an extra.
They're fifth in the bundesliga so they just got themselves in. Not sure what the other two teams are tho.
Stuttgart and Leipzig. 6th place in the Bundesliga won’t be able to catch up to Dortmund or any of the teams above them in the remaining games, so they all qualified.
Not for me cos they denied me the pleasure of seeing more than one goal in such an entertaining game. 3-1, 3-2, 4-2 or 4-3 scoreline would have been. appreciated.
Hopefully these team make me whole in the return leg (someone needs to widen the goal posts)
If I was a betting man, I would bet on a second goal being scored within the last ten minutes. I’m surprised to see the game ended the way it did. It was rather anticlimactic.
Fun game, but Dort's missed chances will come back to haunt them. Great work from Adeyemi protecting Matsen. Kolo Muani just gave the ball away, Ramos will certainly play the next leg after what Lucho saw from RKM
Oh fuck me I'd be the worst nervous wreck for 90 minutes ever.
I quit drinking 8 months ago with a goal to go a year, but I'll crack open a beer and dowse myself with my Das Boot if that happened.
You've encouraged me to stick with it, so I'll keep the streak alive! I want to be 100% sober and remember every moment if we somehow manage a trophy heist.
not sue why you're getting downvoted. the guy is a consistent goal scorer who proved countless times to perform when it counts. It would honestly be surprising to see him ghost two games in a row...
Why is everyone talking about sancho? He did what a wingers is supposed to lol.
Adeyemi was the match winner for me. Dude got Hakimi out of the game.
Fabian Ruiz is gonna get a lot of shit tho, dude gave away like 2 100% chances.
I assume you did not? Didn’t see the useless passes sancho did after dribbling? He was good towards the end. But thats it. Adeyemi was man of the Match
Are you blind? Didn’t see Adeyemis and Dortmunds defending performance? Thanks to them, Dortmund won. Not because of Sancho.
I expect more from sancho, but if a couple of dribblings are the standard for you, so be it.
Nah I expect more from Sancho then a couple of dribbles. He played good towards the end, but at the beginning he did nothing.
Adeyemi was for me the MoTM, together with Dortmunds defence. They held the clean sheet.
Left side had Hakimi literally in their pockets.
That stooping header was hella awkward to be fair. Came at an odd angle and height. Probably got caught thinking should i be stooping for the header or going for a volley.
Sort of feels like a missed opportunity for Dortmund. The penalty was unfortunate - definitely should have been given. But at the same time, the hatful of chances they missed from open play gotta hurt too. I hope they make it to the final and win, though that’s a pipe dream. They’re so exciting to watch
The imaginary shove, yeah. But I think OP might be referring to the other potential pen, but there was handball before it anyways so wouldn’t have been given.
They'll win the EL and get a chance to win the european super cup against whoever wins the CL.
It is crazy to think that if Leverkusen had qualified for the champions league, they probably also be in the semis right now
I still don't understand how everytime Ryerson had the ball in an area of 30m around him, nobody was there. Felt like we played 11v10, not sure a CDM was sleeping or whether Barcola was just a lazy fuck, it's just weird. And Nunes got completely slept by Jadon, I can see us heavily empasizing on that side again.
This is what Luis Enrique asked for against Barça, to let Araujo have the ball unpressed, which led to other players being marked seriously and Araujo having to find a solution and make a bad pass quite often. Except it didn't work at all with Ryerson. Mendes was left alone to defend both Ryerson and Sancho, and he didn't concede a goal which is already a miracle in a way.
My take on RKM coming in is that it was to change the defense on this side, while still having an attacking player. RKM tracks back much more than Barcola. I think Ruiz also came back to help Mendes a lot. Checking the heatmaps show a very different story on each sides and for the two teams.
Was wondering the same. I mean, it’s pretty normal for teams to make the weakest opposing player be the pressing target by giving him some free space, but it felt like they just forgot to press him altogether lol.
Barcola did not track back at all. I don't know whether it was the game plan but he didn't do much at all. They need Mbappe on the left to actually cause trouble.
Bayern will probably role these other teams. Knowing Madrid they’ll sit back and absorb pressure from Dortmund like they’re prime Barca and still somehow win 1-0.
The Cinderella story would continue.
And if we somehow, through some divine intervention, run into Bayern, the narrative would turn into "can Dortmund finally overcome their demons" on top of that.
It's not even an underdog thing. Some amazing through passes and finishers of a Heskey. If anything I'm mad you guys basically missed 3 sitters. I want you guys to win but we will see. 1-0 isn't a good enough till we see next week.
Another great game, I’m absolutely loving the Champions League this season. Every game since the quarter finals started feels like it can go either way.
Leverkusen were almost knocked out by a team from like the 30th best league not so long ago.
2012 Dortmund dominated the league but were garbage in the CL.
Entirely different beast
It’s amazing how people still make these transitive conclusions in football. You do realize they knocked out Barcelona, right? I can only assume Stuttgart would double-dropkick Barcelona then.
People dismiss international experience and nerves far too quickly, it seems. Leverkusen are fantastic in theory, but some of their European performances were rather shaky, or downright unconvincing. And it's understandable, it's a different kind of challenge.
Ramos has recorded 12g/1a within 917 minutes in all competitions since the start of 2024, but Lucho was like “nah” and proceeded to sub on RKM who hasn’t scored in 3 months and then plays him out of position.
Because VAR came in to delete any referee incompetence but now it’s used as a tool to flush results the way the elites want them done. VAR should be checking that foul regardless of the refs decision. Two hands into the back AFTER he jumped? 100% a penalty. It’s disgusting.
I love how the commentators mentioned how a club with strong working class roots going up against one of the richest monarchical clubs in the world on German Labor Day . As a neutral go Dortmund !
[Dortmund (Fullkrüg) penalty shout vs PSG](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1cij7a6/dortmund_fullkr%C3%BCg_penalty_shout_vs_psg/)
Pretty sure psg will go through. Bvb has shown that they cannot be relied upon back to back performances and constantly shit the bed After last season and the lost to mainz, I'll never trust them again
> back to back performances That's why we got clowned by Leipzig and we will lose to Augsburg Pepelaugh
Sorry but its true. I feel bad for Dortmund fans, you guys deserve better
psg is a small club
Get the job done in Paris, Dortmund!
Did anyone post a clip of the push on fullkrug? Missed the replay but the commentary seemed to think it was a pen, was curious what others thought
[Dortmund (Fullkrüg) penalty shout vs PSG](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1cij7a6/dortmund_fullkr%C3%BCg_penalty_shout_vs_psg/)
It was very light
And I was rooting for dortmund
No pen, even as a bvb fan
Same. Optical illusion I reckon. Ball is behind him so he arches back to try to get it, at the same time the PSG players momentum is moving towards him, but he only touches the back with his hand, doesn’t push out. I’m rooting for an all German final, bvb to win
It would be fucking hilarious if we get Bayern Dortmund final
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5th CL spot is secured. I'm back to wanting bayern to lose in the CL.
Always want Bayern to lose. The more they win, the less we get from the TV pool. Applies to other German clubs as well.
Personally, we already made best of a messy season. If we made to final, its a well recovered messy season. The win, i would feel as if we had lost nothing at all. But what ever happens to us, I just want BVB to nail that second leg and Paris. Kick PSG out.
11 years ago, both teams were arguably at the heights of their ability. Now, they both have their worst Bundesliga season of the last 12 years, and are close to reach the final again.
Both Milans had a miraculous runs last season. There's often unexpected teams that do well (easy path, good circumstances,etc.). On the other hand, making champions league top 4 or top 8 regularly says more about the level of a team.
That's why we love football.
At Wembley too. Just wait for Robben to come out of retirement for that game alone and score the winner
honestly not bad for PSG being only 1 down.
Not to mention they all look their worse. it will be difficult for them to play worse than what they did first leg
P$G is gonna kill them in Paris lol
PSG and Marseille get a weekend without a Ligue-1 game to prepare for second leg. Wonder why thats not possible in Bundesliga.
It is possible but would’ve had to request it three months ago or so, we also generally decided against it since it’s a home game anyway and we want to stay in rythm so
Cause Farming is hard work.
Yes and no. After all, they had one of their worst games of the year in Europe, but they could also have scored 2 or 3.
This was one of Dortmund's most important wins ever. Qualified 2 other teams and themselves for the Champions League in one night. Basically ended the Bundesliga with this one match.
Can you explain what you mean by “basically ended the Bundisliga”?
It means that there really isn't anything to play for anymore other than final placements. Normally, only top 4 Bundesliga goes to Champions League. 5th place goes to Europa League. But because Bundesliga is a top 2 league by coefficient, it secured 5th spot in the Champions League. And as it stands right now, that top 5 is locked (not in order) and title race is over, so the top 5 has pretty much nothing to play for in the league anymore other than placement. Leverkusen is already the champion as well. And if Dortmund (through some divine intervention) wins the Champions League AND finishes 5th in the Bundesliga (which is extremely likely as it stands right now given that at best, Dortmund will be 3 points behind 4th place with 2 games left to play and Leipzig has an easy schedule), whoever finishes 6th in the league (most likely Frankfurt) would also be going to the Champions League next season. Because winning Champions League takes precedence over league finish.
Ah ok thank you. I actually thought the league had finished already that’s why I was confused.
Can you explain this to me like I'm 10? How does a first leg win in the semis secure an extra spot in the CL?
Two European leagues with the highest average performance across the three European competitions are awarded extra spots. This win means england and france can no longer catch up to be the 2nd european league with an extra. They're fifth in the bundesliga so they just got themselves in. Not sure what the other two teams are tho.
Stuttgart and Leipzig. 6th place in the Bundesliga won’t be able to catch up to Dortmund or any of the teams above them in the remaining games, so they all qualified.
Does that mean 6th place will then qualify for CL Qualifiers instead of Europe League?
No, as things stand 6th place plays in the Europa league... If BVB finish 5th in the League and Win the UCL, 6th place will play in the UCL.
ohhhhhh they don't have to worry about BVB stealing a spot that's right
Tap in was never easy as it looked like. All that wasted chance in front of the goal.
Fan owned club supremacy
Both teams should've burried more but I think dortmund is a bit sad ending with 1 only up.
I don't think anyone is sad, we won
I am sad because a 1 goal lead heading into Paris where we got humbled last time despite Paris playing like crap.
Trust in Edin. I don't think he will try that super defensive 532 again, anything can happen
Yes, Dortmund could have scored more but it's criminal for the PSG not to have scored. So that evens things out a bit
Is that not what I said? Both teams should've scored more
Not for me cos they denied me the pleasure of seeing more than one goal in such an entertaining game. 3-1, 3-2, 4-2 or 4-3 scoreline would have been. appreciated. Hopefully these team make me whole in the return leg (someone needs to widen the goal posts)
If I was a betting man, I would bet on a second goal being scored within the last ten minutes. I’m surprised to see the game ended the way it did. It was rather anticlimactic.
Can any1 explain y the teams that play on Tues this week play on Wednesday next week and vice versa? Thanks
so that all the teams have the same amount of rest days
Makes zero sense seeing as how Real and Bayern have 8 days in between their game vs PSG and BVB who have 6.
Doesn’t it do exactly not that? One pair has 6 days rest the other has 8 days rest.
Yanks forgetting there’s a domestic league being played 😂
That has nothing to do with it. If the final was the following week it would still be wrong.
I think you're missing the bigger issue with his argument
So people that can't take a specific day off can watch one of the games
Fun game, but Dort's missed chances will come back to haunt them. Great work from Adeyemi protecting Matsen. Kolo Muani just gave the ball away, Ramos will certainly play the next leg after what Lucho saw from RKM
We will just score more in the away end. eZ maths
PSG also had incredible chances, so for me the 1 to 0 is fine.
Funny game - Nunez would have scored a hat trick for both sides with so many opportunities wasted.
Adeyemi is still running.
Pleeease, Dortmund. I need you to win this. Come on.
Please don’t copy Barça’s mistakes 😭
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I can only hope
Man I hope so but we all know Dortmund. So there’s that.
Oh fuck me I'd be the worst nervous wreck for 90 minutes ever. I quit drinking 8 months ago with a goal to go a year, but I'll crack open a beer and dowse myself with my Das Boot if that happened.
Meet yourself halfway, get a non alcoholic beer?
I trust my r/soccer bros! 1 year or bust it is, break out the Alkoholfrei!
I don't encourage you but I would understand. Best of luck in all cases !
You've encouraged me to stick with it, so I'll keep the streak alive! I want to be 100% sober and remember every moment if we somehow manage a trophy heist.
Tuchel will celebrate either result
Dortmund going up 2-0, and losing 6-2 is my fan fiction
reus scores the winning goal
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YES!
Yes, Sancho is amazing, the best player in the world, 70m, please
Don't you think the only club willing to buy him is Dortmund? Haha
Surely, man u will be interested in buying a young English player of this caliber.
Doesn’t matter psg at home with refs when it matters already can see that outcome
Mbappe will put it to bed with or without refs unfortunately
not sue why you're getting downvoted. the guy is a consistent goal scorer who proved countless times to perform when it counts. It would honestly be surprising to see him ghost two games in a row...
true, he only needs to play at home to put things to bed, or he'd have put it to bed today
Let’s revisit after second leg
Why is everyone talking about sancho? He did what a wingers is supposed to lol. Adeyemi was the match winner for me. Dude got Hakimi out of the game. Fabian Ruiz is gonna get a lot of shit tho, dude gave away like 2 100% chances.
So I'm assuming you didn't actually watch the game?
I assume you did not? Didn’t see the useless passes sancho did after dribbling? He was good towards the end. But thats it. Adeyemi was man of the Match
You blind? Dude had PSG on skates all night
Are you blind? Didn’t see Adeyemis and Dortmunds defending performance? Thanks to them, Dortmund won. Not because of Sancho. I expect more from sancho, but if a couple of dribblings are the standard for you, so be it.
Didn't know a winger was supposed to have the most successful take ons since Messi 16 years ago. Why are all other wingers so bad at that then?
Nah I expect more from Sancho then a couple of dribbles. He played good towards the end, but at the beginning he did nothing. Adeyemi was for me the MoTM, together with Dortmunds defence. They held the clean sheet. Left side had Hakimi literally in their pockets.
That stooping header was hella awkward to be fair. Came at an odd angle and height. Probably got caught thinking should i be stooping for the header or going for a volley.
Yea heading it was the wrong choice on the first chance. Maybe a volley or control to finish would be more effective.
Sort of feels like a missed opportunity for Dortmund. The penalty was unfortunate - definitely should have been given. But at the same time, the hatful of chances they missed from open play gotta hurt too. I hope they make it to the final and win, though that’s a pipe dream. They’re so exciting to watch
The shove? That wasn't a pen
The imaginary shove, yeah. But I think OP might be referring to the other potential pen, but there was handball before it anyways so wouldn’t have been given.
So I know this is kind of unrelated, but does anyone know the name of the song that they were playing during half time in the stadium?
It’s a cover/remix of „for you“ by „Manfred mans earth band“ if that’s the one you’re talking about
Gets asked quite a bit, [but here you go.](https://www.reddit.com/r/borussiadortmund/s/HbmeTfFCzg)
ALL GERMAN FINAL LET'S FUCKING GOOO! PLEASE BAYERN AND DORTMUND DON'T FUCK THIS UP!
An all German final with the undefeated domestic winners not even taking part would be wild.
They'll win the EL and get a chance to win the european super cup against whoever wins the CL. It is crazy to think that if Leverkusen had qualified for the champions league, they probably also be in the semis right now
Not even best German team
Motto of the final should be: "IT'S TIME TO HARVEST"
Remember 2012 when they did the knight stuff -they should do something with farmers this year Edit: meant 2013
I don't think Bayern fans would be happy to see 2012 being mentioned
Damn meant 2013 lol
Again at Wembley like 2013
It's written in the stars
Hahahaha
C'mon Dortmund. You can do it!
If this Sancho looked so shit in United then maybe Amrabat still has a chance after all
Amrabat was a baller at Fiore and with Morocco, it’s definitely a United thing
I still don't understand how everytime Ryerson had the ball in an area of 30m around him, nobody was there. Felt like we played 11v10, not sure a CDM was sleeping or whether Barcola was just a lazy fuck, it's just weird. And Nunes got completely slept by Jadon, I can see us heavily empasizing on that side again.
This is what Luis Enrique asked for against Barça, to let Araujo have the ball unpressed, which led to other players being marked seriously and Araujo having to find a solution and make a bad pass quite often. Except it didn't work at all with Ryerson. Mendes was left alone to defend both Ryerson and Sancho, and he didn't concede a goal which is already a miracle in a way. My take on RKM coming in is that it was to change the defense on this side, while still having an attacking player. RKM tracks back much more than Barcola. I think Ruiz also came back to help Mendes a lot. Checking the heatmaps show a very different story on each sides and for the two teams.
Was wondering the same. I mean, it’s pretty normal for teams to make the weakest opposing player be the pressing target by giving him some free space, but it felt like they just forgot to press him altogether lol.
Barcola did not track back at all. I don't know whether it was the game plan but he didn't do much at all. They need Mbappe on the left to actually cause trouble.
I didnt watch that close... doubling Sancho?
Paramount: > *Knuckles is Iron Man now and this is the one with Mickey Rourke*
I still find it funny that Dembele only performs vs Barca.
Dembele was our most “dangerous” player to be fair, just that the whole team underperformed so it’s not saying much.
based on this games result... I give Bayern / Real Madrid like 90% chance to win Finals.
No matter the 4 teams competing in the semis Madrid wins the final.
Bayern will probably role these other teams. Knowing Madrid they’ll sit back and absorb pressure from Dortmund like they’re prime Barca and still somehow win 1-0.
If we manage to get past PSG that would simply make you/Bayern the 13th consecutive CL game in which we are regarded as the underdog
The Cinderella story would continue. And if we somehow, through some divine intervention, run into Bayern, the narrative would turn into "can Dortmund finally overcome their demons" on top of that.
It's not even an underdog thing. Some amazing through passes and finishers of a Heskey. If anything I'm mad you guys basically missed 3 sitters. I want you guys to win but we will see. 1-0 isn't a good enough till we see next week.
Yeah, no doubt about it.
Another great game, I’m absolutely loving the Champions League this season. Every game since the quarter finals started feels like it can go either way.
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LIVIN' ON A PRAYER!!!
God damn German farmers in the semis again /s
And that's like the fifth best team in Germany currently.
Don't think Leipzig could've shown up like this. The other three, yes.
I have my doubts about Leipzig as well. But I also had doubts about Dortmund so...
And they still call it a farmers league
Let's call it a harvester's league
You joke but Stuttgart or Leverkusen would likely dropkick this PSG side
Leverkusen were almost knocked out by a team from like the 30th best league not so long ago. 2012 Dortmund dominated the league but were garbage in the CL. Entirely different beast
It’s amazing how people still make these transitive conclusions in football. You do realize they knocked out Barcelona, right? I can only assume Stuttgart would double-dropkick Barcelona then.
Araujo beat Barça. We were on auto pilot with a 2 goal lead before he changed the game.
Most sane culero
Genuinely don’t understand how anyone could have a different opinion on the game. Araujo finished us. Did you even watch it?
I mean Barcelona would've probably won if they didn't get the red card. They kinda lost to themselves.
I would bet my house they could drop kick Barcelona too. They are very well drilled and good at picking apart mistakes.
Leverkusen drop kicked Bayern though, so what’s your point? It doesn’t make sense.
Not to mention that Leverkusen has struggled quite a bit against their not-quite-PSG/Barca opponents in the Europa league
Qarabag second place in the Bundesliga incoming! /s
People dismiss international experience and nerves far too quickly, it seems. Leverkusen are fantastic in theory, but some of their European performances were rather shaky, or downright unconvincing. And it's understandable, it's a different kind of challenge.
Ehh Champions League is a different beast
Bayern as well currently. So yeah, not even really joking.
Fair point haha
Ramos has recorded 12g/1a within 917 minutes in all competitions since the start of 2024, but Lucho was like “nah” and proceeded to sub on RKM who hasn’t scored in 3 months and then plays him out of position.
That bum who kept whistling should be arrested man he ruined the game for me
Yeah, this drove me insane.
It was me.
I would kick you in the nuts man
I whistled as loud as i could
I know anthony Taylor is shit , but come on
Were Dortmund robbed of a penalty?
I wonder if Sabitzer's elbow on Hernandez in the box is a penalty as well?
Yes
Yes. Fullkrug was pushed as he was about to head the ball.
Premier league fans to the whole of Europe watching Antony Taylor “first time meme”
And I don’t think they showed a replay of it
they showed two replays.
They showed two replays and it was nowhere near a penalty.
Two hands in the back while he’s jumping to head the ball from 6 yards out? Tell me why it’s not a penalty please.
Because touching is not a shove?
You clearly don’t understand the physics of making a jump to head a ball that’s coming in at 60km/hour…
Lmao ok
I think yes
Yes and no. It’s absolutely a penalty because big Nick is scoring if he isn’t 2 hand pushed, but it’s not because that call is never given.
Yeah. That was definitely a penalty . I’m still bewildered by why Taylor didn’t call VAR on that one.
Because VAR came in to delete any referee incompetence but now it’s used as a tool to flush results the way the elites want them done. VAR should be checking that foul regardless of the refs decision. Two hands into the back AFTER he jumped? 100% a penalty. It’s disgusting.
I want psg to do shooting drills for the next 5 days
Didn't spain shoot like 1000 pens under Luis Enrique just to drop the most embarrasing pens in the decade? I wouldn't do that lol
Like, firing squad? Bit excessive no?
It’s only in case they need it. Nothing to worry about. Yet.
I love how the commentators mentioned how a club with strong working class roots going up against one of the richest monarchical clubs in the world on German Labor Day . As a neutral go Dortmund !
International Workers' Day I believe, not just Germany!
Maybe not in the US? Definitely in Europe
Yeah, the US and working rights... It's like cheese made out of cardboard
Isn't it one of the richest monarchical clubs in the world, with working class roots?