Champions League: Borussia Dortmund vs PSG – the Parisians, favorites for the final

Borussia Dortmund – PSG, a match for the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 1, from 22:00, at Signal Iduna Park, and will be broadcast live by Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Borussia Dortmund, which is trying to save its season by winning the most important trophy in the world, and PSG, already champion in France, meet in the second semi-final of the 2023-2024 edition of the Champions League.

Borussia Dortmund qualified for this stage of the competition after winning Group F, 0-2 (d) and 1-1 (a) with PSG, 0-0 (a) and 3-1 (d) with Milan, 1- 0 (d) and 2-0 (a) with Newcastle, then in the round of 16 it eliminated Eindhoven, 1-1 (d) and 2-0 (a), and in the quarter-finals it passed Atletico Madrid , 1-2 (d) and 4-2 (a).

In the Bundesliga, the team coached by Edin Terzic is in 5th place after 31 rounds, with 57 points, eight more than Eintracht Frankfurt, which is 6th (Germany will almost certainly have five teams in the next edition of the Champions League) , and comes after a defeat in the most recent official match, played in the championship, score 1-4 away to Leipzig.

Borussia Dortmund has a Champions League trophy in its record, won in 1997, after a final with Juventus played in Munich, score 3-1, and lost once more in the last act of the competition, in 2012 (1-2 with Bayern Munich at Wembley in London).

PSG reached the semi-finals of the Champions League after finishing 2nd in Group F, 2-0 (a) and 1-1 (d) with Borussia Dortmund, 1-4 (d) and 1-1 (a) with Newcastle United, 3-0 (a) and 1-2 (d) with AC Milan, in the round of 16 overcame Real Sociedad, 2-0 (a) and 2-1 (d), and in the quarter-finals of eliminated Barcelona, ​​2-3 (a) and 4-1 (d).

In Ligue 1, the team coached by Luis Enrique is the leader after 31 stages, with 70 points (they are virtual champions), 12 more than the second-placed Monaco, and in the most recent official match they drew at home, in the championship, with Le Havre, score 3-3.

PSG’s greatest performance in the Champions League is the final played in the 2019-2020 season, lost to Bayern Munich, score 0-1 in Lisbon (it also played a semi-final, in the 2020-2021 edition, being eliminated by Manchester City ).

The two teams officially met for the last time in the group stage of the current edition of the Champions League, when PSG prevailed at home, in the round, on the Parc des Princes, against Borussia Dortmund, score 2-0, because, in return, in Germany, to record a draw, score 1-1.

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