Dortmund – PSG: Paris qualified for the round of 16, match summary

23:40 – Clumsy but happy, the match summary

There are evenings like that when nothing goes well and yet everything goes well. Paris Saint-Germain delivered a consistent match, managing to create a multitude of chances but sorely lacked efficiency in front of goal whether through Kolo Muani, not really to his advantage in the last move, or Mbappé, by turns surprised, imprecise and frustrated. This inability to convert its favorable situations could (should?) have proved fatal to Parisian ambitions but fate was merciful. And if PSG failed to defeat Dortmund in the Ruhr, in the north of England, it received valuable help from AC Milan, slayer of Newcastle. In the event of a draw, only a success for the Magpies could stand in the way of Paris, but this evening, nothing would stand in the way of the French champions.

We can criticize the way, point out the errors of the men of Luis Enrique, but the essential is assured with qualification for the round of 16 of the Champions League. Once again, we will have to contend with a group leader to start the knockout phase with a reception on the first leg, but the main thing is to be there. However, everything could have gone wrong in a wild first act where both teams had their chances without managing to make a difference. While Mbappé saw Süle throw himself on his line to prevent him from scoring when he had cleared Kobel or Barcola kissed the post with a curling shot, on the German side, Wolf proved that he was not really a striker. profession, crossing his attempt too much after having played the move well by slipping into the role of a center forward, him the full-back. A handball movement, well seen in the middle of the women’s world championships in Norway, but therefore ineffective. At point blank range, on a poorly saved long shot, Adeyemi also missed the target, as did Hümmels just before the break. Aiming problems that Reus had no reason to complain about, whose left volley took the right direction but was slammed for a corner by Donnarumma, reassuring all evening.

A festival of chances on both sides before Dortmund took the lead. A few moments after Hümmels blocked a shot from Hakimi, brilliantly served in the area by Mbappé, Adeyemi unleashed Signal Iduna Park at the end of an action where the Schwarz-Gelben had stifled the Parisian recovery. PSG was not leading but did not have time to think about it when Zaire-Emery appeared at the edge of the area to send a backheel from Barcola into Kobel’s net. Returning from injury, the club’s child relieved his team and gave them momentum. A momentum which almost continued when its captain in the French team thought it would give PSG the advantage with a quarter of an hour to go. A short-lived happiness since the video refereeing revealed a slight offside by Mbappé, who left between Hümmels and Schlotterbeck. Paris remained under threat but Reus misplaced a precious ball from Reyna in the Parisian area.

Having gained the upper hand physically and warned of the favorable turn of events on the Newcastle side, the Parisians put their foot on the ball and made it spin until they ticked off what time remained on the clock. In the absence of manners, PSG is content with a qualification which avoids the winter crisis and maintains its crazy spring hope. Sometimes nothing goes but everything goes.

23:00 – PSG qualified!

There were several possible scenarios for PSG to make their way to the round of 16 of the Champions League. They took a circuitous route since by conceding a draw to Dortmund, they left themselves within reach of a bad surprise and a victory for Newcastle. Fortunately for the Parisians, the Magpies fell at home against AC Milan (1-2). Tied on points (8) with the Milinais, the French champions finished in second place, thanks to a better particular goal difference. Paris was hot but it will be there in the knockout phase in 2024.

22:56 – A draw for PSG (1-1)

At the end of a match where they cruelly lacked realism in front of the opposing goal, Paris Saint-Germain drew with Dortmund (1-1). Unable to make the difference in the first half despite a host of chances, the Parisians thought it was a nightmare when Adeyemi scored after the locker room but Zaire-Emery quickly put the two teams back on level terms. Physically stronger, they then managed the end of the match.

22:38 – Barcola lacks edge

Paris pushes and devours the gaping spaces left by the German defense, which sticks out its tongue. On the right, Kolo Muani is sent deep and wants to give Mbappé in the axis. His pass is behind the back of his partner who must play as a pivot. He gives it to Vitinha who extends into the area on the left for Barcola whose shot from a closed angle lacks conviction and does not deceive Kobel.

22:37 – Mbappé’s goal canceled (1-1)!

False hope for PSG which in the 76th minute saw Mbappé’s liberating goal canceled for an offside by the latter at the time of Hakimi’s pass.

22:35 – Goal from Mbappé (1-2)

On the right side, Hakimi has the lucidity to raise his head and sees Mbappé making the call in the middle. The Moroccan sends the ball into the path of his attacker who drops Hümmels and beats Kobel at close range with a right cross shot.