At best, the Champions League football was very close to bringing quarterfinal nightmares to FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain again, but Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa were lagging behind. On April 16, two thrillers on end-to-end saw that PSG and Barcelona would lose their clashes with the second foot with Dortmund and Aston Villa, but they won closely to secure their seats in the semifinals.
While the Champions League quarterfinals are often known for historical specialties “Remontada” or Comeback, Dortmund and Villa have come to Wednesday’s ties that accurately chased. Guirassy Hat-Trick in Dortmund’s victory 3-1 victories over Barcelonou could not provide semifinals because his own goal saw the German side to lose the aggregate 3-5.
Meanwhile, PSG also suffered a loss of 3-2 for Aston Villa, but eventually ended with a victory for aggregated 5-4.
Barcelona frightened Guirassy
“Remontada” Borussia Dortmund still looked perhaps possible – as well as another breaking heart for FC Barcelona – and it was all because of the brilliance of Serhh Guirassy. From the very beginning in the Signal Iduna park, Guirassy has become Dortmund Danger Man Barcelona, who just couldn’t catch.
Starting with a transferred sentence in the eleventh minute, Guinean attacker did it 2-0 (and 4-2 on the aggregate) for just four minutes to the second half and headed to a well-placed corner. The assistance provider for this goal, Rama Bensebaini, later faced a nightmare when a strike from Fermin Lopez set out from his shin and into her own network.
Although Gihassy finished his trick with a sharp goal in the 76th minute, Barcelona held on to win 5-3 on the aggregate and secure the semifinals.
Donnarumma transmits PSG to semis
In what could have been a much worse trip for PSG, it was the heroism of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarummy, who pushed them into the semifinals even over 3-2 loss to Aston Villa.
After Achraf Hakimi’s 11th minute and strike Nuno Mendes in 27. PSG gave a comfortable 5-1 aggregated lead, Villa’s late revival put the game to balance. Youi Tiemon scored in the 34th minute, followed by goals from the second half of John McGinn and Ezri Konsa, which introduced a tense surface.
Donnarumma, however, with the key to deny Villa more gold chances to complete the sensational return.
With Real Madrid, who will play at Arsenal and Inter Milan, while Bayern Munich could be even more action on April 17 cards on Thursday.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
April 16, 2025
