The joy was all Borussia Dortmundwhat the series turned. The home team victory 4-2 a Atlethical Madrid in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League 2023/2024in Germany. In the first leg, Diego Simeone’s team won 2-1 at home and this great victory for Dortmund put them in the semifinals of the top European club tournament.
Borussia Dortmund beats Atlético Madrid in the rematch in Germany. Getty Images
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In Spain, Atlético Madrid had been close to winning by a greater advantage and marking the tie with a key success, but Dortmund reacted in the end and almost tied it. This time, in Germany, The host prevailed fairly and was the one who advanced to the round.
In the first leg, Rodrigo De Paul opened the scoring, but the Argentine did not play well in the retaliation, as did Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, the team’s football leader. The other South Americans on the field were the Argentine Nahuel Molina and the Uruguayan José María Giménez. Meanwhile, Dortmund, forced to win in front of their fans, had a pillar in the German Niclas Füllkrug, the contribution of the Englishman Jadon Sancho, with the firmness behind the experienced local Mats Hummels, despite his goal against.
The revenge began in full swing, with a clear possibility of a goal for each side in just four minutes. The first was the Austrian Marcel Sabitzer for the host and César Azpilicueta saved Simeone’s team. And the second seemed like a goal, but Álvaro Morata, one on one, hit it and the ball went next to the local goalkeeper’s left post. Incredible. The third time of the crossing was the charm: the German Julian Brandt, in great action inside the area, received, dribbled and finished first so that Dortmund took a 1-0 lead in the 34th minute.
And the next one also had a net destination, since the Dutchman Ian Maatsen scored a great goal for the local team in the 39th minute. Yes, in just five minutes Dortmund turned the series against Colchonero, to the joy of its thousands of fans in the stadium. stadium. The beginning of the second half saw the entry of the Argentine Ángel Correa, in place of Morata, and the Spanish team’s discount came quickly, after four minutes, when Mario Hermoso headed to try to enable a teammate and Hummels, who tried to reject, put it against his goal.
When 11 minutes were played, Correa received a great assist, went towards the goal and scored just wide, missing the tie. Outside the whitewash line, Simeone couldn’t believe it, he crouched down, suffered and surely remembered the wasted chance at the beginning of the duel for Morata. But He had a quick revenge, since at 19 minutes, almost below the goal, he took advantage of a rebound and it was Correa who declared the score 2-2 for the Spanish team. Thus, the changes worked to stop the opponent on the flanks.
It seemed that Atlético Madrid was in a match with that equality, but In the short period of three minutes the local team scored two goals and went up 4-2. He converted Füllkrug at 26 and Sabitzer at 29, to once again unleash the yellow delirium in the stands. That double impact was suffered by Simeone’s team, which could not recover and could even suffer a greater defeat, due to the desire, football and spirit of the Germans.
With this success, Dortmund will face Paris Saint-Germain in the semifinals, that after losing 3-2 to Barcelona In the first leg on French soil they beat them 4-1 in Spain. The German team was already crowned champion of the Orejona in the 1996/97 season and continues to daydream about a possible second title, with its first arrival in the semis in 11 years.