Barcelona & PSG Punch Their Tickets to the UEFA Champions League Semis
The second leg of the UEFA Champions League kicked off today with two games simultaneously. Barcelona headed to Signal Iduna Park to face Dortmund in front of their home crowd up 4-0 in aggregate. Things were getting a bit tight for Barsa as Guirassy scored early the first goal of his hat trick in the 11′ minute. He then scored in the 49′ minute to cut the deficit to 4-2 in aggregate, but Bensebaini scored for Barcelona in the 54′ minute to seal the game for them. It was a challenging feat for Dortmund, and Barcelona got the job done on the road. Barcelona advances to the Semifinals and waits for the other legs to end tomorrow. Catch the highlights above.
In the second game, PSG headed to Villa Park to face Aston Villa at home, up 3-1, which is a very dangerous score, especially on the road. Hakimi scored in the 11′ minute, giving PSG a little bit of cushion, and the goal proved to be important because Aston Villa was pressing the entire game and racking up the shots on target. Tielemans scored in 34 minutes, and the two quick goals came from Mcginn (55′) and Konsa (57′) to make this interesting and make PSG sweat for over 40 minutes. But unfortunately for Aston Villa, they ran out of time, and PSG advanced to the semi-finals with a 4-5 aggregate victory. Check out the highlights above.