Kylian Mbappe had his PSG Champions League dream crushed by veteran defender Mats Hummels.
Dortmund progressed to the Wembley final after an brilliant away performance and resilient defending, which also saw PSG hit the woodwork SIX times over two legs. The French superstar will join Real Madrid this summer having failed to bring the holy grail to PSG’s Qatari ownership by becoming European Champions.
Hummels was the only survivor of the Dortmund team who were losing finalists in 2013, and he gets another chance at glory. PSG will have to rebuild, without Mbappe, and perhaps fewer stars and more of a team in the future.
The Germans took a goal lead to the Parc de Princes after Niclas Fullkrug’s goal. And they defended their lead expertly, despite PSG having 29 attempts on goal, but only five on target. Edin Terzic’s men canceled out PSG’s wing play with their midfielders and the back four staying compact.
Then they hit PSG early in the second half when Hummels doubled their lead. Mbappe didn’t set the game alight. He caused the first real concern in the German ranks with a dribble which took out four defenders before working the ball to the right of the boc where Ouseman Dembele blazed over.
Mbappe then fluffed a shot from eight yards and from the break away attack Gianluigi Donnarumma needed to produce a sharp save to deny Karim Adeyemi who ran 60 yards with the ball to shoot. It was a noisy night even before kick off and the home fans managed to set alight a Dortmund banner with a flare just to heat up the atmosphere and a red wall of flares after half time.
After the break PSG missed an open goal, when Goncalo Ramos’s touch flipped to the back post, and Warren Zaire Emery was on hand to hit the post. Dortmund’s response was
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