PSG faced with obvious next step as Kylian Mbappe's post-match expression

Kylian Mbappe's face at the end said it all. Although it was a daft question to be fair.

Just moments after what will be the final Champions League game of his seven-year career with Paris Saint-Germain before this summer's much vaunted move to Real Madrid, the forward was asked who he'd prefer to win Wednesday's semi-final between his future employers and Bayern Munich.

There was a pause, a roll of the eyes and swift exit. In truth it was quite calm and measured in the circumstances.

Moments earlier Mbappe had been kicking the Parisian turf in frustration and gazing over at Borussia Dortmund's gleeful players, through to a Champions League final at Wembley after a two-legged affair of 44 shots and no goals for their opponents, with the woodwork hit six times.

It was a classic smash and grab, albeit an intelligent one. When you've got the pace of Karim Adeyemi in attack, the energy of Julian Brandt and Marcel Sabitzer in midfield and the magnet-to-a-ball qualities of Mats Hummels and Nico Schlotterbeck in defence then you are tough nut to crack, and whoever faces Dortmund in the final will discover that.

There will be no showpiece for PSG though after another season of failure on the European stage, with Luis Enrique the seventh manager appointed by Qatar Sports Investments since they took over the club in 2011. European magnificence hasn't found any of them.

For the QSI frontman Nasser Al-Khelaifi the Champions League remains an elusive dream, with the closest he got to it - bar a front row seat for every fancy UEFA gala - coming in Lisbon's empty Stadium of Light in the 2020 final when Thomas Tuchel's side fell short. The German would win it a year later with Chelsea, and is a step away from the final now.

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