Key occasions
44 min: Maatsen throws lengthy from the left. Füllkrug wins a header within the PSG field however there’s no person there to make the most of the knockdown.
42 min: Vitinha sends a swerving however mainly innocent shot straight at Kobel from distance.
41 min: Brandt has the chance to launch Adeyemi into area down the left however faffs, permitting Marquinhos to strip him of possession. Füllkrug was manner off the play, however seems to be transferring freely.
39 min: Nicely, that is bizarre. No one comes on to see to Füllkrug, who ultimately will get up once more. That’s good to see, however all barely unusual. Then Mbappe and Gonçalo Ramos restart the sport by giving the ball again to Dortmund … however solely knocking it out for a throw deep within the visiting workforce’s territory. Schlotterbeck not pleased. The referee tells him to pipe down.
38 min: Uh oh, this doesn’t look good for Füllkrug, who lands awkwardly and instantly waves throughout to his bench. Dortmund ship the ball out of play so he can get some remedy.
36 min: Large probabilities at both finish! Fabián Ruiz cuts the ball again from the byline to the left of the Dortmund purpose. Mbappe swipes at a shot however can’t get a correct connection. Out of the blue Adeyemi breaks down the center! He makes it so far as the sting of the Parisian field earlier than aiming a low drive in direction of the underside proper. Donnarumma is the same as it! What a save. The Italian keeper retains PSG within the Champions League!
34 min: PSG are starting to dominate possession … however that Dembele likelihood aside, they’re doing little or no with it.
33 min: Zaïre-Emery wins a nook down the appropriate. Dembele takes. Marquinhos can’t get a header heading in the right direction, and is compelled to chase after Füllkrug, who makes an attempt to counter. Marquinhos drags Füllkrug down, and is pretty lucky not to enter the ebook.
31 min: Mbappe sashays in from the left, drawing 4 yellow shirts in direction of him earlier than rolling throughout for Zaïre-Emery, who instantly shuttles the ball down the inside-right channel for Dembele. It’s a superb alternative to shoot, albeit from a barely tight angle; Dembele lashes it wildly extensive and excessive. He ought to have labored Kobel on the very least.
30 min: Dortmund haven’t accomplished a lot in assault to date. Sancho switches to the left flank within the hope of getting one thing going, solely to telegraph a backheel supposed to launch Adeyemi.
29 min: If the PSG nerves are kicking in, the hosts aren’t being betrayed by them. The ball is stroked across the again patiently.
27 min: Fabián Ruiz hoicks over harmlessly from distance. A couple of whistles from the house followers, maybe the primary signal of nerves kicking in tonight.
25 min: Mbappe practically will get the higher of Ryerson down the left, a lot in order that the Dortmund full again is compelled to backheel the ball out whereas prowling the byline on all fours within the pantomime-dog fashion. For some motive PSG aren’t awarded a nook, however there have been worse injustices within the Champions League this season. The penalty Füllkrug didn’t get within the first leg, for instance.
24 min: The tempo drops a little bit for the primary time this night. Borussia Dortmund might be fairly happy with the way in which this has gone to date; Kobel hasn’t had any critical work to do.
22 min: Hakimi has the chance to launch Dembele down the appropriate however overcooks his looped go. Purpose kick. “I want to assume that Mbappe adheres to the boot philosophy of the character Milligan, in Spike Milligan’s Puckoon,” begins Stephen Davenport. “Black don’t present the dust, brown ones don’t present the mud and a superb pair of inexperienced boots received’t present the grass.”
20 min: Dembele fizzes a low shot-cum-cross by way of the Dortmund field from the appropriate. Any contact on that and it’s deflected into the online, however there’s no person in blue close by.
19 min: Sancho isn’t deterred, although, and takes on Nuno Mendes once more. He wins a nook, from which Ryerson lashes a doozy of a shot into the right-hand aspect netting. To repeat: this isn’t ending goalless. It received’t. It certainly can’t.
17 min: Nuno Mendes was given a little bit of a runaround by Sancho final week, so he does properly right here to dam his opponent, who very practically will get clear down the appropriate with a drop of the shoulder. The well-timed insertion of a boot places a cease to Sancho’s gallop.
15 min: Ryerson powers his manner down the appropriate flank. He’s inside his rights to go down beneath extreme strain from Nuno Mendes, however doggedly stays on his toes and makes it into the field, whereupon he loses management. Mbappe then makes an attempt to interrupt upfield with a balletic activate the left touchline, however runs out of room. Throw. That is already shaping as much as be a variety of enjoyable, with each groups completely going for it.
13 min: PSG counter at velocity, and Gonçalo Ramos spins on the sting of the D earlier than lashing a first-time effort inches extensive of the underside left. Had that been heading in the right direction, Kobel might not have gotten there in time. There’s no manner this match is ending 0-0. Then once more, the primary leg actually ought to have produced at the least seven or eight targets, so you possibly can by no means be one hundred pc positive.
12 min: Marquinhos, beneath strain from the speedy Adeyemi, fires a backpass in direction of Donnarumma that just about foxes the keeper and finds the underside proper. Donnarumma does very properly to stay out a leg to divert the ball away from hazard. From the ensuing throw, Adeyemi takes a shy at purpose that’s deflected over for a nook. Nothing comes of the set piece.
10 min: That is being performed at 101 kilometres for each considered one of your French hours. The referee letting it movement. “Happy to see that, judging by his alternative of inexperienced boots tonight, that Mbappe has lastly decided on his future – he’s signing for Celtic. Yours delusionally, Stephen McCrossan.”
8 min: Sancho instigates a high-paced one-two down the appropriate with Sabitzer … however doesn’t get the return go. Had Sabitzer famous his team-mate’s intention, Sancho was away down the flank.
7 min: PSG are getting a variety of pleasure down the appropriate. It’s Dembele this time, who activates the jets however can’t fairly get away from Adeyemi. He earns a nook, although. Dortmund don’t actually cope with the set piece, and the ball drops in direction of Mbappe, simply contained in the field on the left. Mbappe meets it with a candy volley, however there’s not sufficient oomph behind it, and that’s simple for Kobel too. The hosts might be more than happy with these early exchanges.
5 min: Extra room for Hakimi on the appropriate wing. He seems to be for Gonçalo Ramos within the center, however shanks his cross in direction of Kobel on the close to submit. The keeper gathers. Some constructive early strikes by the hosts.
4 min: Some area for Hakimi down the appropriate. A low cross is met by Gonçalo Ramos, who arms out a leg and steers a shot straight at Kobel. Not sufficient energy to fox the keeper.
2 min: Sancho takes his first contact of the night. Whistles for the primary leg’s man of the match. The house followers know a dangerman after they see one. Then a free kick to return in from the appropriate. Maatsen curls it in, however it’s simple meat for Donnarumma. Nonetheless, that’ll give the guests some early encouragement.
PSG, a purpose behind after the primary leg, get the second underway! Blistering noise rings across the Parc des Princes. Right here we go, then!
The groups are out! PSG in blue and crimson, BVB in yellow and black. Music. Ce sont les meilleures équipes! Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften! These are the champions! What an environment, with crimson pyrotechnics filling the spring Parisian sky. We’ll be off as soon as Emre Can takes receipt of that pennant. Don’t take a look at it too intently, Emre, you’ve received to run about for 90 minutes.
Pennant watch: an replace. “PSG have priors,” reviews Joe Pearson. “Did comparable after they met Sociedad earlier within the marketing campaign.” My goodness, their designer actually is incomes their corn this season. Very good as properly, although a bit too fussy to be categorized as funky. Or psychedelic. Having stated that, you wouldn’t wish to stare at it too lengthy after a gourd of Mate and 20 B&H.
Pennant watch. This certainly needs to be the funkiest commemorative pennon in European Cup historical past. Does it rely as psychedelic? Most likely not, although you wouldn’t wish to stare at it too lengthy after a powerful cup of sugary tea and a hand-rolled cigarette.
PSG make two adjustments to their beginning XI after final week’s first leg. Gonçalo Ramos and Lucas Beraldo are available in for Bradley Barcola, who drops to the bench, and Lucas Hernandez, who tore his ACL in Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund are in If It Ain’t Broke mode. They identify precisely the identical XI that began their victory on the Westfalenstadion. In between occasions, they’ve crushed Augsburg 5-1 within the Bundesliga; PSG didn’t play final weekend.
The groups
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Lucas Beraldo, Nuno Mendes, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Fabian, Dembele, Goncalo Ramos, Mbappe.
Subs: Navas, Ugarte, Asensio, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Muani, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Barcola, Skriniar, Zague, Tenas.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel, Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen, Sabitzer, Can, Sancho, Brandt, Adeyemi, Fullkrug.
Subs: Ozcan, Nmecha, Haller, Reus, Wolf, Moukoko, Malen, Sule, Meyer, Laurenz Lotka, Watjen, Bynoe-Gittens.
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy).
Preamble
Final Wednesday this occurred …
… and if tonight’s second leg on the Parc des Princes proves to be even half as entertaining, we’ll be fortunate individuals certainly. Will Niclas Füllkrug rating one other peach? Can Kylian Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi hit the within of each posts within the area of ten seconds once more? Will referee Daniele Orsato (Italy) show a extra competent official than Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)? The solutions are possibly, most likely not, and sure after all. Kick off in Paris is at 8pm BST, 9pm native. It’s on!