If it does not appear at its best this season in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund remains a serious client in the Champions League, especially at home, at Signal Iduna Park, where Paris Saint-Germain will play the first leg of its semi-final. final against BVB on Wednesday (kick-off at 9 p.m. live on RMC Sport 1).
Presented as the absolute outsider of this double confrontation against Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund is not a small lamb and will not appear as an expiatory victim on Wednesday, during the first leg (shot of dispatch at 9 p.m., live on RMC Sport 1). Especially not on his home pitch at the Westfalenstadion where he hasn’t lost in the Champions League for almost three years. Qualified for the last four of the premier event thanks to its victory (4-2) against Atlético at home in the quarter-final second leg, BVB extended its unbeaten streak to ten matches in its stadium.
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Borussia Dortmund’s last defeat in its C1 lair dates back to November 3, 2021, and a scathing setback (1-3) against Ajax. Defeated three times in Group C which it shared with Sporting, Ajax and Besiktas, BVB had not overcome this first pitfall of the group stage. What he has always been able to do since, even finishing first in the famous group of death in front of Paris Saint-Germain this season.
A first half in the Champions League in over a decade
PSG came with intentions this winter to break this invincibility record, but Kylian Mbappé’s teammates, who were then playing for their qualification, could not do better than a draw (1-1) on December 13. . In their last ten matches played at home in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund have won six times, scoring 19 goals and conceding only 4 goals. Unlike PSG and Atlético, neither Chelsea nor Manchester City, nor even AC Milan, more recently, have managed to shake Borussia’s net at Signal Iduna Park.
Borussia Dortmund is preparing to play its fifth European Cup semi-final this week, but the first in the Champions League in more than a decade and the epic of 2012-2013 which took the club to the final at Wembley. Dortmund, who hope to see history repeat itself, have lost only one of their last eight home matches in the European Cup semi-finals (5 wins, 2 draws). Paris Saint-Germain has been warned.
“It’s a match that will be played with the atmosphere” at the Westfalenstadion, said Mainz midfielder Josuha Guilavogui, who was planning on the semi-final first leg during his visit to Generation After this Monday on RMC. “PSG will have to manage this start of the match where there will be a lot of intensity. The yellow wall will make a lot of noise. As time goes by, Paris will have more control of the ball and will be able to play its game. But It’s an impressive stadium.”
