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DECRYPTION – Ineffective as possible in the two matches against Dortmund, PSG stopped at the gates of the final. Disillusionment.
“Frankly, I didn’t think we would win here”. Forfeited due to injury, former Rennais Ramy Bensebaini couldn’t believe his eyes. And yet, “his” Borussia Dortmund, already winner in the first leg (1-0) last week, at Signal Iduna Park, won again in Paris (0-1) on Tuesday, in the semi-final second leg of Champions League. Certainly, “hopefully”, as Edin Terzic pointed out. It is necessary. But in the end, it is BVB who will face Bayern Munich or Real Madrid on June 1 at Wembley. And it’s not stolen. The Rouge et Bleu gave the stick, they who aimed to compete in a new C1 final, after the one, lost, in 2020.
PSG nevertheless shot 31 times and hit the posts four times on Tuesday evening, making six posts and bars over the two matches. “I have never seen that”breathes Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, estimating that, “Sometimes football isn’t fair”. What was missing? “Finishing”, confirms Warren Zaire-Emery. Kylian…
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