
Borussia Dortmund take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday (kick-off: 9.00pm CEST).
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Niclas Füllkrug’s first-half strike was the difference between the two sides at Signal Iduna Park, meaning Dortmund take a narrow advantage to the French capital. With the clash against Les Parisiens clearly on his mind, Edin Terzić made 10 changes to the starting XI as Die Schwarzgelben hosted Augsburg – Gregor Kobel was the only man to keep his place. Despite the heavy rotation, BVB romped to a 5-1 victory, with Marco Reus – who announced he will be leaving the club at the end of the campaign in the build-up – Youssoufa Moukoko and Donyell Malen amongst those to impress. It remains to be seen whether any players did enough to convince Terzić they deserve to remain in the first XI in France, but either way, a host of changes can again be expected. As such, the likes of Mats Hummels, Emre Can, Julian Brandt and first-leg Man of the Match Jadon Sancho should all return. Wembley and the final are now so close that you can almost taste it, so Dortmund will be eager to match the intensity they showed on home turf. BVB will advance, if they avoid defeat inside 90 minutes.

Ligue 1 champions PSG, meanwhile, had the weekend off as they attempt to overturn the deficit. Head coach Luis Enrique will look to put his side’s extra rest to good use, although he will be without former Bayern Munich defender Lucas Hernández, who suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in the defeat to Dortmund last week that will keep him out of the rest of the campaign as well as the 2024 UEFA European Championships. Kylian Mbappé is PSG’s leading goalscorer with 43 strikes in all competitions this term, but is without a goal in his last two meetings with BVB. Elsewhere, former Dortmund stars Achraf Hakimi and Ousmane Dembélé are almost guaranteed to play from the off, while ex-Eintracht Frankfurt striker Randal Kolo Muani and Nordi Mukiele, previously on RB Leipzig’s books, could also feature.
Match stats
- Füllkrug is Dortmund’s top scorer in the Champions League this term with three strikes.
- This is Dortmund’s fourth Champions League semi-final, with them having gone on to reach the showpiece on two of the previous three occasions.
- Reus is BVB’s all-time record appearance maker in this competition with 70 outings.
- Dortmund have five clean sheets in this season’s tournament, the most since the 2018/19 edition.
- The Black-Yellows have only failed to find the back of the net in one of their previous 17 games.
- This is the eighth meeting between these two teams in European competition. Each outfit has two victories apiece (three draws)
Probable teams
PSG: Donnarumma – Hakimi, Marquinhos (c), Škriniar, Mendes – Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Fabián – Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola
Out: Kimpembe (Achilles), Hernández (cruciate ligament rupture), Rico (match fitness)
Doubtful: –
Coach: Luis Enrique
Dortmund: Kobel – Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen – Can (c), Sabitzer – Adeyemi, Brandt, Sancho – Füllkrug
Out: Bensebaini (knee), Duranville (muscular)
Doubtful: Haller (knock)
Coach: Edin Terzić
Hummels talks Mbappé

In the pre-match press conference, Mats Hummels explained there is not a specific plan to try and stop Mbappé: “You can only defend against him as a team. With his speed, you cannot defend man-to-man. But he’s just a part of a team, we have to be careful of a lot of other players.”
Terzić wants more of the same
In the first leg, Dortmund ran a collective 120 kilometres (74.5 miles), 10 (6.2 miles) more than PSG. “If it’s necessary, we’ll run 20 kilometres more than them,” said Dortmund boss Terzić. “We have a great objective, a great dream. That’s how we’ve got here, into the Champions League semi-finals. If we were talking about favourites, we wouldn’t be here. We’re here because we’ve done a lot of good things. We have great respect, not only for our opponents, but also for the challenge ahead of us. We know we are going to need an identical mix to the first leg, regardless of how they play. We know we have to be just as brave and resilient. We have to have respect, but also the joy of achieving something great. That’s our mission.”
Marquinhos braced for ‘tough’ BVB challenge
“Dortmund are great opponents, it’ll be a very tough game. We don’t know what is going to happen during the game, but we have faith in the work we have done all season long, faith in our preparation, and in our fans to help us. It’s thanks to those things that we have faith in our chances [today]. Now is not the time when we are going to change everything or begin to doubt ourselves.”
Luis Enrique on ‘great Dortmund team’
“Dortmund will press high, so there will be space between the lines. We want to find our best players in the areas where they are dangerous. We have had the time to prepare defensively and offensively. We are trying to keep everyone relaxed, and above all enjoy the opportunity we have of playing a Champions League semi-final. I think it’ll be a very high level game, very keenly contested, like the first leg was. We want to go to the final, but to do that we have to be better than this great Borussia Dortmund team.”
Fresh as a daisy
Terzić began the Matchday 32 game vs. Augsburg with Emre Can, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Brandt, Marcel Sabitzer, Jadon Sancho and Niclas Füllkrug on the bench. All should return to the starting XI at the Parc des Princes.
First-leg report

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain
Goals: 1-0 Füllkrug 36′ (assist: Schlotterbeck)
After progressing to the final four with a 5-4 aggregate victory over Atlético Madrid, Dortmund were eager to get off to the best possible start on home turf against the Ligue 1 champions. The opening stages were even as the two teams sized each other up, with Ousmane Dembélé and Marcel Sabitzer trading early opportunities. Clear-cut chances were few and far between for much of the first period, but shortly after the hour mark, the hosts burst into life and took the lead. Niclas Füllkrug ran onto a pinpoint Nico Schlotterbeck pass and buried past Gianluigi Donnarumma with aplomb to give Die Schwarzgelben a crucial lead. Dortmund could have been two in front at the break had Sabitzer’s volley from the middle of the penalty box been half a metre either side of Donnarumma – as it was, the effort was straight at the Italian goalkeeper, allowing him to parry to safety.
The half-time deficit put the onus on Les Parisiens to push forward after the interval, and that they did. Bradley Barcola registered his team’s first shot on target in the 48th minute, an effort that Gregor Kobel ultimately gathered with ease, but the Swiss shot-stopper was well beaten by attempts from Kylian Mbappé and former Dortmund loanee Achraf Hakimi in quick succession. Fortunately for Edin Terzić and Co., however, both strikes struck the post as BVB rather fortuitously conserved their lead. Still, after navigating a period of PSG pressure, Dortmund threatened to double their tally, with Julian Brandt slashing wide before Füllkrug fired over from six yards. In an attempt to inspire his charges, Luis Enrique introduced ex-Eintracht Frankfurt forward Randal Kolo Muani from the bench, and it took a vital Kobel stop to prevent him from restoring parity. At the other end, Dembélé wasted a fantastic chance to equalise himself when leaning back to drive over the crossbar from inside the penalty area. While both teams continued to search for a potentially decisive moment, though, neither net rippled further, meaning that Dortmund will start next week’s return encounter at the Parc des Princes with their noses in front. The result also sees the Bundesliga clinch a fifth place in next season’s competition – an added boost for German football.