The Champioonnnnsss It is time! Tomorrow, Borussia Dortmund will host a Champions League Semi-final for the first time since 2013. The stakes are high as Dortmund?s performance at home will set the tempo for the tie and a good result is needed before traveling to Paris next week. One one hand, Edin Terzic will be feeling a bit of a boost as Sebastian Haller, Donyell Malen, and Marcel Sabitzer all returned to training on Monday. On the other hand, Borussia Dortmund were just smashed 4-1 by RB Leipzig and their defense looked horribly exposed to Leipzig?s counter attacks. They now enter tomorrow's game coming against a PSG side that has scored 17 goals in their last 5 matches with a frontline led by the world's best player, Kylian Mbappe, and Dortmund alumni, Ousmane Dembélé. PSG enter this match after a great month. Luis Enrique?s side advanced past Barcelona following a 4-1 victory in Barcelona and kept up the pace by putting four goals in back-to-back games against a resurgent Lyon and lackluster FC Lorient side. A 3-3 tie with Le Havre saw PSG rest Mbappe and win their eleventh Ligue 1. Their full focus is on tomorrow?s match and they have the star power to push themselves into the final.
The emphasis of tomorrow?s match will be on PSG?s firepower. The Parisians have scored 19 goals in the Champions League this season (7th most) but 19.9 expected goals, a tally only beaten by a now-eliminated Manchester City. With the second leg in Paris, it feels as if...