UEFA Champions League Results

  • Kylian Mbappé scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain came from two goals down on aggregate to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals at the expense of ten-man Barcelona.
  • Mbappé has six goals in four Champions League appearances against Barcelona.
  • Dembélé has scored in successive Champions League for the second time, having done so for Barcelona in the 2020/21 group stage.
  • Paris won the second leg of a European quarter-final for the first time since the 1996/97 Cup Winners’ Cup, when they triumphed 3-0 at AEK Athens after a 0-0 home draw in the first leg.
  • The French side prevailed on aggregate after losing a home first leg for the first time in UEFA competition at the eighth attempt.
  • At 16 years 278 days, Yamal is the youngest player to make ten Champions League appearances (group stage to final). The previous youngest was Youri Tielemans, who was 17 years 216 days when he played for Anderlecht against Dortmund in December 2014.
  • This was only Barcelona’s second defeat in their last 22 home Champions League quarter-final matches (W16 D4).
  • Borussia Dortmund reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2013 thanks to a gripping victory at home to Atlético de Madrid.
  • ·  Dortmund have lost only three of their 19 home matches against Spanish visitors (W9 D7), and only one of the last 11 (W6 D4).
  • ·  Borussia are now unbeaten in their last ten Champions League matches at home (W6 D4).
  • ·  This was the first time Dortmund have scored four goals in a Champions League match at home since a 4-0 win vs Atlético in the 2018/19 group stage.
  • ·  Atleti have now gone 11 matches in all competitions without a clean sheet.
  • ·  The Spanish side have lost eight of their last nine UEFA competition matches away from home against German clubs (W1).

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