Advantage Dortmund following Füllkrug finish in first leg semi win over PSG

Niclas Fuellkrug of Borussia Dortmund scores his team's first goal whilst under pressure from Lucas Hernandez of Paris Saint-Germain during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg match

Niclas Fuellkrug of Borussia Dortmund scores his team's first goal whilst under pressure from Lucas Hernandez of Paris Saint-Germain during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg match Credit: Photo by Oliver Hardt - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images

Borussia Dortmund will take a one goal lead with them to Paris for next Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg. 

A  Niclas Füllkrug goal gave them a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in Dortmund on Wednesday night.

He ran onto a Nico Schlotterbeck pass over the top to take the ball down with his right foot, hold off Lucas Hernandez before rifling the ball with his right by Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 36th minute.

PSG had their moments with both Kylian Mbappé and Achraf Hakimi hitting the post in the 51st minute but they couldn’t break down the Dortmund defence.

It was just the third time the French side failed to score in their last 27 Champions League matches.

The win moves Dortmund on to 11 matches unbeaten at home in the competition. 

The winner of the tie will play either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid in the final set for Wembley on Saturday 1 June.

Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson (Wolf 87), Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Can, Sabitzer; Adeyemi (Reus 83), Brandt (Nmecha 87), Sancho; Füllkrug (Moukoko 90+1)

Paris Saint-Germain: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Hernández (Lucas Beraldo 42), Mendes; Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Fabián Ruiz; Dembélé, Mbappé, Barcola (Kolo Muani 65)

 



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