Champions League Horror Night: A miracle at home, Villa and Dort are out of the game with their heads held high

The reporter reported coldly In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, despite the slim hope of qualifying, Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund played a satisfactory performance at home. Aston Villa chased three goals in a row after falling behind 0-2 in 27 minutes, almost dragging the game into extra time, and finally went out with a disgrace of 4-5 on aggregate; Dortmund relied on a hat-trick from Gilassie to end Barcelona's 24-game unbeaten run 3-1, but unfortunately the first leg was 0-4 difficult to fill. Paris and Barcelona are out of the blue, while Villa and Borussia Dortmund, who have won by three goals each at home, are going out with their heads held high.

Villa hosted Paris and were watched by Prince William, but goals from Achraf and Nuno Mendes less than half an hour into the first half left Villa Park in a desperate silence. Illerman Tielemans pulled one back just before half-time and there were still few people who thought the home side had any hope of a comeback. However, the second half changed dramatically, with McGinn scoring from distance in the 55th minute and Marcus Rashford breaking down the flank to assist Konsa to score another two minutes later.

After the score was 1-3, Enrique immediately replaced Balcola with teenager Douai to strengthen the attack. Grand Paris experienced the last half hour of torment, Donnarumma made many thrilling saves, and luck was still on the side of Grand Paris. In the third minute of stoppage time, Pacho blocked Maatsen's inevitable shot in front of goal. The Villans should be guilty of conceding a stoppage goal in the first leg at Prince, which ultimately brought the team to a home comeback.

Eight years ago, Unai Emery was in charge of Paris and beat Barcelona 4-0 at home, but the Champions League record was reversed by 1-6 away. Facing his old club this time, he is only one step away from a reversal, which is a pity. Villa had more shots (17 to 14), 9 to 7 and 6 to 3 points than Paris, and had the absolute upper hand in the final half hour. It was Villa's best European result since winning the Champions League in 1981/82 and deserved applause from the fans. Villa not only ended Grand Paris' seven-game winning streak, but also became the third team to beat Grand Paris after Arsenal and Liverpool this season.

Grand Paris lost three games in a single game for the first time in 48 games this season, but fortunately there was no danger. Enrique has led Paris to the last four of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, becoming the fourth coach to lead a French team to the last four of the Champions League twice after Batexs (Reims), Elban (Saint-Etienne) and Goedars (Marseille). After the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons, Paris has reached the last four of the Champions League for the second time in a row, and the ninth time in the team's history that they have reached the last four of the three major European cups. Reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in six seasons, Paris's European performance is second only to the "golden era" of entering the semi-finals of three major cups in six consecutive seasons from 1993 to 1997.

Barcelona, who won 4-0 in the first leg, almost paid the price of a reversal for their humble opponent at Signa Idona Park. The whole Barcelona team was too relaxed, and Yamal even ran only 1.3 kilometers more than Dortmund goalkeeper Kerber. The comparative statistics of shots (7 to 18) and shots on target (2 to 11) are worse than those of Grand Paris. Barcelona's defence was a non-existent defence, with 11 shots the most in the last five Champions League seasons.

Barcelona goalkeeper Szczesny converted a penalty in the opening 10 minutes, and Araujo cleared the ball into an assist in the 76th minute of the second half to help Gilassie complete his hat-trick. Fortunately, Bensebaini's own goal in the 54th minute, and the four-goal advantage in the first leg, allowed Barcelona not to repeat the tragedy.

Guinean striker Girassie is the first African player to score a hat-trick against Barcelona in the Champions League, topping the Champions League scorer list with 13 goals and five assists in 14 games this season, and the only African player in the history of the Champions League to score at least 13 goals in a single season. Girassi has scored five times in two legs, the sixth man in the history of the Champions League and the second after Benfica's Pavlidis this year. If it weren't for Gross's one-handed offside and Bensebaini's own own, Barcelona might have staged another "Liverpool nightmare" of leading the first leg and being reversed in the second leg.

Barcelona advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League again after six years, and Flick managed Barcelona to 50 milestone moments, but the winning rate of 37 wins in 50 games is still second only to Enrique among Barcelona's last nine coaches who have coached 50 games. Barça's Champions League revenue this season reached 116.6 million euros, 18.2 million euros more than last season. More income means that the registration crisis that has been inevitable for Barcelona over the past five seasons is expected to come to an end.

Barcelona and Grand Paris made it to the semi-finals, and Opta's odds to win the Champions League continued to lead. Barcelona (27.4 per cent) and Grand Paris (25.7 per cent) are the top two, while Arsenal (24.3 per cent), who played in the second leg of the quarter-finals tonight, are in third place. If Arsenal advance to the first leg, they will face Paris in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1993/94 season, Arsenal eliminated Paris and finally won the championship, and also won 2-0 in the league stage this season. And Barcelona's semi-final opponents are Bayern or Inter Milan, Flick is not afraid of his old club reversing Inter, and he is still waiting to show the breath of being swept away by Bayern.