Sabastian Hailer Vs Kylian Mbappe
UEFA Champions League Semi Finals First Leg .
Borrussia Dortmund Vs PSG
Venue -Signal Iduna Park , Dortmund .
May 1 , 2024 .

The Signal Iduna Park stadium in far away Dortmund welcomes one of the most offensive players on the planet earth , Kylian Mbappe ,
The 25-year-old forward leads France’s Ligue 1 with 26 goals and helped PSG capture their third consecutive league title and 10th in 12 seasons. Mbappe also is first in the Champions League with eight goals after registering a brace in the Parisians’ 4-1 vicory,.

PSG are unbeaten in their last 15 road matches across all competitions, recording 12 wins and three draws during the streak. One of those contests was a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League group stage. The Parisians also posted a 2-0 home victory during group play against BVB, who have won just one of the last six overall meetings between the clubs. PSG defeated Barcelona to reach the semifinals for the third time in five years, while Dortmund are set to make their first appearance in the semis since 2012-13 after getting past Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals.

Borussia Dortmund have progressed to their first Champions League semi-final since reaching the showpiece event under Jurgen Klopp in 2012-13 after beating Atletico Madrid 5-4 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, winning 4-2 in a thrilling second leg on home soil a fortnight ago.
Preparations for their last-four encounter with PSG have not gone according to plan, though, as they have failed to win their last two Bundesliga matches, drawing 1-1 with champions Bayer Leverkusen after conceding a 97th-minute equaliser before suffering a heavy 4-1 defeat at RB Leipzig last weekend.
Despite taking an early lead through Manchester United loanee Jadon Sancho, who became the highest-scoring Englishman (40 goals) in Bundesliga history, Dortmund were trailing 2-1 at half time before Mohamed Simakan and Christoph Baumgartner sealed a convincing victory for Leipzig in the second half, significantly denting BVB’s hopes of securing a top-four finish.

Edin Terzic’s side sit fifth in the table and five points behind Leipzig in fourth with only three games remaining, although fifth spot could be enough to secure a place in next season’s newly-expanded Champions League as Germany currently boasts the second-best coefficient ranking behind Italy.
Dortmund can automatically qualify for the 2024-25 Champions League if they go all the way in this season’s competition, replicating the heroics of the famous 1996-97 squad, although they arguably enter the last four as underdogs with PSG and either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid standing in their way.
BVB have only won one of their previous six meetings with PSG – a 2-1 first-leg home win in the 2019-20 Champions League round-of-16 – but their home record bodes well ahead of Wednesday’s contest as they have not lost any of their last 10 Champions League matches at Westfalenstadion, winning six of those and scoring 19 goals in the process.

PSG have moved one step closer to winning their first-ever Champions League trophy after beating five-time winners Barcelona 6-4 on aggregate in an action-packed quarter-final tie, advancing to their third semi-final in five seasons.
The French giants lost 3-2 in the first leg on home soil and were then trailing 1-0 in the reverse fixture in Spain, but the dismissal of Barca’s Ronald Araujo turned the tide in PSG’s favour, with Kylian Mbappe (2), Vitinha and Ousmane Dembele – against his former club – all scoring to help Luis Enrique’s men complete the turnaround and seal a 4-1 victory.

Two more 4-1 wins in Ligue 1 over Lyon and Lorient followed for PSG, before they were forced to rescue a 3-3 draw at home against Le Harve last weekend, with Goncalo Ramos netting a dramatic 95th-minute equaliser. Nevertheless, Les Parisiens were crowned champions for a 12th time on Sunday without kicking a ball after second-placed Monaco lost at Lyon.
Enrique’s men are on wednesday’s tie will also mark the first time that two sides have met in the group stage and semi-finals of a single Champions League campaign since the 2012-13 season, where Dortmund and Real Madrid’s reunion ended with BVB progressing to the showpiece, so the historical omens are in the German side’s favour.. Let’s watch out for this piece history in coming hours, other things being equal.

Though promised to be an entertaining contest between two attack-minded teams could be on the cards on Wednesday and both sides have reason to be optimistic of gaining a first-leg advantage, although PSG will be regarded as slight favourites, provided they will not spend the 90+ minutes in throwing papers darts , on a likely to be a fairly tedious evening at the Iduna Park.
The French giants have won their last five away games in all competitions, scoring 18 goals in the process, and with star striker Mbappe among a number of first-team players refreshed and ready to return to the starting lineup, , it’s likey going to be a tedious evening in Dortmund despite their being hosts PSG is likey may do the damage to claim a narrow victory.

Predictions – ( 2-2 OR 2-1 @ Over 1.5 goals . It’s also likely to end on penalties after full and extra time

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