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Peter Fitzpatrick·15 April 2025

⏪ PSG squeeze past Villa in epic encounter; Barcelona get through

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AND BREATHE!

What an incredible night of football.

PSG and Barcelona go through, and can still meet in the final.

Tomorrow sees Arsenal try and hold off a likely Real Madrid fightback, while Bayern have it all to do against a watertight Inter.

Let's hope for more of the same.


FULL TIME! BARCELONA ARE THROUGH

Like Villa, Dortmund really did everything they could tonight to go through, but just miss out.

Serhou Guirassy's hat-trick led them to a 3-1 win but that 4-0 first-leg loss proved too much.

Barcelona's defensive frailties were exposed tonight, and Hansi Flick will just be glad to be in the semi-final after a chaotic 90 minutes.


FULL TIME! PSG PROGRESS

Woah.

An incredible tie ends with PSG going through to the semi-finals with a 5-4 aggregate win.

Massive credit to Villa, who came from 2-0 down tonight to win 3-2 on a famous night for the club.

They can hold their heads ever so high, but the Parisians march on.


Maatsen almost volleys one in, but Pacho makes a brilliant block.

Is that it?


Just the three minutes added on at Villa Park.

Seems low. Can Villa do this?


Doué gets in behind but is foiled by the Villa keeper.

Heading into added time.


Five minutes plus added time left at Villa Park, and a bit longer in Dortmund.

Will there be late, late drama on a wild night?


Martínez just about stops Hakimi from the right.

It feels like next goal wins at this point.


OFFSIDE FOR DORTMUND!!!

Julian Brandt goes one on one and smashes home, but he's about a yard off.

That high-line at it again!


GOAL! DORTMUND 3-1 BARCELONA

Guirassy gets his hat-trick!!!

Jamie Gittens whips the ball in from the right, and Ronald Araújo clears the ball to the Guinean striker, who smashes home.

Is this still alive?


Désiré Doué is on, and almost immediately unimpressed with Ousmane Dembélé, who shot wildly over instead of playing him in.


Watkins is on for Rashford, who had a brilliant 30 minutes there.

Ian Maatsen is also on for Lucas Digne.


KONSA SHOULD SCORE!

The defender literally misses the ball with a free header six yards out.

Another fantastic ball in from Rashford.


Asensio is on, and he's almost scored!!!!!

He's through on goal but is stopped by Donnarumma. Big, big moment.


Villa are banging on the door, with Donnarumma being forced into another brilliant save.


GOAL! DORTMUND 2-1 BARCELONA

That's probably that for this comeback.

Ramy Bensebain turns in Fermín López's cross, and the dream could be over.


GOAL! ASTON VILLA 3-2 PSG

Oh my daaaaaaaaysssss.

Rashford cuts through defenders on the left, and pulls it back for Ezri Konsa who hammers home.

We are alive at Villa Park.


GOAL! ASTON VILLA 2-2 PSG

Game on here too!!!

John McGinn charges up the pitch, and loops one over Donnarumma with the aid of a deflection.

Long way to go.


Barça might be the owners of La Remontada in 2017, but followed it up the next two years with collapses against Roma and Liverpool.

There also was 2012 against Chelsea among others.

Is it happening again?


GOAL! DORTMUND 2-0 BARCELONA

This is on!!!

Guirassy gets his second just three minutes into the second half, heading from close range at a corner.


Back under way in Dortmund too.


Will Emery make changes soon? It's a bit surprising he didn't at the break.

Ollie Watkins must be kicking his feels in frustration, while Asensio is in red hit form and has a huge point to prove.

Donyell Malen is another option, and is in the goals right now.


Back under way at Villa Park.


HALF TIME! DORTMUND 1-0 BARCELONA

Barça also have a three-goal lead, but it feels different in Dortmund.

It's chaotic rather than controlled, and a second goal for the hosts could make this rather sticky.


HALF TIME AT VILLA PARK!

PSG have this tie under control, but that Villa goal has given them a slight bit of hope.


Barcelona play such an interesting style with that high line.

It feels like they could win or lose most games 3-0.

A second Dortmund goal before the break would be very, very interesting.


Hakimi and John McGinn have a bit of a tussle on the ground, with the Moroccan flicking his leg at the Villa skipper.

No action is taken, but that goal has livened things up again.


GOAL! ASTON VILLA 1-2 PSG

A huge stroke of luck, but Villa badly needed that.

They break, and Youri Tielemans' shot takes a heavy deflection off William Pacho and past Donnarumma.


That's PSG's two full-backs ending up in the box for their two goals.

Total football-like stuff from the Parisians.


GOAL! ASTON VILLA 0-2 PSG

That's the tie.

PSG break again in incredible fashion, with a few passes getting the ball to Ousmane Dembélé out on the left.

He cuts it back to Nuno Mendes, who curls home brilliantly like a striker.


Morgan Rogers fires wide. Villa need a goal, and quick.


DISALLOWED GOAL!

Dortmund think they've another but Pascal Groß is about three yards off.

Barça's high risk high-line in full show there. They will give up chances.


Bad night so far to be a former Arsenal goalkeeper!


GOAL! DORTMUND 1-0 BARCELONA

Well, well!

Wojciech Szczesny makes a mess of things, coming out of his goal and taking down Pascal Groß.

Serhou Guirassy makes no mistake, sticking a stunning panenka past the Pole.

Game on?


GOAL! ASTON VILLA 0-1 PSG

Massive goal, and a long way back for Villa.

Again, it's on the break, with Barcola going down the left. Emiliano Martínez comes and doesn't hold it, and Achraf Hakimi is there to smash into the roof of the net.


Bradley Barcola gets away on the counter but gets crowded out and shoved off the ball.

Enrique's side are dangerous in every single way.


Barcelona are wearing white shorts with their usual red and blue jersey. Bit of a forced new look.

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Villa have two early back-to-back corners, which PSG just about to deal with.

The first goal tonight is enormous.


Villa Park is LOUD.

Unai Emery's men are on another brilliant run at home, having not lost here in 18 games, dating back to November.


KICK OFF!

And here we go.


We are just five minutes away from kick off in Dortmund and Birmingham!


PSG's stunning loss in the Nou Camp back then came under Unai Emery against a then-Luis Enrique led Barça, which neatly leads into the clash at Aston Villa.

The Parisians have looked phenomenal in the knockout stages, but have a long history of collapses both before and after that 2017 game.

Could Marco Asensio come back to haunt them? How about Marcus Rashford for the third time in his career?


Dortmund's task is the far harder, with them requiring to do what Barça did to PSG in the 2016/17 season, and equal Champions League history.

Odds on another 6-1 are likely unavailable!


Barcelona and PSG find themselves in commanding positions following 4-0 and 3-1 first-leg wins respectively, with both Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa in need of epic comebacks tonight.


Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's two Champions League quarter-final second leg matches.