Bundesliga Giants Dortmund cause a shocking upset when they beat French League title holders PSG in the semifinals of the Champions League.
Central defender Mats Hummels headed Dortmund into the final as the German team won 1-0 at PSG.
Moments after Warren Zaïre-Emery missed an open goal for PSG, Hummels rose unchallenged to head in Julian Brandt’s corner from the left in the 50th minute.
Just before Dortmund’s goal, Zaïre-Emery somehow hit the post from two meters out after Gonçalo Ramos flicked on Mbappé’s cross from the left
Dortmund would be playing in the finals as they advanced 2-0 on aggregate. PSG would have a lot to focus on, since their main man, Kylian Mbappe would be leaving for Real Madrid after this season.
PSG tried to fight late, but Dortmund’s goalkeeper was equal to the task.
Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel palmed away Mbappé’s low shot, then pushed Mbappé’s deflected close-range effort onto the crossbar with a superb one-handed save.
Coach Edin Terzić’s team will play either record 14-time champion Real Madrid or six-time winner Bayern Munich on June 1 at Wembley Stadium.
Madrid and Bayern drew 2-2 in the first leg and play on Wednesday.
“Extremely proud. I’m very happy,” Terzić said. “We beat a team like PSG two times and we again kept a clean sheet. We started really well and kept them away from the goal.”
Dortmund is on course for its second Champions League trophy after winning in 1997 and a third European trophy, having won the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1966. Dortmund also reached the Champions League final in 2013, losing to Bayern.
“Indescribable. After more than 10 years, I am in the final with Borussia again,” said Marco Reus, Dortmund’s veteran midfielder who is leaving the team after this season. “How we won the game, no one will ask tomorrow. Shots against the post won’t matter tomorrow.”
