“Surprise bag”, atmosphere, “Echte Liebe”… Dortmund, the surprise guest of the semi-finals

DECRYPTION – Attached to its values, BVB 09, 1997 European champion, is back in the last four of C1 to everyone’s surprise.

Who would’ve believed that ? Orphan of Jude Bellingham, who left for Real Madrid in the off-season, a year after Erling Haaland at Manchester City, and still groggy after losing the German championship title in the final minutes of the final day of last season, Borussia had only taken one point in their first two matches in the Champions League. At that time, even the most fervent supporters of BVB, European champions in 1997, would not have dreamed of reaching the C1 semi-finals. However, it is the Ruhr club that PSG is preparing to face for a place in the final, at Wembley, where Dortmund lost in the final against Bayern in 2013. First leg match this Wednesday (9 p.m. Canal+ et RMC Sport 1), in Dortmund. A surprise, a real one.

“The first surprise was already seeing them come out first in their group”underlines the consultant of beIN Sports Patrick Guillou, noting that a Parisian elimination against this team would represent “an enormous…

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