For this match, Paris played 433, with Marquinhos, Baraldo, Mendes and Hakimi in defense, Vitinha, Fabian Luiz and Zaïre-Emery in midfield, and Mbappé, Dembélé and Ramos in the forward line.
Dortmund out of 4231, Hummels, Schloterbeck, Ryerson, Maatsen, Sabitzer at the back, Emre Can, attacking midfielder Brandt, Sancho on the wings, Adeyemi, Füllkrug at the front.
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Up front is the changing part of the equation for Paris, with Mbappé putting back his specialty on the left flank and placing Za in midfield. ïïre-Emery, Dortmund's setup is the same as in the previous game.
At the start of the game, Dort seemed to be attacking, but in reality he was controlling the tempo. They played deliberately slow when they had the ball and played very slowly in Paris. This was also due to the fact that Sancho and Adeyemi had played very well in the previous round, and Füllkrug had been very destructive in the last World War by countering offsides, so both sides still did not let their defenses push forward, but played slowly
Paris didn't seem to be in a hurry, they didn't engage in high pressure and full-on robbery, and as the game would reveal, if Dortmund were quicker from the back, the Paris front and back formation would be more open, so Dortmund's ball became quite stable as the Paris front three were rarely involved in the midfield robberies
Paris didn't seem to run enough in the first half and the offense wasn't very threatening. At the start of the second half, Paris started to push up the midfield and began to pass quickly from both wings. However, Dort held the first wave and then got a corner on the counterattack. Paris' center back defense has problems with set pieces
After taking a 2-0 lead on aggregate, Dortmund rose dramatically and even restarted a fast break. Then Dort made a substitution for MarcoReus in the 55th minute, removing Adeyemi. paris became worried and started to mount a frantic attack. mendes almost scored in the 60th minute with a long range shot.
After that, Mendes began to press consistently and Mbappé finally got behind him as Paris' offense began to intensify
Paris made a big substitution on 63 minutes, replacing FabianLuiz, Ramos, replacing Barcola, Asensio to strengthen the attack, Sancho replacing Sancho on 67 minutes, Sancho replacing Sanchoüle, and so it began, both wingers were withdrawn, and Dortt strengthened their midfield and backfield across the board.
Even though Paris intensified their attack, Dort especially intensified their numerical density on both flanks at this time. Paris players still did not do well at this point. In particular, the top of the arc in the central penalty area lacked the power to distribute the ball and break through. Dort's two backs could cut off Paris's left and right wing connections, evolving into a Paris that could only force passes down the wings, and Hummels and the others had enough aerial defense so that no matter how much Paris passed the ball, it could not create an attacking goal in the center. In fact, it became a bit rampant at the back
Paris attacked in the last 85 minutes when Dembélé, first, crossed from the right, Mendes tried to head the ball at the far post but the top was a bounce, Hakimi came up and pretended to shoot to hook the ball back to the center, Mbappé hit a bounce when he shot from 7 yards in the center, but unfortunately the ball was too close to catch the bounce. In the end, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out. If you take half a step back, the ball goes into the entryway and is impossible to defend. With Vitinha drawing a shot from 25 yards and hitting the crossbar, these were the two best scoring chances for Paris
Dortmund then held the game until the end, beating Paris 0-1 away and eliminating them from the final 2-0 in two rounds.
