2023-12-13 20:58:00
Hani Abdel Nabi wrote Wednesday, December 13, 2023 10:58 PM
A team draw Borussia Dortmund vs. Paris Saint-Germain Negatively during the first half of the match currently being held between them at Signal Iduna Park, in the sixth round of Group 6 of the group stage of the Champions League for the current season 2023-24.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Paris Saint-Germain
It is the sixth group in Champions League It is the group of death in the current version of the tournament, as it includes, in addition to Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, the English teams Newcastle and the Italian Milan.
Borussia Dortmund is at the top of Group F so far with 10 points, while Saint-Germain comes second with 7 points, and Newcastle and Milan have 5 points each.
Dortmund vs Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain enters the match, with the goal of winning only to obtain the ticket to qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League, and although a draw may be enough for it, it includes it in other calculations related to the result of the match between Newcastle United and Milan.
Paris Saint-Germain qualifies for the next round if it draws and Newcastle does not beat Milan, or even if it loses, provided that the other match ends in a draw.
Dortmund vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Spaniard Luis Enrique, coach of Paris Saint-Germain, commented on his team’s situation before the match, saying: “The most important thing is to focus on ourselves. If we win, we will finish the group stage in first place, but even if we lose, we can qualify for the next round. Things are very complicated, but I hope that “Making things easier by winning.”
Luis Enrique relies a lot on his French star Kylian Mbappe, who scored 15 goals in the French League this season and is the top scorer, in addition to 3 other goals he scored in the European Champions League.
Paris Saint-Germain opened the group matches in the best possible way following beating Borussia Dortmund, then lost to Newcastle in the second round, then beat Milan in the third round, lost to the Rossoneri in the fourth round, before drawing with Newcastle in the fifth round.
While Borussia Dortmund has officially clinched the qualification, following reaching the tenth point in first place in the Group Six standings, it is aiming to win today’s match or a draw at the very least because it is being held on its home soil and among its fans, in addition to confirming its lead in the group, without entering into any other calculations, especially And he lost to Paris in the Parc des Princes.
Champions League
The Champions League regulations stipulate that the winner and runner-up of each of the eight groups will advance to the round of 16, while the clubs ranked third in those groups will move to the European League.
The clubs moving to the European League play with the teams that won the runner-up in the group stage of that tournament, in a playoff round to determine who advances to the round of 16 in the competition.
The formation of Borussia Dortmund was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Coble.
Defense line: Wolff, Sule, Hummels, Bensebaini.
Midfield: Reus, Salih Ozcan, Brandt.
Offensive line: Bayno Gittens, Volkrug, Adeyemi.
While the formation of Paris Saint-Germain was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Donnarumma.
Defense line: Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, El Hernandez.
Midfield: Lee, Zaire Emery, Vitinha.
Offensive line: Barkola, Kolo Mwani, Mbappe.
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