
Dortmund defeated its host, French Lille 2-1, Wednesday, in the second leg of the final, after the first leg ended in a 1-1 draw.
Lille advanced through his Canadian striker Jonathan David 5 minutes after the first whistle, before Dortmund turned the table by realizing the tie starting his captain, international midfielder Emery Chan (54 of a penalty), and kidnapped the goal of qualifying thanks to Maximilian Bayer (65).
Dortmund set a date in the quarter -finals with Barcelona on the eighth of April, back and 15 of it.
Dortmund, who won the title in 1997 and ranked runners -up in 2013 and 2024, hopes to save his season after retreating to the tenth place in the “Bundesliga” ranking, seven points behind fourth place, the last locations qualifying for the Champions League, and four points from any qualified position to European championships next season.
On the other hand, Lille, who played the final price of the Champions League for the third time after the 2006-2007 and 2021-2022 seasons, failed to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in its history, and for the second time in one of the continental competitions after he qualified for the same round in Confense League last season.
His coach, Bruno Ginizio, made a single change in his squad that played the first leg, and he was scratched by midfielder Remy Capella instead of Ethan Mbappe, the younger brother of Real Madrid striker Killian, on the left side.
On the Pierre-Al-Massmua Stadium and in front of 50 thousand spectators, he sparked night in the registration after the Brazilian grabbed Ismaili from the feet of Karim Adimi and penetrated on the left side and passed a creeping cross inside the area.
It is the seventh goal for David in the competition this season, and it has become the first Canadian player to score 10 goals in the mother continental competition (from the group stage to the final match), and he needed only 18 games to achieve this achievement.
Dortmund almost realized the tie after the Moroccan midfielder, Ayoub Bouadi, lost the ball in the middle of the stadium. The Guinean striker Serho Geshasi led a quick attack and sent it inside the area to Pascal Gross, so he hit it strong and the goalkeeper Lucas Choufaleh tackled it, but she continued her way towards the goal before the Brazilian defender Alexandro saved her with his foot (17).
And Chevalier shine again by returning the Norwegian shot Julian Riereson out of the stadium (19), before he protected his lair again after a corner for which Yulian Brandt touched with his head, so she reached my jeweler who paid her and the goalkeeper darkened her again, so he prepared in front of Brandt, who in turn and saved the captain Benjaman André from the goal line (20).
Lille almost doubled the result, but Andre’s header passed near the goal (34), while Dortmund missed the opportunity to amend before the end of the first half with a strong header for a sunrise that passed by centimeters over the goal (54).
With the beginning of the second half, Dortmund was not late in the equalizer from a penalty kick calculated by the referee after a batch of the former Belgian international defender Thomas Monier to Goshi inside the forbidden area, and Dijan hit it in the goal (54).
The Icelandic Hukon Harradson hit a powerful 20 -meter ball that was difficult to turn away to a corner (61), while the model stood up without Dortmund’s progress after returning a shot to Audimi (62).
Dortmund did not wait much to take preference after a group game that Bayer ended with a powerful shot in the top of the goal (65), in his first goals in the Champions League this season.
The Croatian coach of Dortmund Niko Kovac made several changes, most notably the entry of Algerian international defender Rami Ben Sebayini instead of Valdimar Anton (72), while Jinizio, midfielder Haraldelson, and entered Moroccan Osama Al -Sahrawi from among several changes as well (83).
David almost did it, but Copeli picked up his shot from a close range (79), while the result did not change despite night control over the last minutes and wasted the opportunity to kill the match (90).