In Champions League history, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain had never crossed paths.

So, it could be said that the two teams were relatively unfamiliar.

But not to the point of complete ignorance. After all, this is the information age. If you want to find something, what information can't you find?

They had certainly watched plenty of each other's match recordings and knew each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Jürgen Klopp hadn't rotated the lineup in the previous league match against Stuttgart, so the starting lineup was quite tired after so many games.

On top of that, this match was away, and they had first undergone a long journey and then arrived in unfamiliar surroundings, starting the game before they had fully adjusted.

The consecutive midweek matches made Dortmund's players look heavy-footed, and the players weren't excited enough.

Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, were well-rested, having made all the preparations at their home ground while waiting for their opponents.

To prepare for this Champions League match, Paris Saint-Germain rotated almost the entire starting lineup in their last league game so that the players could rest better.

Despite the massive rotation, Paris Saint-Germain still managed to beat Nice 1-0 away from home. Now, after thirty-one rounds of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain sits at the top of the table with twenty-three wins, seven draws, and one loss, accumulating seventy-six points, and winning this season's Ligue 1 is not a problem. This will be their second consecutive league title and their third league title in history.

Since the Qatari gold owners became the owners of Paris Saint-Germain, Paris Saint-Germain began their revival. Now, they have squeezed out the original Lyon and become the new overlords of Ligue 1. Their strength completely surpasses other Ligue 1 teams by a level. In the entire French football scene, no team can compete with them.

So, Paris Saint-Germain naturally set their sights on the Champions League. Any ambitious team will regard the Champions League title as the most dazzling pearl on the crown and try everything to get it.

Paris Saint-Germain has collected all kinds of good players from major leagues, certainly not to bully primary school students in Ligue 1. They hope to achieve something in the Champions League.

This season, Paris Saint-Germain has reached the Champions League quarterfinals, and their goal is of course to go further.

Historically, Paris Saint-Germain's best result in the Champions League was the semi-finals, but that was back in the 1994-1995 season. They encountered AC Milan led by Capello in the semi-finals and were eventually eliminated with a total score of 0-3.

And this season, the ambitious Paris Saint-Germain hopes to not only match the best historical record, but also to create a new best record.

Of course, they must first overcome the defending champion, Borussia Dortmund.

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After the game started, Paris Saint-Germain, who had rested enough and prepared well, dragged the game into their rhythm.

From the kickoff, Paris Saint-Germain carried out a series of wonderful passing plays, pushing the ball all the way to the edge of Dortmund's penalty area, and then Ibrahimović crossed the ball.

Dortmund's center-back Sokratis Papastathopoulos swung his foot to clear the ball, but he didn't kick it far. The ball was kicked into the open space outside the penalty area, and Paris Saint-Germain player Verratti followed up with a long shot, which went wide of the baseline.

In the fourth minute of the game, Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Sirigu kicked the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot, and Hummels headed the ball to Sven Bender nearby. Just as Sven Bender stopped the ball, Ibrahimović rushed up from behind to intercept his ball!

Sven Bender quickly controlled the ball and turned around.

But as soon as he turned around, he realized that another Paris Saint-Germain player, Matuidi, was right next to him!

Matuidi stretched his foot to intercept the ball before he could finish turning around. Sven Bender quickly stepped over, trying to hook the ball back, but he was a little late. Matuidi poked the ball away first, and Sven Bender missed, collided with Matuidi, lost his balance, and fell to the ground!

At this time, Ibrahimović, who was next to him, quickly received the ball poked over by Matuidi and dribbled forward.

Sven Bender, who lost the ball, quickly got up from the ground and chased back after Ibrahimović.

Ibrahimović used his physical advantage to withstand him, and then passed the ball to the right, to Cavani on the edge of the penalty area.

After the Uruguayan striker got the ball, he didn't have a good shooting opportunity in the face of Dortmund's defender. He almost lost the ball in the process of dribbling horizontally.

But luckily, Verratti was close enough to him, grabbed the ball, and then reorganized the attack, passing the ball to the left again, to Matuidi, who pulled to the wing to respond.

At this time, after a series of passes, Dortmund's defense was basically compressed into the penalty area, and there was no defense at all on the two wings.

After Matuidi got the ball on the left wing, there were not even Dortmund players defending him. Zhou Yi saw the problem and ran towards that side, but it was too late.

Matuidi adjusted and then crossed!

The ball was passed to Dortmund's goal.

Fortunately, the landing point of this ball was surrounded by Dortmund players, and there were not even Paris Saint-Germain players to compete for the header.

Hummels jumped up and headed the ball away.

But with such a simple clearance action, Hummels made a mistake - he didn't head the ball far!

When the headed ball flew near the penalty spot, He Ying, who was lurking there, jumped up nimbly and intercepted the ball with his chest!

Then he took a step back, and before the ball landed, he directly swung his left foot to shoot!

Because it was a backward shot, this kick was shot upwards. The ball dodged the goalkeeper Weidenfeller's fingers and slammed into the lower edge of the crossbar, and then bounced into the goal!

Weidenfeller had no way to deal with such a sudden and tricky shot. Although he jumped up to save, he didn't even touch the ball!

"He Ying!! Hey! Good ball! Good ball! Beautiful!!" The commentator He Ping from China shouted hoarsely, but he still felt that his voice was not loud enough, because now his ears were filled with the cheers of Paris Saint-Germain fans, and he was afraid that his voice would be drowned out - because this game was a Chinese derby, CCTV specially sent a front-line reporting team and commentators to conduct live commentary directly at the Parc des Princes stadium.

When He Ying kicked the ball into the goal, He Ping felt the seat under his butt was shaking, the whole stadium was shaking...

"This is He Ying's sixteenth goal of the season, and his third goal in the Champions League! His Champions League goal count in the team is second only to Ibrahimović!" He Ping continued to raise his voice and roared. "It seems that his state today is very good. He scored the first goal in the contest with Zhou Yi and Yan Min, and is temporarily leading! We can look forward to a wonderful Chinese derby!"

"He Ying - oh dear!" Marcel Reif shouted regretfully. "Oh dear! Dortmund conceded a goal. This goal was Dortmund's own defensive error, and then it was caught by Paris Saint-Germain's He Ying... This goal is really too unexpected..."

After scoring the goal, He Ying ran excitedly to the sideline, separated by billboards, and celebrated with the Paris Saint-Germain fans in the stands.

His teammates also rushed up excitedly and hugged him.

The live broadcast is leading the fans to shout the name of the goalscorer.

"He Ying! He Ying! He Ying!!"

The entire Parc des Princes stadium was filled with uniform shouts, like a pot of boiling oil.

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Dortmund was obviously stunned by He Ying's goal.

No one expected He Ying to appear in that place, and to be able to intercept the ball in the air and complete a beautiful shot.

From interception to shooting, He Ying did it in one go, very smoothly and beautifully.

Completely left no time for Dortmund's players to react.

Watching Paris Saint-Germain players celebrate excitedly, Dortmund players stood blankly in front of their own goal, very confused.

Marcel Reif sighed as he watched the slow-motion replay: "Alas, Hummels' header clearance was not far enough. He would hardly ever make such a mistake in the league... I don't know if fatigue caused him to make such a mistake..."

In the shot, Hummels held his head in his hands, looking very annoyed and frustrated.

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Paris Saint-Germain players celebrated the goal properly before returning to their own half.

The game restarted, Dortmund kicked off.

Trailing Dortmund tried to counterattack, but the whole team was obviously not in form, and did not play any high-quality offense. Instead, Paris Saint-Germain's counterattack was in full swing.

In the tenth minute, Paris Saint-Germain directly intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, and Ibrahimović's powerful shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by Sokratis Papastathopoulos with his body.

Although he blocked Ibrahimović's shot, Sokratis Papastathopoulos was also hit hard. He lay on the ground covering his stomach and didn't get up. The game had to be suspended for a while, and then Sokratis Papastathopoulos was pulled up from the ground by his teammates, still covering his stomach, with a painful expression...

Ibrahimović stepped forward and patted him on the back to show his friendliness.

Soon Paris Saint-Germain launched a counterattack using Dortmund's corner kick opportunity.

Dortmund's corner kick was taken, but it was headed out by Paris Saint-Germain players.

Then Paris Saint-Germain took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. Matuidi passed the ball to He Ying on the left wing in front of the penalty area.

He Ying, who had just scored a goal, was really in explosive form today. Everything he kicked seemed to work, and his confidence was also soaring.

Although he was facing away from the direction of the attack, and Dortmund's right-back Piszczek was closely marking him from behind. But He Ying was not afraid at all. He first made a feint to the left, tricking Piszczek into moving his center of gravity there. Then He Ying used the outside of his right foot to push the ball behind him, breaking through on the other side!

When Piszczek turned around to chase back, He Ying had already blocked him in front. If He Ying was allowed to kick the ball out again, it would be a flat road ahead, allowing him to gallop!

Sure enough, He Ying took a big step and kicked the ball ten meters away!

Immediately afterwards, he was about to accelerate!

Piszczek knew that he could no longer hesitate, and decisively tackled He Ying from the side and rear, knocking him to the ground.

He Ying, who fell to the ground, covered his ankle and rolled several times before stopping, and the stadium immediately burst into huge boos!

Paris Saint-Germain players quickly surrounded the fouling Piszczek, standing up for He Ying.

Seeing this, the referee quickly rushed between the two teams, signaling everyone to calm down, and then he beckoned Piszczek to come over to him.

He retreated all the way to the sideline, and then said to Piszczek: "This is a very dangerous action, I must show you a card!"

After speaking, he took out a yellow card.

Piszczek also knew that he could not escape this time. That was a tactical foul out of desperation. If he didn't foul, He Ying would break through him and then kill all the way to his penalty area. God knows what the situation would be. He could only nip the danger in the bud here, although he had to pay the price of a yellow card...

"Piszczek received a yellow card for fouling He Ying, and this yellow card will cause him to miss the second leg of the match between the two sides. This is definitely not good news for Dortmund, who are already short-handed..." Marcel Reif said.

The TV broadcast was also very understanding, giving a close-up shot of Klopp on the sidelines. In the shot, Klopp spread his hands, appearing very helpless with this result.

He didn't look like he was going to lose his temper, because Piszczek's choice was not wrong. He could only do that at that time.

If you want to blame, it seems that you can only blame He Ying for being in such good form in this game...

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ps, sorry, I forgot to set up automatic update yesterday...