Guirassy Hat Trick in vain for Dortmund like Barcelona to the Champions League Semis progresses

Dortmund (Germany), April 16 (AP) Serhou Guirassy and Borussia Dortmund did no otherwise in 2025 – they beat Barcelona. It was still not enough to reach the semi -finals of the Champions League. Guirassy recorded a hat-trick and still ended up on the losing side, as Dortmund’s 3-1 win over Barcelona-the Spanish club’s first defeat since December was not enough to prevent a total loss of 5-3. After setting aside 4-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals, Dortmund had nothing Tuesday to lose and Barcelona attacked from the start, leaving visitors out of balance. Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, who has a lot of experience to stare at Dortmund in the German league-and to beat-said the passionate home crowd meant he expected a difficult second leg despite his team’s four-goers lead. “I felt a little that something like that would come,” Flick told the broadcaster Amazon Prime. “Today, congratulate Dortmund, they played a very good game and congratulated my team, they are in the semi -finals.” It was an extraordinary quiet match for Barcelona’s productive forwards Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski, who had 12 and 11 Champions League goals this season respectively. The closest to the standings was a tame shot by Raphinha at Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. Guirassy’s game ================== Guirassy is Dortmund’s ‘Life Insurance’, coach Niko Kovac said after a match that continued his quick turnout to fame and left him the top of the Champions League list this season. “Serhou just needs the support of his teammates, like every striker, and he got it today.” Dortmund probably lost the quarterfinals in the first leg, and also captain Emre Can and midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka excluded with injuries earlier that day. Guirassy made the impossible look possible. Guirassy missed the chances in the first leg and knocked on a few more early in Tuesday’s game, but made no mistake in the 11th minute, after Barcelona’s goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny collided with Pascal Gross. Guirassy’s head led it 2-0 in the 49th minute before an own goal made even more difficult by Ramy Bansbainini Dortmund’s task. Fermín López’s low cross that is in the ankle of Bansbainini – a double disappointment for Dortmund because the defender was crucial in the Comeback attempt, which helped Guirassy’s second goal shortly before. Guirassy seized Ronald Araujo’s defense error to complete his hat -trick with a powerful nearby shot in the 76th, in the process that becomes the first scorer of the Champions League this season at 13 goals. It gave Dortmund fresh hope to complete what would have been one of the everyday Great Champions League return-one who competed against Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain in 2017-but Barcelona continued to progress. Streaks Broken ============ Barcelona stands in the semi-finals, the first time it has reached the last four of the Champions League since the 2018-19 season. In Tuesday’s other match, PSG reached the semi-finals with a total 5-4 win over Aston Villa, despite losing the second leg 3-2. In addition to the first loss of Barcelona in all competitions since a 2-1 defeat to Athletico Madrid on December 21, it has been the first loss of Barcelona’s first Champions League since September, and only the seventh loss in Flick’s 50 games. The German coach has won all seven of his previous matches against Dortmund in charge of Barcelona and Bayern. Dortmund may have to wait a while until the Champions League people play in his stadium again. Last year’s runner-up to the Champions League is eighth in the Bundesliga with five games left, and six points from the four Champions League-qualifying places. (AP) Am Am ​​Am ​​first published: 16 Apr 2025, 09:27 AM IST