Borussia Dortmund qualified for the C1 quarter-finals on Wednesday by eliminating PSV Eindhoven. A boon for Ligue 1.
Coming out first in their group ahead of PSG, Borussia Dortmund will indeed go beyond the round of 16 of the Champions League. This Wednesday at home, BvB was able to get the better of PSV Eindhoven (2-0); three weeks after drawing in the Netherlands (1-1).
First dominant then pushed by their Batavian opponent, Borussia quickly found the fault in this part, by Sancho with a nice low strike (1-0, 3e). Then each of the two teams experienced their quarter of an hour of madness and their sluggishness, the amounts having been rung on both sides.
PSV was not unworthy
In added time finally, Reus was able to finish the job (2-0, 90e+5) while Fullkrug was denied the break goal at the start of the last quarter of an hour (77e). Dortmund thus joins Paris in the quarter-finals, but also Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City, FC Barcelona and Arsenal.
For Eindhoven, who did well throughout the two-eighths, the defeat is bitter. Undefeated Eredivisie leader, PSV conceded only their third setback of the season. After a hiccup in the Dutch Cup against Feyenoord Rotterdam and a disaster in C1 during the group stage.
This elimination of the current leading Dutch club is in any case good news for France, assured of retaining its place ahead of the Netherlands as the fifth European footballing power at the end of the 2024-2025 financial year. Next season, the top four in Ligue 1 will still be entitled to their ticket for the C1. The first three directly, the fourth via the preliminary rounds.
