The UEFA Champions League is back on Tuesday, April 15 and that means the second leg of the quarterfinals is happening and Barcelona will take on Borussia Dortmund at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK in Dortmund, Germany.
This soccer match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast exclusively on Paramount+. Fans looking to watch this match can do so for free by using Paramount+, which offers a free trial and has exclusive access to the UEFA Champions League along with NWSL action.
Barcelona doesn’t need to do much in this meeting after taking the first leg 4-0. The club is looking to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2019, when it blew a 3-0 aggregate lead after the first leg to the eventual champions, Liverpool.
Dortmund was in the Champions League final last year and is in need of a major comeback if it wants to return this season.
Who: Borussia Dortmund vs. Barcelona
When: Tuesday, April 15 at 3 p.m. EDT
Where: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK in Dortmund, Germany
Stream: Paramount+ (free trial)
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Real Madrid needs epic Champions League comeback. Barcelona and PSG are flying post-Messi and Mbappe
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal hold such commanding leads in their Champions League quarterfinal matches that a place in the last four looks all but certain.
Don’t be so sure.
European club soccer’s most prestigious competition has a habit of upsetting the odds.
Barcelona and PSG have very recent memories of how quickly things can change.
Barcelona was 4-2 up on aggregate against PSG early in the second leg of last year’s quarterfinals - only to lose 6-4.
In 2017 PSG led 4-0 after the first leg of a round of 16 game between the two in Paris, but famously lost 6-1 at Camp Nou.
Part of what makes the Champions League such compelling viewing is the fragility of even the most commanding leads.
Liverpool trailed AC Milan 3-0 at halftime of the final of 2005 before staging a dramatic fightback and going on to win in a penalty shootout. The Merseyside club stunned Barcelona on its way to the title in 2019 when overturning a 3-0 loss in the first leg of the semifinals by winning the return leg 4-0.
There are many more examples of how the tables can be turned when Europe’s elite go head-to-head, which is why nothing can be taken for granted ahead of this week’s second leg matches.
Real trouble
Record 15-time winner and defending champion Real Madrid will have to produce another of its famous comebacks to overturn a 3-0 first leg loss to Arsenal.
If anyone can, Madrid can - but it goes into Wednesday’s game at the Bernabeu after a run of unconvincing results. Carlo Ancelotti’s team has only won one of its last four games in all competitions - Sunday’s 1-0 victory against Alaves.
The defeat to Arsenal could have been even heavier after being dominated at the Emirates Stadium and came after Madrid needed a penalty shootout to overcome Atletico Madrid in the round of 16.
But Madrid’s history is built on producing special performances in Europe. Its run to the title in 2022 was filled with dramatic comebacks - none more so than the semifinals win against Manchester City when trailing 5-3 on aggregate going into the 90th minute of the second leg.
Madrid simply never knows when it is beaten.
Europe’s finest?
This could be the first great Barcelona team of the post-Lionel Messi era.
Top of the Spanish league and on the verge of the Champions League semifinals, Barcelona looks like the team to beat in this year’s competition.
Leading 4-0 against Borussia Dortmund, it would take the unlikeliest of collapses in Germany on Tuesday to prevent Hansi Flick’s team from booking its place in the semifinals.
With the devastating goal-scoring power of Robert Lewandowski and the individual brilliance of Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, this looks like Barcelona’s best team since the days of Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez and its best chance in a long time of winning its first Champions League title since 2015.
A new era
The post-Kylian Mbappe era is going just fine for PSG. A record-extending 13th French league title has already been sealed and there have been standout performances in the Champions League.
After struggling early on in the tournament, wins against Manchester City and Liverpool have underlined PSG’s progress under Luis Enrique this season, with an exciting young team that is full of flair.
While less reliant on the individual brilliance of long-time talisman Mbappe, PSG has been driven by the outstanding form of Ousmane Dembele, who is realizing the potential that convinced Barcelona to pay up to 147 million euros (then $173 million) when signing him from Dortmund in 2017. A run of 24 goals in 18 games between December and March established him as one of the deadliest forwards in Europe.
Leading 3-1 against Aston Villa after the first leg of their quarterfinal, PSG looks in control, but has so often failed to live up to expectations in this competition.
Dark horse
Inter Milan leads Bayern Munich 2-1 in the closest match of the quarterfinals.
Davide Frattesi’s 88th-minute winner in Munich gave the 2023 finalist the advantage heading into the second leg at the San Siro.
Bayern, under Vincent Kompany, cruised to the quarterfinals and looks like regaining the German league title this season.
Inter could be the dark horse of this year’s competition, having come so close to stopping City’s treble of trophies two years ago.
The Associated Press contributed to this post
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