Football is unfair, we should have won, the PSG coach lamented after being eliminated from the Champions League

The Parisians struggled in the end. They were clueless. And when they almost raised their hands above their heads, Dortmund were lucky.

The youngster Warren Zaïre-Emery hit the post from close range when the score was still goalless. Fine, it will happen. But after Dortmund’s leading goal, which was headed in by Mats Hummels, PSG started an offensive carousel.

It had to. In the total of the entire double match, they lost by two goals. And so he began to pound his opponent head on. Dortmund locked in the penalty area, grenade after grenade flew towards Gregor Kobel’s goal. But you would look for an explosion (of joy) in vain. The packed Princes’ Park waited in vain for the undulating net.

Goncalo Ramos’ mega chance? Over. Nuno Mendes’ pumice stone from beyond the box? Rod. Vitinha’s cannon? A log. Superstar Kylian Mbappé’s finish from a few meters? A famous tackle by Kobela and again the crossbar.

“We are sad. At PSG, we always want to win,” said Mbappé, who will probably disappear to Real Madrid after the season. His dream of a triumphant farewell to the French capital has vanished. “It’s hard to advance when you’re not efficient. We clearly should have scored a goal,” surmised the fast-footed forward. In both semi-final meetings with Dortmund, despite his reputation as a gunner, he came up empty-handed. Like all of PSG.

“It’s unbelievable that we didn’t advance. After all, we hit the goal structure six times in two matches and shot thirty-one times in one of them,” Enrique joked. “I bite it hard. It was a very difficult duel, but we should have won,” thinks the coach of the eliminated team.

Statisticians would describe the result of the semi-final rematch as pure nonsense. System error. According to the xG models (expected goals scored according to the quality of the chances), PSG should have given Dortmund over three goals. In that case, they would be looking forward to the final duel at Wembley and the chance to fight for a historic success for the whole club.

But the reality? She was exactly three goals and one promotion poorer.