A legend close to the golden dot. Dortmund will defend their lead against PSG in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final

It’s hard to find a football fan who doesn’t like Reus. Who doesn’t love a nice, kind hearted and hard worker? The offensive midfielder worked in the youth categories of Dortmund, then returned via Ahlen and Mönchengladbach. He is in his twelfth season behind the A-team of Borussia, which will be his last.

Tomáš Rosický was Reus’ role model during his teenage years, and as fate would have it, he also suffered numerous injuries during his successful career. His playing time is getting shorter in combination with his growing age, and in today’s rematch of the semi-final against PSG, he will probably start among the substitutes. But it doesn’t change Reus’ desire for the coveted cup.

As well as for all of Dortmund. The German national team won the most prestigious club competition once, in 1997. Sixteen years later, together with Reus, they lost to Bayern Munich in the final.

Now it’s close to the finals again. In the rematch on the opponent’s field, he will defend the one-goal advantage from the home duel.

But the fighters from PSG don’t pay for any pretensions. They regularly win the domestic league, and this season is no different. In addition, they will also rely on their home record against Dortmund, they have not yet conceded against them on their field and they beat Borussia 2-0 in the last two matches.

Unlike today’s opponent, however, he is still waiting for the premier win of the big-eared cup. The closest thing to that was the group around Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, which lost to Bayern in the final four years ago.

The Brazilian has already disappeared to Saudi Arabia, the French express Mbappé probably has the last chance to fight for victory in the Champions League in Paris. It is said that his move to Real Madrid is already set, as his contract expires after the season in Paris.

It is the Madrid team that pays both PSG and Dortmund as one of the possible challengers in the final. The second option is Bayern, they have already thwarted the golden dreams of both of today’s opponents.

However, thoughts about a possible juice in the next phase of the competition are premature. Both Dortmund and PSG are fully concentrating on today’s key clash from 21:00.