Dortmund, Germany — Serhou Guirassy make history wetin no go save Borussia Dortmund from defeat as dem lose 5-3 on aggregate against Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals, despite im score three goals for di second leg on Tuesday night.
After dem comot 4-0 for di first leg, Dortmund dey under pressure to perform and dem start di match aggressively. Guirassy, wey don miss chances for di first leg, take advantage of penalty wey Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny foul Pascal Gross for 11th minute, score di first goal.
For di second half, Guirassy strike again with head wey make am score di second goal in 49th minute. But Ramy Bensebaini cause wahalaabi by scoring own goal wey give Barcelona hope for comeback.
Di drama no end, as Guirassy recover from Ronald Araujo‘s mistake to wrap im hat-trick with powerful shot in 76th minute, titan am di top scorer for dis season Champions League with 13 goals.
Despite di glimmer of hope wey Guirassy’s hat-trick give Dortmund, dem still need two more goals to level di aggregate score, wey Barcelona manage hold on to progress to di semi-finals.
Barcelona, wey don enjoy unbeaten run since December, go face Inter Milan or Bayern Munich in di next round. Dis go be dem first semi-final appearance since di 2018/19 season.
For di match, Dortmund come out strong from start, shooting four times at di target within di first ten minutes. Di penalty wey Guirassy convert give dem plenty energy to push for more goals, but Barcelona gradually bounce back after sabi di tempo of di game.
Guirassy’s performance don’t make am di first Dortmund player to notch 13 goals for a single Champions League campaign, but di team still struggle to maintain di momentum when Barcelona scored di crucial own goal.
Di players for Dortmund try gain back control, with Fermín López and Guirassy both creating chances, but ultimately, dem fall short. Di match end with Borussia Dortmund showing fight but no bang to go with e, as dem fail to turn di result around and exit di competition after aggregate loss.
