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05/07 16:02 CDT Borussia Dortmund reaches Champions League final by beating PSG
1-0 on Hummels header
Borussia Dortmund reaches Champions League final by beating PSG 1-0 on Hummels
header
By JEROME PUGMIRE
AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) --- Central defender Mats Hummels headed Borussia Dortmund into the
Champions League final as the German team won 1-0 at Paris Saint-Germain on
Tuesday.
Moments after Warren Zare-Emery missed an open goal for PSG, Hummels rose
unchallenged to head in Julian Brandt's corner from the left in the 50th minute.
Dortmund won both legs 1-0 and largely contained PSG striker Kylian Mbapp, who
is leaving at the end of the season.
PSG had long spells of possession in the last 10 minutes.
Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel pushed Mbapp's deflected close-range shot onto the
crossbar with a superb one-handed save and the Parc des Princes crowd groaned
when midfielder Vitinha's thumping 25-meter strike rattled the woodwork.
Coach Edin Terzic's team will play either record 14-time champion Real Madrid
or six-time winner Bayern Munich on June 1 at Wembley Stadium. Madrid and
Bayern drew 2-2 in the first leg and play on Wednesday.
Dortmund is on course for its second Champions League trophy after winning in
1997.
For PSG, it's another season ending without raising the trophy its cash-rich
Qatari owners so crave.
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