<gu-island name="KeyEventsCarousel" priority="feature" deferuntil="visible" props="{"keyEvents":[{"id":"661ebc698f0891d7c859e190","elements":[{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"
Here they come …
","elementId":"25a4d2a3-dc8f-43ed-ad91-8dfd5c2dcd62"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement","source":"Twitter","id":"1780293683885060108","elementId":"c30127e4-4013-4c62-b3af-2855c4082390","hasMedia":false,"role":"inline","url":"https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1780293683885060108","isThirdPartyTracking":false,"html":"
🚨 STARTING XI VS ATLÉTICO DE MADRID🚨 pic.twitter.com/CT3wszqbaE
— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) April 16, 2024
\n\n"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement","source":"Twitter","id":"1780295387548397896","elementId":"d36c5dae-ce02-4f77-8aff-415e6d741ed7","hasMedia":false,"role":"inline","url":"https://twitter.com/atletienglish/status/1780295387548397896","isThirdPartyTracking":false,"html":"
🚨 TEAM NEWS 🚨 pic.twitter.com/dUD4JgbKD1
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) April 16, 2024
\n\n"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1713290345000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"18.59 BST","blockLastUpdated":1713290596000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"19.03 BST","blockFirstPublished":1713290596000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"19.03 BST","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"19.03","title":"The teams","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Tue 16 Apr 2024 19.17 BST","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Tue 16 Apr 2024 18.45 BST"},{"id":"661e9d878f0891d7c859dfc7","elements":[{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to coverage of Atlético Madrid’s trip to Westphalia. The visitors are chasing their first Champions League semi-final since 2017, when their deeply annoying and more successful step-siblings, Real, triumphed 4-2 on aggregate. Since then there have been two quarter-final exits for Diego Simeone’s side, unable to regain the lofty heights of two runners-up finishes from 2014 to 2016 (ugh, Real, just let them have one).
","elementId":"514a4f01-ea4f-43f2-88c9-29ce43715519"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"
Atlético enter with a 2-1 advantage, but Borussia Dortmund remain hopeful after a late strike from Sébastien Haller in Madrid. The bad news for tonight’s hosts? They can’t call upon Haller for another vital goal, with the forward ruled out due to an ankle injury.
","elementId":"35009733-f09a-41fd-8ff4-2698491e385f"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"
The reality for both sides is that they’re the underdogs in the last eight, both trying to make up for a lack of domestic happiness this year with a European journey that could still make its way to London this June. I’ll be here to see who’s left smiling at the end of the night. Kick-off’s at 8pm BST.
","elementId":"44917f8d-ab38-4ecb-865e-d4c5a3d4a88d"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement","prefix":"Related: ","text":"Samuel Lino gives Atlético lead but Sébastien Haller offers Dortmund hope","elementId":"9aadb3bb-81cd-43b9-8531-2bc7f33b4a03","role":"thumbnail","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/10/samuel-lino-gives-atletico-lead-but-sebastien-haller-offers-dortmund-hope"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1713289552000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"18.45 BST","blockLastUpdated":1713288245000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"18.24 BST","blockFirstPublished":1713289552000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"18.45 BST","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"18.45","title":"Preamble","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Tue 16 Apr 2024 19.17 BST","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Tue 16 Apr 2024 18.45 BST"}],"filterKeyEvents":false,"id":"key-events-carousel-mobile"}” config=”{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false}”>
Key events
Here’s the full picture then. Lino, the match-winner last week, is suspended for Atlético, so in comes Hermoso as the only change from the side that played the first leg. Dortmund also make one change, with Brandt in for Nmecha.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel, Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck,
Maatsen, Sabitzer, Can, Sancho, Brandt, Adeyemi, Füllkrug
Subs: Özcan, Nmecha, Reus, Duranville, Wolf, Moukoko, Süle, Meyer, Lotka, Wätjen, Bynoe-Gittens
Atlético Madrid: Oblak, Witsel, Giménez, Hermoso, Molina,
Llorente, Koke, De Paul, Azpilicueta, Morata, Griezmann
Subs: Moldovan, Gabriel, Saúl, Correa, Savić, Riquelme, Vermeeren,
Reinildo, Barrios, Gomis, Niño
The teams
Here they come …
🚨 STARTING XI VS ATLÉTICO DE MADRID🚨 pic.twitter.com/CT3wszqbaE
— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) April 16, 2024
\n\n"}}” config=”{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false}”>
🚨 TEAM NEWS 🚨 pic.twitter.com/dUD4JgbKD1
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) April 16, 2024
\n\n"}}” config=”{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false}”>
If you’re in the mood for double-screening tonight, there’s this one to keep tabs on, too.
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to coverage of Atlético Madrid’s trip to Westphalia. The visitors are chasing their first Champions League semi-final since 2017, when their deeply annoying and more successful step-siblings, Real, triumphed 4-2 on aggregate. Since then there have been two quarter-final exits for Diego Simeone’s side, unable to regain the lofty heights of two runners-up finishes from 2014 to 2016 (ugh, Real, just let them have one).
Atlético enter with a 2-1 advantage, but Borussia Dortmund remain hopeful after a late strike from Sébastien Haller in Madrid. The bad news for tonight’s hosts? They can’t call upon Haller for another vital goal, with the forward ruled out due to an ankle injury.
The reality for both sides is that they’re the underdogs in the last eight, both trying to make up for a lack of domestic happiness this year with a European journey that could still make its way to London this June. I’ll be here to see who’s left smiling at the end of the night. Kick-off’s at 8pm BST.