How Dortmund beat PSG to gain a Champions League advantage on Wednesday

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Jadon Sancho has been excellent in the first 30 minutes of this game. He looks the most likely player on the field to make something happen, drifting off the right side and gliding past his opposite numbers with ease. Nuno Mendes has struggled to deal with him so far.

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PSG's 'first pressure' (i.e. the pressing by the frontline) has not worked effectively so far.

Julian Ryerson, the Dortmund right-back, is left as the spare man from PSG's man-on-man set-up and on a few occasions now, the hosts have been able to avoid the pressing of Barcola, Mbappe and Dembele before picking out Ryerson, who has had acres of space to drive into. It is moving his team up the pitch each time.

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The two Dortmund flanks are operating nicely. Maatsen-Adeyemi down the left and Ryerson-Sancho on the right are both well balanced. Pace, cover, intent; lots going on and plenty for PSG to worry about.

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Dortmund build a promising attack off the back of a free kick near the corner. Sancho jukes and eludes defenders before setting Brandt up to hit a thunderous shot from the edge of the box, which PSG manage to block via Marquinhos.

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Niclas Fullkrug is struggling to get into the game up top for Dortmund – he was desperate to win a header that just wasn't his from that goal kick moments ago.

PSG had quite a few issues dealing with Robert Lewandowski's aerial presence in the quarter-finals, so we were expecting to see a few more long passes aimed towards him!

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Mbappe combines with Ruiz and nearly receives the ball right in front of goal, but it just gets away from him and the chance passes.

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Ian Maatsen was rightfully booked for that reckless lunge on Warren Zaire-Emery, but the challenge was more notable for what didn't happen that what did.

Instead of rolling around on the floor or screaming in mock agony, the teenager rode the tackle, bounded to his feet and tried to carry on.

A rare, refreshing reaction to a bad tackle.

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A knock to Lucas Hernandez leads to a brief break in play. Luis Enrique uses that time to dish out some tactical instructions, taking a white iPad out to Bradley Barcola to help illustrate a key message or two...

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Zaire-Emery shows his skill to dart past Maatsen, prompting the Dortmund player to hack him down and earn the game's first yellow card.

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Moments after Jadon Sancho played Emre Can into trouble with a dangerous backwards pass when he could have cleared it, PSG's Nuno Mendes was fortunate as he twice gave the ball away rather than getting rid of it.

Sancho and then Julian Brandt failed to make the most of the opportunity, though.

I appreciate this makes me sound like a Sunday League Luddite, but there's a time and a place to play out, and a time and a place to just whack the ball upfield...

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It is interesting that Sancho has started on the right for Dortmund. PSG's most effective flank is generally their right side, in terms of ball progression and creativity, and that would have required extra defensive discipline this evening.

So far, Sancho's switch is allowing him to affect the game at the other end, and the hosts are having a fair bit of joy so far on this side.

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First big opening of the game falls to Dortmund and Sabitzer. The hosts currently have the edge in duels; this is not the most physically imposing PSG side.

Sancho wins the ball back off Nuno Mendes and Sabitzer's run is incisive but just runs too wide, allowing Donnarumma to close the angle.

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Good start from Dortmund. It was important that they began the tie by playing purposefully and by showing some expression, particularly in front of this crowd, and they have done that so far.

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We've had a first shot in anger as Dembele turns on the edge of the Dortmund box and fires, dragging his shot wide of the far post.