PSG, Chelsea both reach CL semis
PARIS » Paris Saint-Germain did just enough to knock defending champion Bayern Munich out of the Champions League and reach the semifinals for the second straight season, losing a tense match 1-0 on Tuesday to advance on away goals from the first leg.
Bayern had to score twice after losing 3-2 at home and survived several scares in the first half before largely taking control in the second.
But without the prolific Robert Lewandowski, the sixtime champions lacked a cutting edge and could not add to Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s first-half goal against his former club.
After losing 1-0 to Bayern in last year’s final, PSG stands one step away from the second final of its 51-year history and remains on course to win it for the first time.
Neymar had three shots saved by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and hit the woodwork twice in an eventful first half that tilted Bayern’s way when Choupo-Moting headed home in the 40 minute.
PORTO 1, CHELSEA 0 SEVILLE, SPAIN » A spectacular goal from a scissor kick by Mehdi Taremi wasn’t enough to earn Porto a place in the Champions League semifinals as Chelsea advanced despite a loss in the second leg of their quarterfinal.
Chelsea went through 2-1 on aggregate and will play either
Real Madrid or Liverpool in the last four, which the English club has reached for the first time since 2014.
Taremi’s acrobatic volley, following a cross from the right, came in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time and lit up a lackluster game in Seville, which hosted both legs of the quarterfinal because of coronavirus restrictions. It came too late to rescue Porto, which had been successfully stifled up to that point.
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is looking to return to the Champions League final, where he led Paris Saint-Germain last season before a loss to Bayern Munich.