Key events
12 min: Hummels clears a ball in from the right by Atlético, where the visitors were doing a good job of hassling Dortmund.
10 min: Adeyemi is penalised for a handball. He, by the way, was the man who did the hard work to set up Sabitzer a few minutes ago, driving down the left and sliding in the low ball for the central midfielder.
9 min: Atlético begin to look more comfortable with the ball, knocking it about for a sustained period.
7 min: Atlético have a corner and they go short before Griezmann dinks a ball into the mixer. Dortmund hold steady.
5 min: And now Morata finds himself with acres of space going forward and just the keeper to beat ⦠and he dinks it wide! He also had to score. A mad start to this game.
3 min: Morata loses the ball and Dortmund press forward, with a ball from the left finding Sabitzer inside the box and just the keeper to beat ⦠until Azpilicueta launches a goal-saving block. Sabitzer took an unnecessary first touch which cost him. He had to score!
2 min: Hummels intercepts at the back and tries to bypass the midfield with a through ball, but itâs cut out.
1 min: Dortmund see more of the ball in the opening exchanges, passing it around the back.
Peep!
Dortmund are in their standard yellow and black gear; Atlético rock a trendy blue number. The hosts kick off. Letâs play!
Just a couple of minutes away now, with the players out of the tunnel. Sort your snacks.
Mats Hummels gets a prezzie or two. The 2014 World Cup winner made his 500th appearance for Dortmund in the first leg last week, somehow squeezing a three-year spell at Bayern Munich in the middle of his career. A fine achievement.
Those huge yellow flags are out in force, forming that imposing wall of fans at the Westfalenstadion. Dortmund werenât all that great in that first leg but, now, in front of their fans, theyâre well in this tie. Simeone, of course, is here to try and spoil the party.
Hereâs 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: Ãzcan, 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, SaviÄ, Riquelme, Vermeeren,
Reinildo, Barrios, Gomis, Niño
The teams
Here they come â¦
If youâre in the mood for double-screening tonight, thereâs this one to keep tabs on, too.
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to coverage of Atlético Madridâs 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 Simeoneâs 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 tonightâs hosts? They canât call upon Haller for another vital goal, with the forward ruled out due to an ankle injury.
The reality for both sides is that theyâre 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. Iâll be here to see whoâs left smiling at the end of the night. Kick-offâs at 8pm BST.
