After every step we've taken we've looked at it and we've kept working, ' Mbappe said following the emphatic quarter-final victory over Dortmund, as reported by Goal. We have made great games with a back three, especially in the Champions League, but we were not good enough. "Tonight it worked out fine and we qualified for the semi-finals".
Barcelona Exit Without Scoring a Single Goal.
The number of goals the principality side have scored in total this season. "We lacked the courage to defend and press".
Kylian Mbappe, Radamel Falcao and Valere Germain were on target as Monaco scored three goals for the fourth consecutive Champions League match. Neymar was then booked for an apparent retaliatory charge into Pjanic, earning him a one-game suspension for accumulation of yellow cards.
The two-time European champions are set to complete an excellent campaign.
Real Madrid in El Clasico.
Kylian Mbappe: His goals played a huge part in sending Manchester City tumbling out of the Champions League and in similar fashion, he has just about consigned Dortmund to the same fate.
Now they are preparing for their first semi-final appearance since 2004 as they join Juventus, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the draw.
"There are three wonderful teams [Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Juventus], with lots of experience".
"I think this question is something for our opponents now", the Portuguese coach said. The last team to get to the last four after coming through two qualifying rounds was Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine in 1998-99. Monaco got past Fenerbahce and then beat Spanish side Villarreal to reach the group stages. The Champions League is very hard and you need to keep your concentration at all times.
"It's an incredible season for us, indeed".
Entering the second half, BVB were able to reduce the deficit in the 48th minute as Marco Reus struck the ball home after Ousmane Dembele made a scintillating run down the right and crossed the ball into the area. "Because our DNA is to attack and to always try and score".
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Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel claims the team's bus delay on Wednesday seriously dented their chances of turning their Champions League quarter-final clash around against Monaco.
"That's what we know best so we're not going to do anything else". "We made too many basic errors".
The incident meant that kick-off was pushed back by five minutes, with Tuchel admitting that the nerves around the situation put the players in an "awkward" mindset after last week's bomb attack on his matchday squad for the first leg.
"The police did not drive, police were everywhere around the bus, the street was free".
"We wanted to leave at 7:15 p.m". "The police was there to escort us and we asked them why we couldn't move and they just said 'for safety reasons.' You can imagine that eight days after the attack that (this is) the worst thing that can happen".
Falcao doubled Monaco's lead in the 17th minute when he got his head on a pass from teammate Thomas Lemar to direct into the goal.
Burki held his hands up for his mistake, admitting he should have done more to force Benjamin Mendy's swerving effort to safety.
Dortmund keeper Roman Burki could only parry the ball, which fell straight to Mbappe and the 18-year-old coolly slotted into the bottom left corner.
Kickoff was delayed by five minutes, with soccer's governing body UEFA saying only that it was due to "late team arrival caused by heavy traffic". We play attacking football.
Monaco made a fast start.
The whole Monaco bench rushed to jump on him: a symbolic image of Monaco's teamwork.
"All the players played at a high level". "It wasn't a day for speaking about individuals".
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