Champions League quarterfinals scores: PSG and Barcelona survive scares, eliminate Aston Villa and Dortmund

The two super clubs are onto the semifinals despite their opponents narrowing the gap before being eliminated

It was an eventful night in the Champions League as both FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League semifinals despite losing the second legs of the quarterfinals against Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa. While FC Barcelona will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Inter and Bayern Munich that will take place on Wednesday, after the Nerazzurri won 2-1 in the first leg in Germany, PSG will face the winners of the tie between Real Madrid and Arsenal.

An exciting matchup unfolded at Villa Park, where Aston Villa secured a 3-2 victory over PSG but fell short of the semifinals, as the French giants came in with a two goal lead thanks to a 3-1 win in the first leg. It was a challenging start for the side coached by Unai Emery as the home team conceded a goal to the visitors and to Moroccan winger Achraf Hakimi, thanks to a mistake from Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. After Nuno Mendes second goal for PSG, the match seemed over but the goal of former Leicester midfielder Youri Tielemans game the home side hope. In the second half, Aston Villa fought back with two more goals, including a stunning effort by Ezri Konsa, set up by a solo run from Marcus Rashford. It wasn't enough for Emery's team, which ends their Champions League run in the quarterfinals thanks to an outstanding performance of Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who saved his team at least three times in the second half and finished with five saves. 

FC Barcelona struggled a lot at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund as the guests immediately seemed a bit lost especially after last week's performance in their home ground. A blunder by Wojciech Szczesny gifted Dortmund a penalty, scored by Serhou Guirassy 11 minutes into the game. The early goal gave more hopes to the home side, boosting Dortmund's momentum as they looked to become only the second team ever (after Barcelona ironically enough) to overturn a four-goal deficit. In fact, the same striker scored another one in the fourth minute of the second half, but in the moment the game seemed to be back in contention Ramy Bensebaini's own goal ended the dreams of the home side. Despite the third goal scored by Guirassy, it was too late for the German team that have to blame the performance of the first leg if they were not able to qualify for the semifinals for the second time in a row following their defeat to Real Madrid in the 2024 final.

Tuesday's results

• BVB 3, FC Barcelona 1 (3-5 on aggregate)
• Aston Villa 3, PSG 2 (4-5 on aggregate)

Wednesday's schedule 

• Real Madrid (0) vs. Arsenal (3): 3 p.m. ET
• Inter (2) vs. Bayern Munich (1): 3 p.m. ET

Next fixtures 

Semifinals: April 29-30 and May 6-7
Final: May 31

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:16 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Live scores

Aston Villa 3, PSG 2 (4-5)
BVB 3, FC Barcelona 1 (3-5)

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:54 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

THIS IS IT! 

Despite Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund both won in the second legs, PSG and FC Barcelona will play the semifinals of the 2024-25 Champions League edition. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:38 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - Dortmund again! 

Guirassy scored his third goal of the night and give some more hopes to the Dortmund fans, with less than 15 minutes on the clock before the final whistle. Can BVB still make it? It might be too late..  

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:23 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

The assist of the day

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:20 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Donnarumma is saving PSG

Despite the three goals conceded to the home team, Gigio Donnarumma made two crucial saves on both Rashford and Tielemans. If PSG are still ahead on the aggregate they should thank their Italian goalkeeper... 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:16 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

TWO GOALS AT THE SAME TIME!

What's going on here?? Both FC Barcelona and Aston Villa scored at the same time, with the English team now only one goal behind the aggregate thanks to one scored by Konsa with a PHENOMENAL assist of Marcus Rashford. Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund are now almost out of the competition.. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:15 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

What a save Donnarumma!

Huge save by Donnarumma on Marcus Rashford who went really close to score the third goal that could mean game on

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:13 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - Villa score the second!

This is becoming much more interesting than what we thought. Aston Villa immediately score another goal with McGinn and are now on the 2-2, if they score two more we will have extra time!

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:10 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - Dortmund score the second! 

We might have something to follow here! Borussia Dortmund scored the second one of the night again with Guirassy! 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:09 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Big chance for BVB

Borussia Dortmund immediately had a big chance to score the second goal with Adeyemi, who is playing really well tonight. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 4:07 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

We're back! 

Both games have restarted. Let's see what these last 45 minutes give to us, with PSG and FC Barcelona one step away from the top four. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:41 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

HT - Barcelona and PSG still in control 

Despite strong first halves from both Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa, FC Barcelona and PSG remain in command of their quarterfinal matchups, holding leads with only 45 minutes to go. Can they maintain their dominance and secure their spots in the next round?

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:37 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - Aston Villa scores! 

It's 2-1 now for PSG after the goal of Youri Tielemans after a nice play of the home side even if might be too late for them. Aston Villa fans look now confident again but can they score three more in the remaining part of the game? 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:29 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - PSG again! 

This is probably it for Aston Villa as PSG scored the second goal of the game with Nuno Mendes also thanks to a nice assist of Ousmane Dembele. There are no many chances for Aston Villa to make the comeback now. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:28 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

20 minutes left before halftime 

With 20 minutes left before the end of the first half, Borussia Dortmund and Aston Villa are pushing to score at least another one before the 45th minute, but both PSG and FC Barcelona are now trying to keep more the ball. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:21 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Aston Villa try again 

Despite the goal scored by the guests is not helping the chances of the home side to make the comeback, Aston Villa are trying again to score at least one goal to be back in the game as they need to score three goals to bring the quarterfinal's second leg to the extra time. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:15 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - BVB scores! 

Serhou Guirassy scored the first goal of the match at the Signal Iduna Park with a nice penalty after the foul of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Sczesny on Pascal Gross. BVB are back in the game! 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:13 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

GOAL - PSG scores! 

While Aston Villa were pushing to score the opening goal, it was PSG and winger Achraf Hakimi who scored the opening goal at Villa Park also thanks to the assist of Bradley Barcola and the mistake of Emiliano Martinez. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:11 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Both home sides pushing

As expected, both Aston Villa and Borussia Dortmund are trying to push hard and score the opening goals of the return legs as they need to win to make the unlikely comebacks. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 3:01 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

We're underway! 

Both games have started, stay with us for all the biggest updates on the quarterfinals. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 2:11 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Are comebacks possible today?

Aston Villa have a two goal deficit to overcome at home to Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid need three against Arsenal just to take the tie to extra time while if Borussia Dortmund were to eliminate Barcelona they would become only the second team in the history of Champions League to qualify after losing by a four goal margin in the first leg. Our own James Benge broke down all the biggest comebacks in the history of the Champions League. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 2:08 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Team news

Let's take a look at the official lineups: 

BVB XI: Kobel, Sule, Anton, Bensebaini, Couto, Gross, Nmecha, Svensson, Beier, Adeyemi, Guirassy. 

FC Barcelona XI: Szczesny, Kounde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Martin, Gavi, de Jong, Fermin, Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Pau Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Rogers, Onana, McGinn; Rashford.

PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Barcola, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia.

[Apr 15, 2025 at 2:06 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

What happened in the first legs? 

PSG won 3-1 in Paris despite the guests scoring the opening goal of the night with a nice play on a counterattack leading to a goal for Morgan Rogers before two wonderful goals of Desire Doue from outside the box and then the solo play of former Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at the beginning of the second half. It was Nuno Mendes, just before the final whistle, who secured the 3-1 final score, making things much easier for PSG ahead of the second leg. 

Hansi Flick's Barcelona will face Borussia Dortmund in Germany for the Champions League quarterfinals return leg at the Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday after winning the first leg 4-0 in Barcelona last week. FC Barcelona dominated the first game in Spain thanks to the goals scored by Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and the brace of former Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski, who will make his return in his former stadium where he played from 2010 to 2014. 

[Apr 15, 2025 at 2:05 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

How to watch Aston Villa vs. PSG and odds

• Date: Tuesday, April 15 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Location: Villa Park -- Birmingham, England
• Live stream: Paramount+
• Odds: Aston Villa +230; Draw +260; PSG +110

[Apr 15, 2025 at 2:05 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

How to watch BVB vs. FC Barcelona and odds

• Date: Tuesday, April 15 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
• Location: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK -- Dortmund, Germany
• Live stream: Paramount+
• Odds: BVB +300; Draw +300; FC Barcelona -125

[Apr 15, 2025 at 2:03 pm ET · Francesco Porzio]

Champions League is back! 

Good afternoon and welcome for an exciting Champions League matchday as Borussia Dortmund will face FC Barcelona and Aston Villa will host PSG for the return legs of the quarterfinals! Stay tuned with us.