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Ammon News - Borussia Dortmund took control of their Champions League semifinal with Paris Saint-Germain at the Westfalenstadion, Niclas Fullkrug's powerful strike earning them a 1-0 win on a night where Jadon Sancho excelled for the Bundesliga giants.

Fullkrug fired Borussia Dortmund into the lead before the interval, darting in behind to claim Nico Schlotterbeck's precise pass over the top and driving past Gianluigi Donnarumma at the near post. The impressive Marcel Sabitzer might have added to the hosts' lead before the break as PSG struggled to get going in front of a boisterous Westfalenstadion.

The second half was altogether more impressive from PSG, however, Kylian Mbappe and Achraf Hakim striking the post seconds apart before Fabian Ruiz flicked a header wide. Chances still came Dortmund's way too, the increasingly impressive Sancho teeing up Fullkrug to lift a presentable opportunity over the bar.

By the final whistle Nuno Mendes must have been a relieved man to have escaped Sancho's examination intact, the Manchester United loanee completing a remarkable 12 of 17 attempted dribbles, the most anyone has managed in a Champions League semifinal since Lionel Messi against Manchester United in 2008. Had Julian Brandt or Sabitzer been more precise with their finishing Dortmund may have killed the tie off before their trip to France.

Instead these sides will face off at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday with PSG having plenty of work to do if they are to stop Dortmund from booking their passage to Wembley, where they lost the 2013 Champions League final to Bayern Munich.

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