Borussia Dortmund face a battle to overturn a 3-2 deficit when they travel to Monaco for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.
It takes place a week after the rescheduled first leg, which was delayed 24 hours after several explosions went off near the Dortmund coach and left defender Marc Bartra with a fractured arm. Kylian Mbappe then scored twice as a struggling Dortmund fell to a defeat, and will now need a big display in Monaco to make the last four. The French side, meanwhile, are hoping for a first trip to to the semi-finals since they got to the final in 2004.
Monaco's Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim gives a press conference[/caption]
Quotes
Leonardo Jardim: “Our team are used to playing a certain way and we won’t change our DNA. Maybe we’ll need to score to go through. We expect Dortmund to be much stronger than in the first leg. They have Castro and Reus back and they’re two very important players for them."
Dortmund's coach Thomas Tuchel gives a press conference[/caption]
Thomas Tuchel: “We need to play well and I’m convinced we can do it. I have brought a quality squad here and we’re capable of winning by two clear goals. We must find the balance between defence and attack."
Match Facts
All five previous teams winning 3-2 away from home in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie have progressed to the next round.
Monaco have won 70% of their home games in the Champions League (21 out of 30). Among clubs to have hosted at least 30 games, only Real Madrid (76%), Barcelona (73%) and Bayern Munich (71%) have a better rate.
Only Barcelona and Bayern Munich (4) have been awarded more penalties than Monaco (3) in this season’s Champions League. However, none of them have found the back of the net.
Borussia Dortmund have lost eight of their last 11 games in the Champions League knockout stages (W3).
Team News
Fabinho in suspended, while Djibril Sidibe and Gabriel Boschilia remain in the recovery room. However, Mendy returns in the lineup.
Team News
Good news for Thomas Tuchel is return of Marco Reus and Gonzalo Castro. Long-term absentees Mario Gotze and Andre Schurle will miss another game, while Bartra still has to recover from a wrist injury cause by a bomb blast last week.