Nigeria, April 16 -- Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona have booked their spots in the UEFA Champions League semifinals despite both teams suffering defeats in the second legs of their respective quarter-final ties on Tuesday.

For Barcelona, it marks their first return to the Champions League semi-finals since the 2018/19 season.

They advanced with a 5-3 aggregate win over Borussia Dortmund, who won the second leg 3-1 at Signal Iduna Park.

Barcelona came into the match with a solid lead but had to survive a strong fightback from the German side.

Dortmund made an early statement when Wojciech Szczesny fouled Pascal Gross in the box, allowing Serhou Guirassy to calmly convert from the spot with a Panenka penalty in the 11th minute.

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