PSG denied by woodwork in 'unfair' Champions League exit - ESPN

Paris Saint-Germain had no shortage of chances and possession in their Champions League semifinal loss to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but they didn't have the one thing that mattered: goals.

With nearly 70 percent of the ball and 30 shots in the 1-0 second leg loss, the Ligue 1 champs hit the woodwork four times and came away empty-handed in a 2-0 aggregate result that sent Dortmund to the final.

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Their coach Luis Enrique had one word to describe it: «Unbelievable.»

«Yes, of course. Difficult match and I think a tight match, but to be honest, I think we deserve to win that match,» the PSG coach said afterward. «We hit the post six times [in two legs] and we didn't score a goal. It's unbelievable. Football is so unfair sometimes.»

Mats Hummels headed Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League final with a goal early in the second half moments after Warren Zaïre-Emery missed an open goal for PSG.

Dortmund won both legs 1-0 and largely contained PSG striker Kylian Mbappé, who is leaving the club at the end of the season — with his likely destination Real Madrid.

PSG had long spells of possession in the last 10 minutes and Dortmund's Gregor Kobel pushed Mbappé's deflected close-range shot onto the crossbar with a superb one-handed save and the Parc des Princes crowd groaned when midfielder Vitinha's thumping 25-meter strike rattled the woodwork.

«I don't think we were inferior in either of the two games,» Luis Enrique said. «The result is what it is and I congratulate them and wish them the best for the final. From our side, we need to recover from this heavy blow.

»It is a sad moment when you lose and especially this way. I congratulate Borussia, they have had an