‘Built to win Champions League’: Dortmund boss Terzic speaks about PSG objective

Ahead of the epic Champions League semi-final clash, Borrussia Dortmund manager, Terzic has insisted that lifting the European Cup has been the “main objective” of PSG since being taken over by Qatar Sports Investments.

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Barcelona to book a place in the semi-final while Borrussia Dortmund outclassed Atletico Madrid.

“The project in Paris began with the goal of winning the Champions League,” Terzic told reporters. “That’s been their main objective for a decade.”

Dortmund, who won the competition in 1997, are playing in the semi-finals for the fifth time in the club’s history and the first time since 2013, when they also lost to Bayern in the final.

Terzic singled out Kylian Mbappe for particular praise, but said PSG posed an attacking threat across the park.

“It’s the question you hear the most: ‘How do you stop Kylian Mbappe?’ But if you focus only on Kylian Mbappe, then comes Ousmane Dembele or (Goncalo) Ramos, or Vitinha, or (Achraf) Hakimi, or (Randal) Kolo Muani and all the others,” he said.

“They have unbelievable quality.

“If we want to focus on one thing, then we need to focus on the ball. If we worry about the ball — there’s just one — then it’s much harder for them to score.”

PSG were crowned Ligue 1 champions on Sunday, their 10th league title in the past 12 seasons. However, Dortmund will be eager to end their good run of form on Wednesday.