Dortmund edge Lille to advance to QF with Barça

Borussia Dortmund fought back to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the second year in a row as second-half goals by Emre Can and Maximilian Beier gave them a deserved 2-1 win at Lille on Wednesday.

Can scored from the penalty spot to cancel out Jonathan David's early opener before Beier scored the winner as the German side, who won the competition in 1997 and finished runners-up last season, wrapped up a 3-2 aggregate victory.

They will face Barcelona for a place in the semifinals.

It was a cruel end for Lille, whose hopes of reaching the competition's quarters for the first time were dashed after a promising campaign in which they had qualified directly for the last 16 from the league phase with notable victories over Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.

"We are extremely relieved because, on the one hand, it was enough to progress and, on the other, because we also put in a really good performance. We had many, many chances to score in the first half," Dortmund midfielder Sebastian Kehl said.

"The team didn't let up in the second half either, and this victory is more than deserved. In the end, we just kept at it, kept the tempo and intensity high and therefore always believed that we could turn this game around."

Lille midfielder Benjamin André, however, was frustrated that his team were not up to the task.

"We did not play our usual game, that's why we are out," he said.

"We were panicking, we should have kept our composure. They played their game and it was enough for them to go through."

Lille got off to a perfect start with David sliding the ball home from Ismaily's cutback in the fifth minute.

Rémy Cabella then skied an attempt over the bar after a fine team move but Dortmund went close to equalizing when defender Alexsandro's desperate block denied Pascal Gross, whose shot had beaten keeper Lucas Chevalier.

The Lille keeper made tremendous back-to-back saves in a packed goalmouth to preserve the home side's advantage but Dortmund were largely dominant.

Lille regained some form of control and Benjamin André's header went just wide, but Dortmund had the last chance of the opening half through Gross.

The visitors went up a notch after the break and levelled in the 54th minute when Can converted a penalty after Thomas Meunier had fouled Serhou Guirassy.

The visitors had further chances through Karim Adeyemi and Beier, who found the back of the net in the 65th minute with an effort into the top corner after a clever turn.

Niko Kovac's side, who sit 10th in the Bundesliga, then defended well and were never in any real danger.