Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique hailed his squad as the best in the world on Tuesday after they reached the Champions League semifinals with a 5-4 aggregate win over Aston Villa.

The French side, who have never won Europe's elite club competition, will face either Arsenal or Real Madrid in their second semifinal in two years.

Under the Spaniard, PSG has replaced its "galacticos" like Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé with talented up-and-coming players and the change in policy appears to be paying off.

The Qatar-owned club, which has already clinched the Ligue 1 title, reached the last eight for the third time in five years -- albeit after losing 3-2 to Aston Villa in the second leg of the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

And would have drawn level 5-5 or even won it over the two matches had goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma not pulled off a remarkable series of second-half saves.

"I think I have the best squad in the world, not only the goalkeeper. When you are in a club like PSG, you have a lot of quality players," Luis Enrique told Amazon Prime TV. "I think in the whole two matches, we deserved to win.

"I am very happy because I can offer our supporters another qualification to the semifinal."

Achraf Hakimi was one of the early scorers for PSG on Tuesday -- along with fellow full-back Nuno Mendes -- and the Morocco international said "we are on the way to becoming a big team" having already eliminated Premier League champion-elect Liverpool in the knockout stage.

"I think we are really confident right now," Hakimi said. "We are again in the semifinals and we want to show PSG is a big team, a big club and we want to fight for all the titles we can."

The PSG boss praised Villa's quality and intensity, which saw them come back on Tuesday from 2-0 down -- putting them 5-1 behind on aggregate -- to score three times.

"We started the game in a great way, scoring two amazing goals, trying to take advantage of the spaces," the former Barcelona coach said. "We cannot forget, this is the Champions League and you have to accept that the opposite team has a lot of quality. Aston Villa played with a lot of intensity in the second half.

"They didn't have anything to lose because they lost the first match and were losing at halftime in the first half [of the second leg]."

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was used in this story.

BIRMINGHAM, England -- Unai Emery said Marcus Rashford's future at Aston Villa "depends on the next weeks" after the on-loan Manchester United forward inspired a dramatic Champions League fightback against Paris Saint-Germain that almost saved the tie for the Premier League side.

Having suffered a 3-1 first-leg defeat in Paris last week, Villa found themselves 5-1 down on aggregate after Luis Enrique's team raced onto a 2-0 lead on the night with goals from Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes inside the opening half hour.

But after Youri Tielemans pulled one back for Villa before half-time, Rashford's pace and creativity sparked Emery's team into a second-half surge as goals from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa put them 3-2 ahead and trailing 5-4 on aggregate.

Rashford is on loan at Villa from United until the end of the season and available for a pre-agreed 40 million ($52.9 million) transfer fee, but Emery said a decision on the 28-year-old's future is still to be made.

"It is difficult to plan it now," Emery said. "He [Rashford] is feeling better and he played a fantastic match.

"We are very happy. If he is happy, we are happy. It depends on the circumstances for now and the next weeks."

Villa exit the Champions League with an unbeaten home record in their first appearance in the competition since reaching the quarterfinals as defending European champions in 1982-83.

And with Villa chasing a top-five finish in the Premier League that will secure a return to the Champions League next season, Emery said Villa's objective now is to end the campaign on a high.

"It is now most important to get Europe again," Emery said. "The most important competition is the Champions League.

"The challenge we have for the last six matches is to try and get Europe and the Champions League.

"I am very proud of everything. Getting to this level is the next step forward and I want to try to win with Aston Villa.

"We played two legs, we competed well and it wasn't even. Today we competed better and we were close to the result. I want to try to work for my next process at Aston Villa. The crowd was fantastic, they gave us energy. Even at 2-0. Still, a little bit more to do better to try to get it."

DORTMUND, Germany -- Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he had to remind his disappointed players they had reached the Champions League semifinal after Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund.

Serhou Guirassy's hat trick snapped Barça's 24-match unbeaten streak since the start of 2025 at a noisy Signal Iduna Park, but the Catalans won the tie 5-3 on aggregate after a 4-0 first leg victory last week.

It's the first time Barça have reached the semifinals since 2019, with either Bayern Munich or Inter Milan up next.

"I think everyone here recognizes and appreciates the team's performances this season," Flick said in a news conference when asked if the result had been accompanied by excessive negativity. "Today was not our best game. I understand the questions in that respect, but I think we still have cause to be happy.

"There was not a great atmosphere in the dressing room, either. It was only when I told them, 'Lads, we're in the semifinal,' that it lifted a bit. But of course, that's what the players expect of themselves. They want to win every game. Today, they're a little disappointed, but I think the happiness of going through will prevail."

Flick rested Pedri and Iñigo Martínez in Dortmund, while Alejandro Balde was missing with an injury, and the home side, buoyed by an incredible atmosphere, started strongly.

Guirassy opened the scoring from the penalty spot early on and headed in a second after the break to fuel belief of an unlikely comeback.

Ramy Bensebaini's own goal appeared to end the tie, only for Guirassy to strike again to set up a fascinating finale.

Barça held on, though, and Flick felt they were worthy winners over the two legs.

"We played two games," he said. "We won the first 4-0, and here we have lost 3-1. I think we deserved to reach the semifinal. Dortmund made life difficult for us. The atmosphere was extraordinary, but we are in the last four.

"It will be important to analyze this game, but we've accumulated a lot of matches, and it could be normal [to drop the performance level]. But I am really satisfied with the team and the performances this season. We're still in three competitions. We're in the Champions League semifinal. This is a huge success, and we can be happy for that."

Barça now have back-to-back LaLiga games at home to Celta Vigo and Mallorca as they look to maintain their four-point lead at the top of the standings.

They then will face Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final on April 26, with defender Jules Koundé keen to quickly eradicate the mistakes that blighted them in Dortmund.

"I am really happy to be in the semifinal but disappointed with how we played," Koundé told reporters. "We lacked everything we did well in the first leg: pressing, closing passing lanes. We were not up to it today. We made mistakes, switched off. Flick told us we had to improve at halftime. Maybe we did a little in the second half.

"We have to keep going and not stop doing what we have done throughout the season. We have to be happy with the work the team has put in so far."

DORTMUND, Germany -- There was almost a reluctance from Barcelona's players to go and celebrate with their supporters on Tuesday after reaching a first UEFA Champions League semifinal since 2019. The satisfaction of moving into the final four was contrasted with what had been a humbling 3-1 defeat against Borussia Dortmund, with the competition's new top-scorer Serhou Guirassy stealing the show, if not quite the tie in the end, with a hat trick.

This tie appeared done and dusted last week when Barça won 4-0 at the Olympic Stadium, but they played with fire here. Guirassy's treble was not enough to knock them out, but there had been fleeting moments during the game when past European capitulations, against AS Roma and Liverpool, were present.

In the end, they held on, winning 5-3 on aggregate to set up a semifinal against either Bayern Munich or Internazionale. And Dortmund were never actually within one goal of Barcelona, but they suffered a few jabs along the way as they lost for the first time in 2025, a 24-game unbeaten streak ended and a few doubts seeded.

Several minutes after the final whistle, Raphinha, worn out, picked himself up off the pitch. He joined his teammates in front of the 3,000 travelling Barça fans. The celebrations, though, were subdued for a team that had finally put a club that has fallen twice into the UEFA Europa League in recent years back onto the continent's biggest stage.

Coach Hansi Flick said that mood continued down the tunnel.

"There wasn't a great atmosphere in the dressing room," Flick said in a news conference. "It was only when I told them 'Lads, we're into the semifinal' that it lifted a bit. But, of course, that is what the team expects of itself. They want to win every game. Today they are a little disappointed."

Flick did not want to dwell on the negative. He said he will analyse the match in the coming days. He wanted to put the focus firmly on what this young squad has done so far this season. Not only are they into the semifinal, but they lead LaLiga by four points, have a Copa del Rey final to come, and have already won the Spanish Supercopa.

However, it's inevitable that Tuesday's display in Dortmund will be seen as a warning ahead of bigger tests on the horizon: a Clásico Copa final against Real Madrid on April 26, followed by either Bayern or Inter Milan over two legs for a place in what would be a first Champions League final since they last won the competition in 2015.

It's normal that there are still questions to be asked. No one expected Barça to be where they are now at the start of the season after a trophy-less year last time out. Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal have been the best attack in Europe, scoring 82 goals between them, and firing Barça this far in the Champions League.

But without the injured Alejandro Balde, replaced by rookie Gerard Martín, and with Iñigo Martínez and Pedri rested, Barça wobbled in the early stages against Dortmund.

With the 24,454-capacity Südtribüne -- better known as The Yellow Wall -- driving Dortmund on, as pyrotechnics from the away end rained down on the home supporters, there were early fireworks on the pitch. Last-gasp clearances from Pau Cubarsí and Ronald Araújo were the precursors to a penalty, given away by Wojciech Szczesny and dispatched by Guirassy.

Getting to 1-0 at half-time seemed like a win for Barça, with Dortmund's xG (expected goals) after 45 minutes 2.05 to the Blaugrana's paltry 0.02. The hosts needed an early goal after the break, though, to really ignite the tie and it arrived when Guirassy headed in at the far post from a corner which Barça failed to defend properly.

Ramy Bensebaini's own goal shortly after appeared to have ended their hopes but Guirassy struck again, capitalising on an Araújo error to net his 13th goal in the Champions League this season and give Dortmund over 15 minutes to find two more goals. They did not find them, but Barça were wobbling, with tired legs and doubts in their minds.

It was a night when few players earned a pass. Szczęsny was slow for the penalty, Jules Koundé regularly misjudged Barça's high defensive line, Araújo made mistakes, Fermín López lost his shooting boots and Yamal looked, at times, like a 17-year-old starting his seventh game in 20 days. Raphinha has also not quite been at his best since the international break, while the control usually supplied by the rested Pedri was a huge miss until his introduction.

"I am delighted to be in the semifinal, but I am disappointed with how we played," defender Kounde told reporters. "We lacked everything we displayed in the first leg: pressing, closing passing lanes. We were not good enough.

"We made too many errors. Flick told us we had to improve in the second half and maybe we did slightly. Now we just have to keep doing what has taken us this far this season. We can't stop doing what we've done until now."

Flick was able to step back from the mayhem of Signal Iduna Park, which were 90 minutes of a much larger picture this season.

"What's important is that we are in the semifinal," he said. "We have to view things positively. What the team has done is phenomenal. Every day since the international break they have been ready to play, training at a high level and with a really professional attitude.

"Today we didn't show what we want. We will analyse that, but we have improved this season. We are still in three competitions. We are in the Champions League semifinal. This is a huge success and something we should be very happy about."

The bar has been raised at Barça, though. The expectations at the start of the season are not what they are now. You only had to see that 'Barça are back' banners around Dortmund on Tuesday to see the excitement brewing among the fanbase. Tuesday's result will either be viewed as a bump along the road to success or a sign that this team still has strides to make to complete its comeback.

As Flick says, what comes next is what is important now.

BIRMINGHAM, England -- Paris Saint-Germain held on to secure a spot in the Champions League semifinals after Aston Villa's dramatic second-half fightback Tuesday almost took this epic quarterfinal into extra time.

PSG, leading 3-1 from the first leg, moved 5-1 ahead on aggregate with goals from Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes before the half-hour mark of this second leg at Villa Park. But a Youri Tielemans strike shortly before halftime gave Villa hope, and they stunned PSG by taking a 3-2 lead with goals from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa early in the second half.

Villa then missed a series of chances to level the tie as Les Parisiens held on, and the French champions did enough to seal a semifinal clash against the winners of Wednesday's second leg between Real Madrid and Arsenal in Spain. -- Mark Ogden

Villa give PSG a scare, but leave it too late

Aston Villa certainly went down fighting in this pulsating Champions League quarterfinal, but the 1982 European champions showed fight too late to save themselves against a team of PSG's quality.

Once Mendes put PSG up 2-0 in the 27th minute, the Ligue 1 champions stretched their aggregate lead to 5-1 and the tie looked all but over. But when Tielemans pulled one back for Villa late in the first half, it gave the home side hope -- even if it was faint.

Yet Villa found something extra in the second half and they gave PSG an almighty scare by turning the tie on its head with goals from McGinn and Konsa before the hour mark. Marcus Rashford, Konsa and Marco Asensio went close to levelling the tie and then Ian Maatsen almost sent the game into extra time with a shot that was blocked deep into stoppage time.

Villa really had the chances to save the tie and seal an incredible comeback, but they just couldn't get the crucial goal. PSG held on, but the frailties they showed in the second half will be a concern ahead of a semifinal against Arsenal or Real Madrid. -- Ogden

Young PSG side learns a valuable lesson

Young and exciting, but clearly still a work in progress -- what a lesson for PSG.

For most of this tie, the second-youngest team in the competition (behind Barcelona) outplayed Aston Villa. But their 3-2 defeat on Tuesday in the second leg showed again how much room for improvement remains.

From a cruising position after 30 minutes and a 5-1 aggregate advantage, they let their opponents back into the game -- PSG became sloppy as they took their eyes off the ball and took the rest of the game too lightly. It is almost as if the game was too early and they started dropping their intensity and making mistakes by often taking too many risks.

PSG's unraveling was not so much a sense of panic but more a sense of easiness in what they were doing. Instead of controlling the game and the tempo of it, they let Villa back in.

Against a better team, PSG would have paid for it. On Tuesday, they have learned a very valuable lesson. -- Julien Laurens

Rashford proves he can still be a big-time player

Rashford had a game of two halves at Villa Park. The Aston Villa forward was poor in the first half and lucky not to be replaced at halftime, but the decision from Villa coach Unai Emery to stick with the on-loan Manchester United star paid off handsomely in the second half.

Rashford looked short of confidence and belief in the first half, but he exploded into the life after the break and almost scored with a stunning shot that was well saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma. Moments later, Rashford created the opening for Konsa to put Villa ahead in the match with a killer pass and his delivery from a free kick almost led to a second goal for the Villa defender, who missed his header by inches.

Rashford was full of pace and power as Villa chased the goal to level the tie and it seemed as if fate would see him score it. But after running himself into the ground, Rashford was substituted by Emery -- but only after showing how good he really can be. -- Ogden

Donnarumma wins goalkeeper battle vs. Martinez

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martínez created the headlines ahead of the first leg by taunting French fans with an Argentina cap on his journey to Paris -- but when it came to the crunch, the Villa keeper was overshadowed by PSG No. 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma in the battle of the goalkeepers.

Donnarumma, so crucial in Italy's Euro 2020 triumph, produced three key saves in the second half when PSG were rocking and looking in danger of throwing this tie away. His fingertip save on Rashford's powerful shot was the best of the lot and the former AC Milan keeper proved his world-class status just when it mattered for PSG.

As for Martinez, he kept Villa's hopes alive in the second half with big saves from Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué. But his failure to hold onto Bradley Barcola's 11th-minute cross gifted a goal to Hakimi and that set PSG on their way to the aggregate win. Both keepers made big saves, but Donnarumma was the one who won the tie for his team. -- Ogden

Luis Enrique gets PSG's game plan right yet again

PSG manager Luis Enrique was spot on again in his game. It is obviously not his fault if his young team made it hard for themselves, but Luis Enrique once again outplayed Emery in their tactical battle.

By choosing to start Barcola ahead of the super in form Doue on the left wing, the PSG manager bet on the pace of the former Lyon player, and it paid off after just 11 minutes with Barcola sparking the first goal.

In the first leg last week, the PSG fullbacks were one of the keys by pushing forward and inside, and Luis Enrique repeated the same tactics. He asked Mendes and Hakimi to join attacking transitions to unbalance the Villa defence and with a goal each, the plan worked. -- Laurens

PSG have the best fullback pairing in the world

You can look at Inter Milan's Federico Dimarco and Denzel Dumfries, Barcelona's Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde or Arsenal's Jurriën Timber and Myles Lewis-Skelly. But right now, the PSG fullback pairing of Mendes and Hakimi is the best in the world.

The pace, the energy, the maturity in their games at, respectively, 22 and 26 years old, the goals they score, the chances they create -- this duo is a cut above.

They also have improved a lot defensively this season, best illustrated by Mendes' outstanding performances against Mohamed Salah and Liverpool in he Champions League round of 16. With the ball, they are one of PSG's main threats now as we saw at Villa Park where their two goals, one each, sent Paris to the semifinals. -- Laurens

Rory McIlroy's breakthrough Masters win was shaped by a deliberate strategy to stay laser-focused, even if that meant not saying a word to playing partner Bryson DeChambeau during the final round, McIlroy's sports psychologist Bob Rotella said Tuesday.

McIlroy ended his long wait for a Masters title with a birdie on the opening hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat England's Justin Rose at Augusta National on Sunday.

McIlroy, 35, also became the first European man to complete a career Grand Slam with the win.

DeChambeau later revealed that McIlroy did not speak to him at all during the final round.

"That didn't have anything to do with Bryson," Rotella told the BBC. "That was just the game plan all week, and we wanted to get lost in it.

"We didn't want to pay attention to what anyone else was scoring or shooting or swinging or how far they were hitting it. We just wanted Rory to play his game."

The strategy appeared to pay off as McIlroy edged Rose after first missing a 5-foot par putt at the 18th in regulation that forced the playoff.

"The point is, if you believe you're going to win, just play your game and assume that if you do that anywhere near the way you're capable of, then you will end up No. 1," Rotella added.

With the Grand Slam complete, Rotella said McIlroy could finally breathe more easily.

"My guess is that he will go on and win quite a few more," Rotella said. "I think he's thinking of having a multiple-win season."

Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter told CBS Sports that none of the teams he has met with in the weeks ahead of the NFL draft has made an issue of him playing both offense and defense.

However, if an NFL team told him he had to focus on wide receiver or cornerback and not play both, it would be game over for him.

"It's never playing football again," Hunter told CBS Sports. "Because I've been doing it my whole life, and I love being on the football field. I feel like I could dominate on each side of the ball, so I really enjoy doing it."

Hunter, projected to be among the top picks, earned national honors on both sides of the ball, and as a junior last season won the Heisman Trophy, the Walter Camp Award, the Biletnikoff Award as top wide receiver, the Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy as defensive player of the year and his second consecutive Paul Hornung Award as the most versatile player.

Hunter played 713 snaps on offense and 748 on defense for the Buffaloes in 2024. He was the first player since at least 1976 with at least 500 receiving yards (he had 1,152 last season) and four interceptions in a single season, according to ESPN Research.

He led the FBS in both 2023 and 2024 in snaps, totaling 2,625 despite missing almost five games because of injury.

Hunter, 21, doesn't want to slow down when he gets to the next level.

"I just feel very confident in myself," he told CBS Sports, "And I got a competitive spirit that I can do whatever I put my mind to, and I feel like I can do it."

Cleveland Browns general manger Andrew Berry, whose team picks second when the draft starts April 24, said at the scouting combine in February that Hunter could play both ways, with wide receiver the priority.

"In terms of Travis Hunter, cornerback or receiver? The answer is yes," Berry said. "He can play both, I think that's what makes him special. I think receiver primarily first, but I think what makes him a bit of a unicorn is the fact that he can do it at a high level."

Hunter's response to CBS Sports: "It's not up to me. When they call my name, if they call my name, then we'll figure that out, but it's not up to me. That's what they think about me right now."

Field Level Media contributed to this report.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Cole Anthony came off the Magic bench with 26 points and six assists to lead the Orlando Magic to a 120-95 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night in the first game of the NBA play-in tournament.

Paolo Banchero had 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Magic, and Wendell Carter Jr. added 19 points and seven rebounds. Anthony Black, also off the bench, scored 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the Magic's first appearance in a play-in game.

Earning the Eastern Conference's seventh seed after a 41-41 regular season, the Magic will play in a first-round playoff series against the Celtics starting Sunday at Boston.

Trae Young led the Hawks with 28 points and six assists before getting two technical fouls and an automatic ejection with 4:47 left in the contest.

The Hawks, who have reached the playoffs through the play-in route in two of the past three campaigns, will play at home Friday night for a chance at the eighth playoff spot against the winner of Wednesday night's game at Chicago between the Bulls and the Miami Heat.

Georges Niang scored 15 points and Onyeka Okongwu had 11 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks.

Banchero and Black produced most of the offense and the Hawks scored just two points in the final 6 minutes of the first quarter.

Anthony, who averaged 9.4 points in an injury-plagued season, made 10 of 17 shots including 4 of 9 3-pointers.

The Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies are facing off in the NBA play-in tournament game Tuesday night for the Western Conference's No. 7 seed.

With identical records, the winner of the matchup will face the Houston Rockets in the first round. The loser plays Friday against the winner between the Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks for the No. 8 seed.

Golden State is coming off a loss against the LA Clippers on Sunday that dropped them into the play-in game. Memphis fired its head coach Taylor Jenkins on March 28 and went 4-5 afterward with Tuomas Iisalo filling the role as its interim.

Tuesday is also a rematch of the 2021 play-in matchup, when the Grizzlies beat the Warriors on the road for the No. 8 seed. Golden State is 0-3 in the tournament, the most losses by any team, per ESPN Research.

Follow along for all the highlights and big moments from the latest Grizzlies-Warriors clash.

PITTSBURGH -- Washington Nationals third baseman Paul DeJong was hit in the face by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller on Tuesday night and left the game in the sixth inning.

The pitch struck DeJong on his left cheek. After being attended to by athletic trainers, DeJong walked off the field.

He's set for a CT scan, according to manager Davey Martinez, and the team is still awaiting word on his condition.

Amed Rosario pinch ran for DeJong with the Nationals leading 1-0. Washington eventually beat Pittsburgh 3-0.

DeJong was 0 for 2 and is hitting .204 in 16 games this season. He signed with the Nationals as a free agent during spring training after hitting 24 home runs with the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City last season.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.