UCL: PSG and Mbappe no match for Dortmund's rejects

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PARIS -- Score this one for the unwanted. The motley crew of strays and mutts, old yellers and foundlings from Dortmund scampered into the Parc des Princes and, just as they did in front of the Yellow Wall six days earlier, felled mighty Paris Saint-Germain, the team with the highest budget and, just as important, the most desired free agent-to-be in world football: Kylian Mbappé. Who, incidentally, barring a last-minute volte-face (unlikely but, heck, he's done it before) will leave his hometown club without delivering a European Cup.

Is the "unwanted" tag harsh on Borussia Dortmund? Not at all.

Mats Hummels, whose header sealed the tie: unwanted…