Dortmund was beaten 3-1 on Wednesday to lose 6-3 on aggregate.
The rearranged quarter-final first leg was played just a day removed from an attack on Thomas Tuchel's team looked out of touch against the slick Monaco attack.
It's always risky backing a side to win when they don't actually need to win but it's nonetheless weird to find Monaco massive underdogs to win at home on Wednesday night.
With Dortmund needing to score twice to stand any chance of going through, Monaco boasting one of Europe's most prolific attacks and both teams being defensively suspect, the [1.99] price on the game featuring Over 3.5 Goals is well worth taking.
All five previous teams to win 3-2 away from home in the first leg of a Champions League knockout tie have progressed and the hosts tightened their grip on a semi-final spot on 17 minutes when a Thomas Lemar cross was glanced past Burki by a diving Falcao.
The 18-year-old was a lively presence throughout as goals from fellow strikers Radamel Falcao and Valere Germain saw Monaco through to the semi-finals - where they could face Real Madrid, Juventus or Atletico Madrid - but Mbappe is unconcerned about the prospects of Friday's draw.
Kylian Mbappe needed only three minutes to compound Dortmund's misfortune and break the deadlock before Radamel Falcao added a second soon after.
Prior to Wednesday's game, Dortmund's bus was held up by police at the team hotel and kickoff was briefly delayed.
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Marco Reus scored in the 48 minute to cut the lead but 2-1 became 3-1 when Valere Germain netted in the 81 minute to nearly complete a famous victory for the French team.
With Dortmund pushing forward in numbers, Monaco was stretched down both flanks but, equally, it was left exposed to Monaco's slick counterattacking. Then we made too many mistakes in our passing and positioning.
Like in the first leg, Tuchel's decision to start with three at the back had backfired and he changed things up before the half-hour mark, bringing on Ousmane Dembele for Erik Durm and revertng to a four-man defence.
He became Monaco's youngest-ever senior debutant aged 16 years 347 days, when coming off the bench against Caen in December 2015; breaking Henry's record set 21 years ago.
Mark, who's now an assistant coach with the USL's Rochester Rhinos, said within 20 minutes of the explosions he contacted Christian on the team bus and learned he wasn't physically hurt.
After such a long journey to reach the Champions League semifinals, Monaco has no fear of who it plays next.
More goals. Four of them.
'All the players played to a high level tonight and I am very happy with the performance of all of them, ' said Jardim, whose squad came through the qualifiers to then see off the likes of Tottenham in the group stages and then Manchester City.
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