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“It was a successful evening for me. We were sovereign in defense and we kept zero, which is the most important thing,” Roman Bürki said satisfied after the final whistle at Signal Iduna Park. DAZN.
Not only the Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper could be satisfied with the evening, because thanks to goalkeeper Erling Haaland and art shooter Jadon Sancho, BVB have only one leg in the Champions League round of 16.
Coach Lucien Favre’s team beat Belgian champions Club Bruges 3-0 (2-0). (LIVETICKER to read)
In the next home match against Lazio Roma, the Giallorossi need only one point to reach the knockout phase early. (Service: Champions League tables)
Sancho “just happy”
The atmosphere with black and yellow could hardly be better. “This is part of the football, the fun and the joy despite these depressing conditions. You can feel it in the team,” said Sebastian Kehl, head of the BVB licensed players department. “We want to start a real race now, we still have much earlier up at Christmas and then the victory was extremely important today. “
“We have brought good characters who manage to get by on the pitch and don’t hold back,” said Bürki: “And Erling is an exceptional player at the front who makes things easy. Nobody talks about mentality anymore. Now we want him Group win. “. (The individual review of BVB)
Haaland (18th, 60th) with his 15 and 16 Champions League goals in the twelfth game and Sancho (45th) with a remarkable free-kick in Dortmund’s fifth consecutive home win at the highest European level. Second place in the Bundesliga is therefore on track in all competitions. (Service: Champions League fixtures and results)
“I’m just happy to play. I have coaches and teammates who believe in me,” Sancho enthused DAZN: “The past time has been difficult for me. The point now is how I get back. Performances like this help you rebuild yourself to get back to where I was before. “
Favre rotates a lot
Favre implemented the announced rotation consistently and changed his eleven positions to five positions in contrast to the convincing performance at Hertha BSC (5: 2). Among other things, Sancho and Thorgan Hazard have moved on to the starting lineup for captain Marco Reus and Julian Brandt. Storm talent Youssoufa Moukoko sat on the bench, a new record debut did not materialize.
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The changes did not change the flow of the match in Dortmund. Passionate, determined, creative: the hosts have dominated since the beginning. Haaland lost the first opportunity to take the lead (2nd). The Norwegian did better 16 minutes later, after a fine pass from Sancho passed in front of goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. It was BVB’s 200th goal in the premier class.
Dortmund also had a lot of control the next day, even if the guests didn’t hide and tried to find playful solutions. Bruges was rarely dangerous. A long-range shot by Ruud Vormer (23rd) missed the target.
The German runner-up pushed for the second goal. Manuel Akanji (32nd), Giovanni Reyna (41st) and Thomas Delaney (43rd) initially offered good opportunities. Seconds before the half-time whistle, Sancho hit a free kick from about 20 meters into the corner.
Haaland can relax
After the change, BVB sought the decision. The greatly improved Sancho hit the ball in a good position but did not hit the ball correctly (48th), Haaland moved clearly (50th). The Favre team continued to combine fluently, but played too complicated in some situations.
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On the defensive level, the four defenders chosen by Favre this time with the chief of defense Mats Hummels had almost everything under control. As with the 3-0 first leg defeat, Bruges were overall too harmless despite some good approaches. However, BVB got lucky when Vormer slipped just over a sharp flank (58th).
Given the reassuring double advantage and the crazy race of appointments until Christmas, the hosts managed calmly in some phases, but Haaland still did not have enough. The 20-year-old took advantage of a mistake in Bruges’ defense for his third goal of the evening. Vormer had thrown the ball at him involuntarily.
Favre then made the first changes to save precious energy for subsequent activities: even Haaland was able to relax.
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With sports information service (SID)
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