He Borussia Dortmund got one this saturday suffered a home victory against Colognethanks to the single goal from Donyell Malen in the 88th minute which ultimately defined a match where in some passages the visiting team imposed its law,
Dortmund found an opponent that made it difficult for them from the startclosing the area well, showing good discipline in marking work and also in some offensive attempts.
B. Dortmund
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Cologne
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson (Hazard, 84), Süle, Hummels, Bensebaini (Wolf, 84); Sabitzer, Can (Nmecha, 59); Malen, Reus (Adeyemi, 70), Brandt; Haller (Moukoko, 59).
Cologne: Schwabe; Schmitz, Hübers, Chabot, Paqarada; Martel; Cartensen, Ljubicic, Kainz (Finkgraffe, 66); Selke (Adamyan, 52), Waldschmidt (Olesen, 66).
The objectives: 1-0, min 88: Malen
Referee: Deniz Aytekin. He advised Martel, from Cologne and Malen, from Borussia Dortmund.
Incidents: match on the first day of the Bundesliga played at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.
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In fact, the first good opportunity is for Colognein the 17th minute, at the feet of David Selke whose shot went to a corner kick that hit the crossbar after being deflected by the centre-back’s thigh Niklas Sule.
Dortmund had more of the ball, they moved it but couldn’t find spaces to reach the area.
The first time he had Dortmund in the first half he came in the 30th minute with a shot from Julian Brandt goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe deflected for a corner kick.
Throughout the second half Cologne has more arrivals than Dortmundwho seemed to lose hope as the minutes passed. In the 55′ Sargis Adamyan had a chance to open the scoring for Colonia but he found a good save from Gregor Kobel.
In the 75th minute Ljubicic had a good chance and in the 78th minute Kobel saved again before Adamyan’s header.
Malen comes out
Dortmund’s offensive attempts were disorganized. But in the end, a corner kick resulted in victory for Edin Terzic’s team.
Brandt served from the left, Felix Nmecha sent the ball long and at the far post Malen appeared He hit it hard but the ball went into the back of the net.
Source: La Verdad
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