Borussia Dortmund continued to put pressure on their rivals in the title race and will go to bed this Friday as Bundesliga leaders after beating Werder Bremen 1-0.
This is the fifth consecutive victory for the team Edin Terzicwhich remains unbeaten in the first eight games and temporarily leads with one point more than Bayer Leverkusen, two more on Stuttgart and three more on Bayern Munich.
Niclas Füllkrugsigned last summer by Dortmund, He faced his former team, but it was a good night for Julian Brandt, who celebrated his 300th Bundesliga game by scoring a goal. At 27 years old, He is the third youngest player to reach this milestone.
Furthermore, it was a goal in keeping with his excellent footballing quality. Emre read his unmarking perfectly diagonally and gave him a perfect pass between the lines that left him alone in front of goal Michael Zetterer, which Brandt overcame by chipping the ball in class (67′).
In that game, Dortmund found the gap between Werder Bremen’s defense, which they searched for from the opening whistle with constant waves.
Bremen hold on
Terzic’s team started the game very well, with attacking mobility and a devilish pace translating into chances but Donyell Malen and Marius Wolf They cannot materialize them in the first minutes.
Bremen resisted Dortmund’s rushing start and hardly let the game cool down at times, although they were hardly able to get everything out in attack.
The goal is resisting
The local dominance was continuous and as the minutes ticked by it was inevitable for Bremen to fight off rival attacks. Julian Ryerson He provided a curling shot that was picked up by an inspired Zetterer (23′) and before the break Dortmund had two more clear chances.
In half an hour Brandt leaves the golden ball to Marco Reus, whose cross shot missed by a millimeter. And in the 44th minute, Zetterer responded with a save on Malen’s close-range shot.
The bolt jumped but without success
In the second half, Dortmund completely surrounded Bremen. Malen grabbed the goal again with a volley before Brandt opened the scoring and sealed the match.
Dortmund never looked in danger of victory although they wasted a few chances to win more comfortably, such as a shot from Felix Nmecha over the crossbar with all his favors.
A very limited Bremen offense did not cause any problems and they suffered their sixth defeat in eight games. With 6 points, they are 14th and could be close to the relegation spots depending on other results.
Source: La Verdad
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