Borussia Dortmund, who qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League, instead began a path towards a farewell to the Bundesliga title after drawing 1-1 with their visit to Augsburg to sign his eighth setback of the course in 15 games which played with an erratic balance of 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses where it could end the day 13 points behind the leader.
Before the clash, Dortmund had won just one of their last six league games and could not afford to make any mistakes. In Bayer Leverkusen will not be affected and in Bayern Munich as the only member of the resistance, every day the team Edin Terzic It was diluted like a sugar cube until it reached game number fifteen, eleven points behind the leader. Another puncture means a final farewell to the title five months before the end of the Bundesliga.
Without Hummels sanctioned or Adeyemi
What’s worse, with the many casualties Dortmund suffered due to the presence in the infirmary of Julien Duranville, Youssoufa Moukoko, Felix Nmecha and Julian Ryersonin the last two games two more names fell: Mats Hummels, allowed after his dismissal from the last day in the clash against Leipzig, and Karim Adeyemi, injured in Wednesday’s Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain.
Terzic recovers Thomas Meunier At right back, he chose Nico Schlotterbeck in the center of defense and Malen Donyell in place of Adeyemi. And, certainly, Schlotterbeck and Malen claimed their share of the spotlight on two plays that would be key in the first half.
Demirovic opened the scoring
Augsburg, mired in the fight to get out of the pointless classification zone, tried to take advantage of Dortmund’s general bad mood in their last few games. And, although Terzic’s men took an early lead with two clear chances from Marco Reus and Ramy Bensebaini, That’s Augsburg opened the scoring through Ermedin Demirovic.
Schlotterbeck burst onto the scene with the Bosnian striker’s goal. The Dortmund centre-back, pushed by Demirovic, lost his position and the Augsburg player stole the ball and He defeated Gregor Kobel in a one-on-one match. It could be a foul or a likely lack of force from Schlotterbeck. The scene left room for much doubtVAR intervened and referee Matthias Jollenbeck declared a goal.
Fullkrüg, backheel assist to Malen
The splash of cold water was too intense for Dortmund, who until that moment, the 23rd minute, were clearly better than Augsburg. However, he recovered and for the rest of the first half he continued to dominate the rivalry. until he managed to tie up the other star of the afternoon, Malen, who with the cooperation of Niclas Füllkrug brought the tie to the scoreboard.
The Dutch attacker He took advantage of a wonderful heel kick from his partner on the edge of the area and, with a tight shot, achieved a draw that, until that moment, was clearly deserved. It was Dortmund’s lowest prize on the pitch and they still had 45 minutes left to secure victory.
In the second half, Augsburg came out better on the field at the WWK Arena. Dortmund got away with the team’s players’ misguided focus. Jess Thorup, that they did not see the three sticks sometimes starring Phillip Tietz, Demirovic and Elvis Rexhbecaj.
Dortmund’s final push
however, Dortmund woke up in the last period. He desperately went for success and was able to achieve it. He has three clear opportunities that they wasted Malen, Samuel Bamba -who made his first team debut- and Füllkrug. Above all, Bamba, with a brilliant header that sent him into limbo, and Füllkrug, who found himself with Dahmen’s hand who deflected the ball off the post in the 88th minute.
In the end, luck was not on the side of Terzic’s team, who continued to go down and without brakes in the Bundesliga. They have won just one of their last seven games and could end the day in sixth position, thirteen points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who host Eintracht Frankfurt this Sunday.
match lineup
1
43
3
30
6
19
24
8
twenty-one
9
27
1
24
5
23
25
4
Eleven
19
14
twenty-one
43
WWK ARENA
Gregor Kobel1
89′
Thomas Meunier24
Ramy Bensebaini5
Emre Can23
88′
78′
Niklas Süle25
Nico Schlotterbeck4
89′
Marco ReusEleven
57′
Julian Brandt19
77′
Niclas Füllkrug14
22′
76′
Donyell Malentwenty-one
3. 4′
68′
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens43
71′
Replacements
Alexander Meyer33
68′
93′
Hendry Blank42
89′
Antonios Papadopoulos47
Salih Özcan6
Giovanni Reyna7
57′
76′
Marius Wolf17
89′
Marcel Sabitzertwenty
77′
Sebastien Haller9
88′
90′
Samuel Bamba48
71′
coach
Jess Thorup
Edin Terzic
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
