Borussia Dortmund, with goals from Sancho and Reus, knocked out Luuk de Jong’s PSV

He Borussia Dortmund, The European champion in 1996-97 and runner-up in 2012-13, will not miss the quarterfinals of the 2023-24 Champions League. After 1-1 in the first leg in Eindhoven, goals scored by Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus allowed Dortmund to eliminate Luuk de Jong’s PSV Eindhoven, the great dominator of the Eredivisie, in the second leg (2- 0).

Borussia Dortmund started with a bang, pressing hard, showing themselves to be superior to PSV in a great start by the German team. Jadon Sancho, the prodigal son who came home in the winter market after failing at Manchester United, vindicated himself by scoring Borussia Dortmund’s first goal and he did it very early, in the 3rd minute.

Sancho (who retired injured in the 75th minute) took advantage of the ball from Julian Brandt and scored a very tight shot. It was a unleashed Borussia Dortmund, which could have scored more goals, as when Walter Benítez twice stopped Edin Terzic’s second from a chance by Donyell Malen, a former PSV player and another of the standouts .

The fact is that, little by little, Borussia Dortmund went from dominating to being dominated by a PSV that grew but found itself with a great Gregor Kobel, who made many great interventions, for example against Johan Bakayoko, which became a nightmare for the Germans.

Furthermore, ex-Barcelona player Luuk de Jong, captain of the Eindhoven team, lacked his usual goals this time around, making him score 31 goals in all competitions this season.

Amid the danger PSV were creating, Niclas Füllkrüg scored Borussia Dortmund’s second goal, but it was disallowed for offside. But the pressure continued from Einhoven to Dortmund. Luuk de Jong could have scored for his team, but his shot went up. And in the last breath, a slip by Isaac Babadi was taken advantage of by Marco Reus to finish the decision in the 95th minute. Cruel outcome for PSV.