2023-09-17 01:36:33
Three days before entering the Champions League against PSG, Borussia Dortmund displayed important mental qualities which allowed them to reverse a complicated situation in Freiburg. Trailing at the break, the German vice-champion turned things around after returning from the locker room to snatch victory at the very end of the match.
In the Europa-Park Stadion, from the start of the match, Borussia opened the scoring thanks to a header from Mats Hummel in the 11th minute after a huge marking error. After this goal, the BVB seemed to put their opponent to sleep, failing to seduce them. The two previous missteps against Bochum (1-1) and especially against promoted Heidenheim (2-2) at home are still on everyone’s minds.
Winning coaching
The game finally gets underway in added time of the first period. Everything changes on a through ball from Vincenzo Grifo for Lucas Höler, who touches the ball enough to deceive Gregor Kobel (1-1, 45th + 2). This goal transcends the Black Forest players who take the advantage at the end of added time on a new victorious header from Nicolas Höfler (2-1, 45th + 6).
Trailing at the break, Edin Terzic, already in the hot seat with a single inaugural victory against Cologne (1-0), offers himself winning coaching with the entry of Niclas Füllkrug in place of Sébastien Haller. The returnee offers a caviar to Donyell Malen for an equalizer with a nice cross shot (60th).
Hummel, worthy of a surface fox
The end of the match becomes completely crazy with a new goal from Mats Hummel, worthy of a surface fox, by pushing a ball that was lying around in the area (2-3, 87th). The next opponent even wins by a wide margin thanks to a fourth goal from Marco Reus (90th + 3).
Failing to convince in the game, the Germans displayed heart and mental qualities to come back from hell in Fribourg. They will arrive at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday still undefeated in all competitions. Unlike PSG, who already bit the dust on Friday against Nice (2-3).
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