Borussia Dortmund’s good streak, which had accumulated three wins in a row and was advancing in a renowned climb, came to a standstill in Heidenheim, against a recently promoted team, debutant in the Bundesliga this year, who maintained their form and closed the face-to-face with grace and with their fourth consecutive draw (0-0).
Losing sight of Edin Terzic’s team, winners against Darmstadt, Cologne and Bochum in their recent games, is at the top. They missed a good chance to overtake Stuttgart, third in the table, with whom they are level on points. The bid for the title is very far away. They are ten behind Bayern Munich and twelve behind the leader, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen. Borussia Dortmund will not close the gap on this date, which lacked depth and aim in the few opportunities it had in a clash that unbalanced its side after going through some difficulties at the beginning because Heidenheim showed a daring staging that cornered the visitors.
Between Jonas Fohrenbach, author of the cross, and Tim Kleindienst, who finished off the play with a header, narrowly missing, they created the first threat, before reaching twenty minutes. But around half an hour, Donyell Malen, after receiving a ball from Youssoufa Moukoko, beat Kevin Muller, although the VAR relieved Frank Schmidt’s team and frustrated Terzic’s team, who had shed the local dominance and had begun to take the reins of the duel.
Almost at the hour mark, Dortmund accelerated. Jamie Bynoe-Gittens had another chance to beat Muller on a rebound. He pulled back, somewhat forced. But he didn’t surprise the goalkeeper enough when he got the ball. He pressed the visiting team. He accentuated the bet with a triple change. Terzic brought on Emre Can, Marius Wolf and Ole Pohlmann. But then, with the same solvency, the local coach responded, bringing three others onto the field in one fell swoop: Mamon Busch, Stefan Schimmer and Kevin Sessa.
The situation did not change, which became agitated at the end in a distribution of opportunities brought about by fatigue. Dortmund did not take advantage of theirs, with a shot by Nico Schlotterbeck and another later by Niclas Fullkrug that forced Kevin Müller to make the best save of the match. Neither did Hedenheim, who signed their fourth straight draw after Kevin Sessa, with a header, saw the goal go around and the ball graze the post.
Changes
Emre Can (58′, Salih Özcan), Marius Wolf (58′, Thomas Meunier), Ole Pohlmann (58′, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens), Kevin Sessa (60′, Eren Dinkçi), Stefan Schimmer (60′, Marvin Pieringer), Marnon Busch (60′, Omar Traoré), Florian Pick (69′, Jan-Niklas Beste), Bensebaïni frames (74′, Youssoufa Moukoko), Adrian Beck (88′, Tim Kleindienst)
Cards
Referee: Bastian Dankert
Referee VAR: Dr. Felix Brych, Dr. Martin Thomsen
Ian Maatsen (79′, Yellow) Grind (94′, Yellow)