2024-04-07 12:27:38
After the 2-0 win at FC Bayern, BVB wanted to improve in the next top game against Stuttgart. But a bitter defeat followed.
VfB Stuttgart dealt BVB a bitter blow in the fight for a Champions League place. The Swabians beat Dortmund 1-0 in the top Bundesliga game and drew level with FC Bayern on points. Only the goal difference keeps Bayern in second place in the Bundesliga. BVB, on the other hand, slipped to fifth place. Rasenballsport Leipzig moves past the black and yellow after a 4-1 win at SC Freiburg.
The decisive goal in the top game was once again scored by top scorer Serhou Guirassy, who scored in the 64th minute after an assist from Jamie Leweling.
That’s how the game went
There was a great atmosphere before kick-off. The fans celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Dortmund stadium with an impressive stadium choreography, a performance by the Dortmund Philharmonic and numerous other activities. A little later there was nothing comparable to see on the pitch. Both teams treated each other with a lot of respect and shied away from taking risks. Only a long-range shot by BVB captain Emre Can, which was parried by VfB keeper Alexander Nübel, was there a danger of scoring (14th).
Compared to the two poor performances against VfB so far this season, BVB was significantly more active this time. Nevertheless, for a long time there was a lack of brilliant ideas to shake the stable Stuttgart defense. The visitors’ wait-and-see tactics were almost rewarded early on: after Chris Führich’s cross, striker Guirassy was close to making it 1-0 with his header, but didn’t hit the ball properly (25′).
However, Dortmund’s biggest chance to date came when Mats Hummels fed the fast Karim Adeyemi (31′). But the attacker, who had recently improved his form, failed to score against Nübel.
However, the spectators did not see a lively top game with many goal area scenes until half time. Until then, the duel between the table neighbors lived on tactics and fight, rather than on playful finesse.
Even after the restart, restraint prevailed. Although BVB increased the pressure on the opponent’s goal, despite all their commitment, they couldn’t find any gaps. More and more both teams seemed to be waiting for the other to make a game-winning mistake.
At least for VfB, this approach paid off. Coach Sebastian Hoeneß’s team used a bad pass from Can to launch an exemplary counterattack and skilfully outplayed the previously stable BVB defense. Once again we could rely on striker Guirassy, who shot coldly after a low cross from Jamie Leweling. With his 24th goal of the season, Guirassy equalized Mario Gomez’s previous VfB record from the 2008/2009 season.
This deficit had an effect on Dortmund. They tried to turn the game around with furious attacks. That could have been successful if Nico Schlotterbeck hadn’t shot the ball over the goal from three meters (80′).