A complicated but converted first. Borussia Dortmund struggled on their Westfalenstadion lawn by winning by the smallest margin (1-0) against Bayer Leverkusen, for one of the shocks of the first day of the German championship, Saturday .
With this success, Marco Reus’ teammates join the train of the six clubs – Munich, Freiburg, Union Berlin, Mönchengladbach, Mainz and Dortmund – having won their first Bundesliga meeting this weekend.
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And while waiting for the last two matches on Sunday, the trip from Leipzig to Stuttgart (3.30 p.m.) and the reception of Schalke in Cologne (5.30 p.m.), it is Bayern Munich who retain first place in the standings, after their offensive demonstration in Frankfurt ( 6-1), Friday evening.
After a first match won without incident in the 1st round of the German Cup against 1860 Munich (3rd div.), Edin Terzic passed his first big test at the head of a Borussia Dortmund now deprived of its Norwegian center forward Erling Haaland, left for England in Manchester City this summer.
Looking for a solution to fill the void left by Haaland, Dortmund’s attack saw Karim Adeyemi, the promising German international, European U21 champion in 2021, come out in the 23rd minute. He is due for exams on Sunday to find out more about his left foot injury.
Convincing rookie Schlotterbeck
But in the second half, the Borussia defense was put under pressure, suffering successive attacks from Bayer. Twice, the equalizer was denied to Leverkusen for offside to Exequiel Palacios (52nd) and Sardar Azmoun (80th).
The Czech center-forward of Bayer Leverkusen, Patrik Schick has repeatedly stumbled on the goalkeeper of Borussia Dortmund, the Swiss Gregor Kobel. Dortmund finally held on defensively, thanks to a big part of their summer rookie Nico Schlotterbeck.
For Terzic, who had already spent a few months at the helm of Dortmund in the second half of the 2020/21 season replacing Lucien Favre, the next day will be a new test, against Freiburg, fifth last season. .
With enticing attacking play, Freiburg went to correct Augsburg 4-0 and grabbed second place just behind Bayern. On Saturday, for their return to the Bundesliga after a year in the second division, Werder Bremen went for a draw at Wolfsburg (2-2), after leading 2-1 until the 86th minute.
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