Published on : 20/08/2022 – 18:38
Munich (Germany) (AFP) – After leading by two goals at the start of the last quarter of an hour, Borussia Dortmund scuttled and conceded three goals between the 89th and 95th, conceding their first loss this season against Werder Bremen (3-2 ) in his Westfalenstadion.
With this defeat, Borussia offers a first opportunity to Bayern Munich to settle alone at the top of the Bundesliga, in the event of success in Bochum, Sunday (5.30 p.m.) at the end of the 3rd day of the German championship.
For Edin Terzic’s men, the game against Werder Bremen seemed to follow a quiet course on Saturday afternoon.
Without totally controlling the match, as captain Marco Reus admitted after the meeting at the microphone of Sky, and even being dominated in the first period, they were still quietly heading for a third success in three league games, to put pressure on Bayern.
Goals from strikes by Julian Brandt in added time in the first period (45th + 2) and Raphaël Guerreiro at the start of the last quarter of an hour (77th) were enough to delight the BVB supporters.
But at the foot of the Yellow Wall, and despite a good part of Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, the Yellows and Blacks completely sank between the 89th minute and the last of five minutes of added time.
It was first Lee Buchanan who reduced the score with the outside of his foot, before Niklas Schmidt equalized for what could have been Werder’s third 2-2 this season. But Oliver Burke at the very end of added time offered Bremen their first success of the season, which now has five points.
An unprecedented reversal of the situation for a Bundesliga match: never had a club scored three goals from the 89th minute in the German championship.
“Very bad performance”
“We have to honestly say that it’s a deserved loss. We didn’t have a good game, it was a very bad performance from us, even in the first half, even if we managed to take the advantage over the last action”, conceded the coach of Borussia Edin Terzic, at the microphone of Sky after the meeting.
“Even if we didn’t control the game, when we lead 2-0 after 88 minutes, we simply have to win the game,” he added.
A little agitated Friday behind the scenes by rumors, very quickly denied by boss Hans-Joachim Watzke, of a possible arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, Borussia offers Leipzig the possibility of picking up a point.
The teammates of Christopher Nkunku, who aspire to challenge the supremacy of Munich (ten times reigning German champion), were held in check in Stuttgart (1-1) and against Cologne (2-2), and must impose in Berlin on the lawn of the Union at the end of the afternoon (6:30 p.m.), to return in the wake of Borussia after three days.
On the other hand, nothing is going well for Bayer Leverkusen, third in the Bundesliga last season and qualified for the Champions League this season, which sank at home against Hoffenheim (3-0).
This third defeat in the league, to which must be added a pitiful elimination in the 1st round of the German Cup against a team promoted to the 3rd division, nails Bayer to last place and plunges it into a crisis for its worst start. season, while the draw for the Champions League group stage is scheduled for Thursday.
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