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The blacks and yellows disappoint in Rome and receive a deserved defeat. The hosts take advantage of the weaknesses of the icy BVB: a former Dortmund rises above.
Big disappointment for Borussia Dortmund at the start of the Champions League season: the Blacks and Yellows lost their first group match at Lazio Rom with 1: 3 (0: 2) and received a low blow early on. Former Dortmund Ciro Immobile (6th), BVB goalkeeper Marwin Hitz with an own goal (23rd) and Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (76th) scored for the hosts, Erling Haaland (71st) only scored the intermediate goal. Dortmund’s defense was a torso.
“I haven’t seen a lot of good things,” BVB coach Lucien Favre said after the game on “Sky”. “I’m very disappointed”. The Swiss became unusually clear in his criticism: “We should have more patience to defend and defend all together. And I am not talking about defense.”
Motionless met early
In front of 1,000 spectators, neither the goalkeeper Marwin Hitz nor Thomas Delaney, who intervened too late, could avoid the deficit early, especially through Immobile, who put the ball into the goal from seven meters after a bad pass from Thomas Meunier. Immobile 2014/15 had played a season with very moderate success for Dortmund. He felt ignored by his colleagues.
On Tuesday he felt like returning the favor. Even after his fifth goal in the Champions League (the first four went to Dortmund), the 30-year-old started again and again in the deep: once Hitz stopped (14th), Piszczek blocked in a desperate situation (15 °), at the latest. Luiz Felipe (36º).
Dortmund had enormous difficulties
BVB made strong opponents, who were weakening in the league, and they had enormous offensive difficulties to overcome the Lazio chains. Meunier should have scored the next goal after a good presentation from Haaland (29th).
Favre spoke enthusiastically to his team in the cockpit aisle during halftime, Gio Reyna replaced Champions League rookie Jude Bellingham. That brought a bit more momentum: Haaland missed goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha (50th) with a low shot. However, Dortmund often lost the ball too quickly, ideas were lacking, Lazio were skillful and didn’t have to do much. Very little pressure was put on the technically strong midfield of the Romans. Dortmund’s first pressure phase led to the connecting goal, but five minutes later it was 1: 3.
For BVB, things go in rapid succession. On Saturday (6.30 pm / sky) Schalke 04 will reach the Revierderby Bundesliga, four days later Zenit St. Petersburg will be invited to the Champions League.
