[ad_1]
Jadon Sancho scored the first goal on Wednesday night (October 28, 2020) in the 78th minute with a penalty, Erling Haaland added in injury time (90 ° + 1).
With the 2-0 (0-0) deserved at the end despite the unglamorous performance, visibly relieved Dortmund celebrated the first three of the Champions League season. Lucien Favre’s team had lost the first game against Lazio.
Few chances, lots of possession
In a difficult initial phase, it took a quarter of an hour until the first opportunity to score. BVB youth Giovanni Reyna took aim with a shot from the edge of the box, but missed the guest gate post on the left. Ten minutes later, Marco Reus, who had returned to the starting line-up, put Russian goalkeeper Michail Kerzhakov to the test with a free kick that the goalkeeper thanked.
Of the Russians, some of whom defended with eight men in their own penalty area, almost nothing was offensive. Sebastian Driussi had a header opportunity in the 35th minute against Roman Bürki, who was a bit unlucky in this scene, but put the ball slightly over the box. For the rest, the entire first half presented an identical image: Dortmund practically permanently on the ball, Zenit very withdrawn, almost without possibilities of completing. Shortly before the halftime whistle, Haaland should have made it 1-0 with the best possible chance, but he aimed unusually to the right from the left half position (42nd). With 67 percent possession but no hit, BVB finally came into halftime.
The penalty kick brings redemption
Like the weather, the game did not improve in the second half. The Dortmunders were constantly looking for the breach in the white-clad defense network. Mahmoud Dahoud came close to scoring with a long shot in the 65th minute, but Kerzhakov directed the ball around the post. The guests had put aside their hesitant attack attempts from the first half, Sergei Semak’s team wanted to secure this point.
She could have been successful if Vyacheslav Karavaev hadn’t been extremely clumsy in the duel with Thorgan Hazard and knocked the Belgian to the ground with a penalty. Sancho converted the penalty from the lower right corner. The great final offensive of the guests did not occur despite the deficit. Dortmund eventually brought close success over time, in injury time Haaland scored the second goal ahead of Kerzhakov.
Next week against Brujas
“We often had the ball and we had to play fast. We knew the opportunity would come. In the end, there are three important points.Haaland said after the game on “Sky”. Favre named the achievement “fairly good” and he was in no way dissatisfied.
Third in the group, one point behind Lazio Roma and Club Brugge, Dortmund will have a chance to move up to one of the top two spots against Brugge on Wednesday (04.11.2020). As the last of the group without points, Zenit have to add points against Lazio.
