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Revier’s 180 ° derby
A Revierderby has rarely been so clear: Dortmund clearly won the prestigious duel against Schalke. Meanwhile, BVB showed a magical football. Very difficult times are breaking for S04.
Borussia Dortmund have made peace in the one-sided Revierderby and are still ongoing at least in the league. Four days after the frustrating 1: 3 at Lazio Roma in the Champions League, Dortmund battled the still harmless arch rival Schalke 04 3: 0 (0: 0) on Saturday.
Center-back Manuel Akanji (56th), who has just recovered from crown disease, scored the first goal in front of just 300 spectators, slamming the ball into the goal after a corner kick. Erling Haaland (61st) and Mats Hummels (78th) followed suit. The BVB thus remains at the top. The Royal Blues have now gone 21 league games without a win, only Tasmania Berlin 1965/66 (31) had a worst series in Bundesliga history.
Favres match 300 of the Bundesliga as coach
Lucien Favre had brought five new players to BVB’s starting lineup as coach in his 300th Bundesliga match, and in view of Akanji’s return, he successfully went from three behind to four. Marco Reus, newcomer Jude Bellingham and also Axel Witsel sat on the bench.
The Schalke coach, Manuel Baum, wanted to see from the position of the clear outsider “a team that accelerates and believes in itself”. But: In 19-year-old Malick Thiaw’s solid starting line-up debut, Schalke only looked backwards. BVB pressed, Thomas Meunier missed the first biggest opportunity (16), and goalkeeper Roman Bürki, 70 meters away, was alone in his field for minutes.
Until the break, little dangerous from Haaland
Schalke didn’t find their way into duels (just 30 percent in the first 20 minutes), and even a consistently featured counter game midway was out of the question. But, at least: a slight stabilization, combined with more toughness, brought some relief and even a corner kick. Schalke was tormented with commitment, but without finesse in the game.
Schalke were disappointed after the game in Dortmund. (Source: Leon Kuegeler / imago images)
In addition, it was shown that if there is a lack of depth and space, BVB must patiently separate a compact defense with three-quarters of the ball possession. That was very rarely successful. So maybe by force? Almost. Mahmoud Dahoud crashed a 101 km / h shot from 25 meters off the crossbar (31st). From Haaland or Jadon Sancho, however, almost nothing dangerous emerged until halftime.
For Schalke, the best news was clearly on the scoreboard. Even after the break, the guests had the biggest trouble starting the ball single-mindedly, but still avoided Dortmund’s many, many attacks – late, but effectively. Matija Nastasic in particular stood out, Salif Sané, on the other hand, almost headed in his own goal (55th). Akanji took advantage of the resulting corner, Thiaw and Sane were late. Schalke’s resistance collapsed. Sancho served Haaland, the Norwegian struck with feeling. BVB still had everything under control, Hummels raised his head.
