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Marco Reus still had an audience after the game.
The winner of the match, which led BVB to their first win since 2012 out of fear of their opponents, Hoffenheim, had yet to go on a short marathon of television interviews. And around 30 fans from their blue bucket seats in the emptying Sinsheimer Arena heard what the BVB captain had to say there on the grass.
“The deciding factor was that we scored the goal,” said the striker after the narrow 1-0 victory at TSG. “It turned out relatively early that whoever scores the first goal will also win this match.”
In the 64th minute there was the decisive double change at BVB: coach Lucien Favre, who had started the rotary machine after the international break and had left many regular workers out, brought in Reus and Erling Haaland for the disappointing Jadon Sancho and Julian Brandt. (Bundesliga table)
Zorc: “Haaland and Reus give an offensive push”
Sporting director Michael Zorc was happy: “With the substitution of Haaland and Reus, we got another offensive boost and created a lot of scoring opportunities.”
Just eleven minutes after the double change, the two noble pranksters in co-production in front of 6,030 fans secured the third win of the season. Giovanni Reyna headed a long ball to Haaland in midfield. The 20-year-old Norwegian escaped from Kevin Akpoguma and pushed the ball past goalkeeper Oliver Baumann to Reus, who only had to insert it loosely.
It was Reus’ first goal in the Bundesliga since February 1 in a 5-0 win over Union Berlin. And his first Joker goal in the league in six years. On March 22, 2014, the national player scored for the last time after a substitution in the 3-0 win against Hannover.
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Super Joker Reus? The role could fit quite well in the future.
The 31-year-old offensive star is known to be extremely susceptible to injury, most recently struggling to recover after a nearly nine-month injury hiatus. Reus, who is looking wildly upbeat these days, could give preference to 14-year-old mega talent Gio Reyna (17) in center and decide future matches through his long experience off the bench.
Already on his competitive comeback in the DFB Cup a month ago in Duisburg, Reus scored a 5-0 win as a joker.
That’s why Reus was not in the starting eleven
Why didn’t the crowd favorite in Hoffenheim play from the start? In SPORT1When asked, Favre said: “Marco Reus was injured eight days after the game against Freiburg. He did not train much and only started training with the team again on Tuesday.”
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Reus, who gave his coach his 149th win in the 300th game as Bundesliga coach at Hertha, Gladbach and BVB, summed up: “We always had a hard time at Hoffenheim. It was an even match and it came in the second half for be more determined. We are happy to have started the next English weeks with a victory. “
BVB will play in the Champions League in Lazio Rom on Tuesday (Champions League: Lazio Rom – Borussia Dortmund, Tuesday starting at 9 pm in LIVETICKER). In October it will also be against Schalke (October 24), Saint Petersburg (October 28) and Bielefeld (October 31).
“This year the program is a little stricter,” says Reus, “but in principle you have to regenerate a lot, you have to take good care of your body, you have to eat well. Then, hopefully, everyone will succeed.”
