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After a tremendous game, Borussia Dortmund prematurely bought the ticket for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
BVB had to settle for a 1-1 (1-0) win against Lazio Roma, but on the final day of the group stage they could no longer be displaced from one of the top two places. (Service: Champions League TABLES)
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BVB secured more princely income in the main class: pandemic-related losses of at least € 75 million are significantly cushioned.
Haaland’s failure hurts BVB – Hummels also injured
Before the game, however, the Dortmund side had bad news: top scorer Erling Haaland broke a muscle fiber during training and, according to coach Lucien Favre, “will not play before the beginning of January”. In injury time, Mats Hummels also had to leave the field in pain after an involuntary kick from Ciro Immobile to the left foot. (Service: Champions League SCHEDULE)
“He has had a lot of pain, but he is a strong boy. I hope he does not twist so much and can play again on Saturday,” captain Marco Reus said. Sky: “We would have liked to win, but we were too low in the second half and we had little pressure to go on.”
Especially the Haaland storm tank was deeply missed on the offensive. Raphael Guerreiro (44th) finally broke Lazio’s stronghold after an excellent combination from Dortmund. (LIVETICKER to read)
Ex-Dortmund Immobile transforms questionable 911
Former Dortmund Ciro Immobile (67.) tied at the old workplace with a converted penalty. Substitute Nico Schulz was a bit uncomfortable in the duel with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, but took off before contact.
In the morning at BVB, however, some officials had to take a deep breath. “That hurts us a lot,” sporting director Michael Zorc said of the indispensable Haaland: The phenomenon of Norwegian goals will be canceled until the new year due to a tear in the muscle fiber. Haaland had scored four times in the premier class alone, 17 of BVB’s 37 goals this season in all competitions were on his account before Lazio’s match.
BVB bites its teeth in the Lazio stronghold
Since Emre Can had also canceled due to muscle problems, only four players were left from the youngest’s starting line-up 1: 2 against 1. FC Köln. Marco Reus tried honestly, but mostly in vain, to fill the huge void in the storm left by Haaland.
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BVB dominated the game with safe and fluid combinations that, however, unsurprisingly, ultimately lacked buyers. Lazio withdrew willingly and did not make much effort to verify the strength of Dortmund’s triple defensive chain with the central figure of Mats Hummels until the first opportunity through Joaquín Correa (19th). After that, the guests showed a determined counter-football from time to time.
Instead, Reus scored a rebound from very close to the goal, seconds later Gio Reyna (30./31.) He missed.
Bürki saves BVB from a draw
The fact that Reus retired offside allowed Guerreiro to score 1-0 shortly before the break. Reyna could have made a preliminary decision (49th). It wasn’t great football, but BVB played concentrated. Motionless, he once failed in Dortmund and scored in the first leg (1: 3) Lazio scorer, was mostly up in the air. After an hour he missed with his first dangerous action in front of the attentive BVB goalkeeper Roman Bürki.
Lazio was forced to risk more in the face of the table live. Since the Dortmunders were negligent in playing their chances, the Romans came back with a penalty goal from Immobiles. With strong stops in the final phase, Bürki saved the point for BVB.
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With sports information service (SID)
