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Thanks to Sevilla FC’s 3: 2 (3: 1), interim coach Edin Terzic’s team can aspire to the first quarter-finals of the Champions League since 2017.
“Overall very good”
“That feels very, very good, I’m very happy. We’ve put an exclamation point here.”said Captain Marco Reus at dawn. “We were a little too passive in the second half, but overall it was really good.”
According to him, the announcement that Rose will replace Terzic for next season has had no impact on the team. “Everyone noticed, but that will only count for us in the new season.”emphasized the captain.
Terzic now demands constancy
Double scorer Haaland reported that he spoke with Terzic a lot before the match. “He told me that today will be my game. It was an important victory.”said the Norwegian. “We had a good match schedule, but we still have to fully focus on the second leg.”
Terzic himself explained after the game: “Erling shouldn’t go into the pressure today, the other guys should do that for him, and it worked really well. The first half was really good, but that’s exactly where we want to continue. Saturday in the derby against Schalke, but then later. “Also in the second leg against Sevilla.”
Dahoud and Haaland twice
After the goals of Mahmoud Dahoud (19) and the strong Erling Haaland (27/43), the Revierclub, which was ill for the last time in the Bundesliga, enters the second leg of the second leg against the Spanish on 9 March in Dortmund with a good cushion. Goals against Suso (7th) and Luuk de Jong (84th) couldn’t change that either.
Despite a spirited start with playful advantages, Borussia suffered an early setback. As so often this season, the opponent scored on his first dangerous attack. The fact that Suso’s shot from 18 meters was deflected by defense chief Mats Hummels, and therefore not sustainable for goalkeeper Marwin Hitz, fit the picture of the recently unfortunate Borussia.
This time a positive reaction
But unlike in the past, the Dortmunders were undaunted and showed a positive reaction. Of all the people, Dahoud, who replaced Thomas Delaney, who had stayed home due to his wife being heavily pregnant and was in the starting lineup for the first time since December, put BVB back on the line. His brave long-distance shot from 20 meters was the reward for a brave performance up to that point.
The quick response gave Borussia an additional boost. With a lot of leg work, high speed and long-lost determination, he made life difficult for the Spanish favorites and struck out coldly again. After a brace with the strong Jadon Sancho, Haaland scored from close range for his seventh goal in the Champions League this season and the 2-1 lead for BVB.
Reus as preparer
But that’s not all: at the end of a remarkable counterattack, the Norwegian took advantage of a pass from Marco Reus and increased to 3-1 with a low shot from the side to the far corner before the break. Haaland scored 17 and 18 in the Champions League game 13. No player had ever done it before.
After the restart, Borussia slowed down and initially limited themselves to goal safety. That gave more play to the fourth of the table in Spain. However, the Dortmund gate was rarely in danger. However, luck was also involved for BVB when Oscar hit the inside post with a free kick in the 72nd minute. With six minutes to go, de Jong cut the shortcut for the hosts.
