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Challengers to champion Bayern Munich lost points in the second round of the Bundesliga. This is what hurts Borussia Dortmund the most. Lucien Favre’s team loses 2-0 in Augsburg.
While Dortmund suffered the first defeat, RB Leipzig away Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach scored at least 1-1 in their home game against Union Berlin. For Gladbach, the draw felt like a defeat.
The team with Swiss internationals Yann Sommer and Nico Elvedi only have one point after two games. For Urs Fischer’s Union Berlin, 20-year-old defender Nico Schlotterbeck scored in the 80th minute with his first Bundesliga goal to make it 1-1.
The Dortmund team disappointed almost across the board in their defeat in Augsburg. After a good opening phase, the thread broke, and after Felix Uduokhai and Daniel Caligiuri with their goals shot FC Augsburg 2-0 until the 54th minute shortly before and shortly after the break, Dortmund hardly reacted.
Coach Lucien Favre tried to take corrective action, but substitutions for Julian Brandt, Marco Reus and the talented Brazilian Reinier also failed. Unlike in January, when Dortmund scored a 5-3 win after the break from a 1: 3 deficit thanks to three goals from Erling Haaland, this time the match was finally lost without sound. And so, at least until Sunday, not Borussia Dortmund, but Augsburg, where the Swiss Rubén Vargas was missing due to muscle problems, the new leader of the Bundesliga.
Lucien Favre explained the first loss of the season mainly because of his team’s lack of patience in the game. “It is difficult to accept this defeat. We dominate the game almost completely, ”said the BVB coach. “But if you really want to win, you have to be patient.”
Good start for Bielefeld Mainz in crisis
The first victory came Arminia Bielefeld with the Swiss side Cédric Brunner. Joan Simun Edmundsson, the Faroese forward, scored the winning goal 1-0 against 1. FC Köln just before the end. Bielefeld remains undefeated after two games and has four points.
After the training strike during the week, FSV Mainz 05 also lost their home game despite a 1-0 lead. Coach Achim Beierlorzer’s team lost to the promoted VfB Stuttgart with 1: 4.
At the bottom of the table is the beleaguered Schalke, who also failed in the home opener a week after 8-0 away at Bayern Munich. Against Werder Bremen it was 1: 3 in the empty arena. So Schalke expect a Bundesliga win even after 253 days. It was the 18th unsuccessful championship game and the fifth loss in a row. For Werder Bremen, who narrowly escaped relegation last season, forward Niclas Füllkrug scored all three goals.
Arminia Bielefeld – 1. FC Cologne 1-0 (0-0). – 5460 spectators. – Goal: 78. Edmundsson 1-0. – Comment: Arminia Bielefeld with Brunner.
Bayer Leverkusen – RB Leipzig 1: 1 (1: 1). – 6042 viewers. – Goals: 14. Forsberg 0-1. 20. Demirbay 1: 1.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Union Berlin 1: 1 (0: 0). – 10,383 viewers. – Goals: 56th Thuram 1-0. 80. Schlotterbeck 1: 1. – Comment: Borussia Mönchengladbach with Sommer and Elvedi, without Lang (substitute), Zakaria (convalescent) and Embolo (injured).
Augsburg – Borussia Dortmund 2-0 (1-0). – 6000 spectators. – Goals: 40 ° Uduokhai 1-0. 54. Caligiuri 2-0. – Comment: Augsburg without Vargas (injured), Borussia Dortmund with Bürki and Akanji, without Hitz (replacement).
Mainz – VfB Stuttgart 1: 4 (1: 1). – 3403 viewers. – Goals: 13th Quaison 1-0. 45 Wamangituka 1: 1. 61. Didavi 1: 2. 80. Klimowicz 1: 3. 87. Kalajdzic 1: 4. – Comments: Mainz without Fernandes (quarantined), VfB Stuttgart with Kobel. 77th yellow and red card against Niakhaté (Mainz). 91. Yellow-red card against Stenzel (VfB Stuttgart).
Schalke – Werder Bremen 1: 3 (0: 2). – No spectators. – Goals: 22 Füllkrug 0: 1. 37th fill cup 0: 2. 59th fill cup (foul penalty) 0: 3. 93. Uth 1: 3. – Comment: 84. Yellow-red card against Kabak (Schalke ).
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