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- Borussia Dortmund split from Sevilla 2-2 at home in the second leg of the Champions League.
- This is the first time since 2017 that the Germans have qualified for the quarterfinals.
- BVB forward Erling Haaland and Sevilla Youssef En-Nesyri connected twice.
- Haaland’s 2nd goal is preceded by curious but correct decisions by the VAR.
- In the second game of the night, Porto expelled Juventus from the competition despite a 2-3 loss.
Erling Haaland had a creamy night. The Norwegian goal machine in Dortmund’s ranks again made the difference.
The night scene occurred shortly after the break. Or better: it started 2 minutes after the restart and ended in 54 with 2-0 for Dortmund de Haaland. BVB delivered the short summary on Facebook as follows: “Objective. No goal. Penalty kick. No goal. Penalty kick. TOO! »
Haaland misses, gets up and hits
Executed it sounds like this: Haaland lunged through Sevilla’s defense and struck from an acute angle at the supposed 2-0. The violent use of his body was interpreted as illegal. Alone: moments before, the Norwegian himself had been knocked down in the penalty area. The VAR and referee Cüneyt Cakir jointly decided the no-goal and the penalty for Dortmund.
Of course, Haaland competed personally, and missed with a shot and a margin over the Sevillian goalkeeper Bono, who reacted strongly. But once again the VAR had a voice and vote: the Moroccan goalkeeper had stepped out of line too early and the penalty had to be repeated.
Haaland dared again, and this time his low shot dropped to the right corner. The Andalusians, with good reason, did not appreciate his provocative jubilation in Bono’s direction.
En-Nesyri prepares a double pack too late
Already the 1-0 at 35 minutes was on Haaland’s account: captain Marco Reus fell after a deep run, the youngster was perfect and scored. Overall, Haaland was extremely active again, recording several important ball wins in the offensive zone against numerically superior Andalusians.
Sevilla, meanwhile, had started like the firefighters, but were later pushed back by 2 BVB goals. But the Spanish did not give up and managed to make the matter exciting again despite the 2: 3 mortgage in the first leg.
BVB must shake
A good 20 minutes before the end, the guests received a penalty, Emre Can had worked too hard in the penalty area. Torgarant Youssef En-Nesyri from Seville went cold like ice.
And seconds before 6 minutes of injury time ran out, En-Nesyri succeeded for the second time, this time on a header. BVB swam in the last moments, but brought it 2-2 over time.
For the first time since 2017, Edin Terzic’s team has cleared the last 16 hurdles in the ‘premier class’.
