Borussia Dortmund won the second group game at the club World Cup after the draw. Against the Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa, the performance was moderate in difficult conditions.
The BVB won 4: 3 (3: 1) on Saturday (June 21, 2025) and thus has a good chance of reaching the round of 16. What will be necessary for this in the last game against FC Ulsan HD on Wednesday from 9 p.m. German time is decided in the game between the South Korean club and Fluminense, which will be held on Sunday night.
Felix Nmecha (16th minute), Serhou Guirassy (34th) and Jobe Bellingham (45.), who came from AFC Sunderland, scored the goals for BVB before the break. Khuliso Mudau increased the lead with an own goal (60th).
Lucas Ribeiro, who won her first game 1-0 against Ulsan, brought the lead (11th), IQRAAM Rayners, scored the 2: 4 (62nd), shortly before the six -minute stoppage started, Lebo Mothiba even met.
30 degrees Celsius and quite high humidity
A good 30 degrees Celsius and a very high humidity, the Wetterapp reported in Cincinnati for the kick -off time at 12 noon. A German Bundesliga club rarely experiences such conditions, in addition there was the very sparse backdrop in a stadium that only offers space for 26,000 spectators.
The record champion from South Africa, who won the title in the past eight years, seemed to cope much better with the conditions. In any case, he was much more active than the sluggish Dortmund, who wanted to have the ball according to her trainer Niko Kovac, but initially had it much less often.
Gregor Kobel, already at 0-0 at the start against the Brazilian club Fluminense Best Dortmund, fended off the first chance of the Sundowns when he defused a shot from Tashreeq Matthews (at the end of his junior time at BVB) from a short distance.
A little later, the Swiss goalkeeper faced three opponents without a colleague being nearby.
BVB clears the way for Ribeiro
The Brazilian Lucas Ribeiro initially had Waldemar Anton and let Ramy Bensebaini go into the void before offering him to the left and right, which offered an almost safe goal. Ribeiro decided to complete himself, and he was successful (11th).
He owed Ronwen Williams to the fact that BVB quickly equalized. The South African is considered one of the best goalkeepers of the African continent, but his mistake with which he gave Felix Nmecha the first goal of Borussia at the club World Cup was amateurish. Williams played a pass for eight meters directly into the foot, the German international shot directly into the empty goal (16th).
Brandt with a precise flank on Guirassy’s head
BVB gradually increased, but it could not be seen that it was better than the Sundowns than the lead. Serhou Guirassy’s goal was nicely played out. Pascal Groß conquered the ball with an energetic pressing, Julian Brandt flanked precisely, Guirassy nodded (34th).
It came even better for the Bundesliga club before the break. Jobe Bellingham, hardly noticed until then at his start -up premiere for BVB, scored the third goal with a shot from twelve meters. Williams did not look good, he had already fended off the flank from Brandt before (45th).
At the break, the Dortmunders led clearly, even though they hadn’t shown a convincing game.
Sundowns with a quick answer to own goal
However, there was a lot for BVB, even after an hour of play when Mudau fell into his own goal.
Mamelodi, who belongs to the entrepreneur Patrice Motseep, who is also President of the African Football Association (CAF), but remained defensive. IQRAAM Rayners met just two minutes after the 1: 4.
Both teams still showed weaknesses on the defensive afterwards, but only the Mamelodi Sundowns took advantage of this. Lebo Mothiba was released and pushed the ball past Kobel to 3: 4. But even after an exciting added time, it remained in a game in a game under difficult conditions.
Against Ulsan will also be played in Cincinnati. The Wetterapp indicates that it should get a little hotter.