From BZ/dpa
Super Sunday for Union Berlin!
The Irons beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 (2-0) in the top game in the Alte Försterei and remain leaders! BVB, on the other hand, loses sight of the top positions in eighth place, seven points behind Union.
The Iron Ones are completely different: With Janik Haberer’s first double goal (8th/21st minute), Union built its lead in front of 22,012 spectators in the sold-out stadium at the Alte Försterei before the duel between the pursuers FC Bayern Munich and SC Freiburg further out on Sunday evening.
Clear path for Unions Janik Haberer after the error by Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel (r.). The Unioner can push the ball into the empty goal Photo: TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP
By now it should be clear to everyone: Coach Urs Fischer’s team, unbeaten in eleven league home games, can be expected to be at the top of the table for longer. There is no end in sight to the Union saga.
Super Sunday. Union coach Urs Fischer had only a smile for this term about the double summit in Berlin and Munich. The Swiss don’t like it too thick. But there was no question that this day was historic for Köpenick. Exactly 96 years ago, the journeyman shoemaker Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt marched into the town hall, a good one kilometer from the old forester’s lodge, in a captain’s uniform he had made himself, to plunder the city treasury. The Wuhlheide has been around for a long time with cheeky raids.
Janik Haberer is happy about his goal to 2:0 against Dortmund Photo: Michael Sohn/AP
The Dortmund fans might ask themselves shortly after kick-off whether that was really Gregor Kobel in their goalkeeper jersey. First the Swiss let a fairly harmless shot from Andras Schäfer (4th) bounce. Still without consequences. When he slipped slapstick a little later, Haberer only had to push the ball over the line.
Such leadership is known to be the best thing that can happen to Union. The scenery was there and Dortmund had to sort itself out. That just seemed to work when the next quick attack came from Schäfer. Jordan Siebatcheu pushed to Haberer, who gave Kobel no chance with his low shot. The Irons now stood securely in their beloved basic formation. The data providers recorded more than two-thirds of ball possession for Dortmund shortly before half-time. Statistics can also be useless.
Dortmund world champion Mats Hummels tries to stop Unions Jordan Siebatcheu Photo: City Press
Terzic reacted with a triple change. Reus made a comeback four weeks after his ligament injury. With the captain’s armband on his arm, the 33-year-old constantly challenged the ball. Julian Brandt and Donyell Malen also came on for more assertiveness on offense. Union had the first good chances again. Kobel defused a header from Timo Baumgartl (55′). Ex-Unioner Nico Schlotterbeck saved with a tackle just before Schäfer (65th).
Union goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow saves against Marco Reus Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa
Dortmund seemed unimaginative and dismayed. Reus (77th) was stopped in a solo by Union goalkeeper Rönnow. Youssoufa Moukoko (79th/83rd) had the same experience twice. The Berlin fans sang “German champion is only the FCU”.