Captain Marco Reus and Julian Brandt once again harmonized splendidly in BVB’s 3-0 (2-0) win at the start of the Champions League against FC Copenhagen. The latter saw a need to catch up after the past few years.
In front of the Dortmund European Cup crowd of 70,700 spectators, it got really loud for the first time after 35 minutes early on Tuesday evening: Marco Reus, known as a 1-0 specialist, cracked the Copenhagen bulwark with his goal after a fine pass from Julian Brandt and thus took his team’s victory Uncertainty.
“The way he has led the way in the last few games is outstanding. That’s how we imagine our captain and he’s welcome to continue like that,” enthused coach Edin Terzic. Sports director Sebastian Kehl’s verdict was similarly euphoric: “He’s super stable and runs an incredible amount for the team. Marco is a lot of fun at the moment.”
Reus’ form curve, which has been increasing for weeks, should also please Hansi Flick with a view to the upcoming World Cup. It is quite possible that Brandt will also gain favor with the national coach and become a candidate for Qatar again. The attacking midfielder, who was voted “Man of the match”, once again harmonized splendidly with Reus. Of sport.de both got those great grade 1.5.
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“Marco and Julian have known each other for a very, very long time. They understand each other off the pitch and both have an intuition within them,” praised Kehl and also referred to Brandt’s improved zeal in winning the ball: “Julian bites into it, he He also tackles tackles, he was aggressive too. And with the ball he has moments that can make all the difference.”
The praised one himself dutifully returned the compliments. “We had some men of the match on the field,” Brandt pointed out. About the interaction with Reus he said: “At the moment it suits us extremely well. Against Bremen Marco passed the ball to me, now I twice to him.”
According to Brandt, however, an increase was also overdue. “In the past few years, we’ve given each other a few assists,” admitted the creative head.