Borussia Dortmund has only brought about a draw with an offensive reckless appearance in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Lille. The BVB separated from the northern French on Tuesday 1-1 (1-0). Dortmund had to pay the game with a serious injury to Daniel Svensson, who had to leave the square deep in the second half after a duel with a knee injury.
The strong Karim Adeyemi, who scored a precision shot in the first half, provided a lot of relief among the continued tense Dortmunders to 1-0. Most recently, BVB had celebrated two successes in series. But disillusionment immediately resigned when Hakan Haraldson scored the 1-1 for OSC Lille (68th). The hoped -for stabilization of the Dortmund game was only achieved in the first section, the second half brought an inexplicable drop in performance.
Captain Can: “far too passive”
“We have to win here at home. The fans burned here, actually a shame, but it goes on. We may have heavy legs, but that shouldn’t be an excuse”said Adeyemi at Prime Video, and added “It was a bit unclean generally of the team. It was difficult to generate goal opportunities. The next game is all the more important, then we’ll get it at home.” His captain Emre Can said it was “Not good at all” been, “We were far too passive in the second half. We didn’t go where it hurts. We have to be braver. We can do that better.” Nevertheless you drive “With a wide chest to Lille”according to the defense chief, “We believe that we can get there.” Shalls see national player Pascal great: “Everything is still in there. We want to win there and get ahead.”
Keyword “precision”
A lot of precision, black and yellow, otherwise had a lot of lack, especially on the offensive. Jamie Gitten and Julian Brandt, both sent to the pitch from coach Niko Kovac from the start of the game, suffered from a lack of match practice. Playing times were missed, walking paths were wrong, it bumped into the first third of the game in the third of the game.
Dortmund defensively convincing
But the hosts’ defense was like clockwork. Lille’s striker Jonathan David and the younger brother of Kylian Mbappé, the 18-year-old Ethan, both had no conclusion. This was ensured by Emre Can, who raptured the Dortmund fans with a courageous duel against David in the ninth minute.
Dortmund checked the game with a four chain against the ball, with an offensive offensive out of this chain. With all the superiority in midfield: Hardly anything went together at the front. In his best campaign, Gitten stuck on Serhou Guirassy after a strong start, but whose shot was blocked (10th)
Standard action brings the leadership
The home side then once again thanked “Borussia Adeyemi”. After his outstanding appearance in the Bundesliga against FC St. Pauli (one goal, a template), the arrow -fast right wing took out a corner in the 20th minute: Julian Ryerson, recovered from his infection, brought the ball from right inside, Adeyemi lurked at the edge of the penalty area and used the originally defended ball by flat shot to the acclaimed guided tour.
However, there were no further big opportunities for the Dortmund: a long-range shot after an explosive start of Nico Schlotterbeck stroked the gate of the guests from France, but would have been on the job Osc keeper Lucas Chevalier. A gate from the otherwise rather inconspicuous Pascal Groß After another corner in added time, was not rightly given due to an offside position. By the way, who had brought the corner out? – Of course adeyemi.
Lille stronger after the break
At the beginning of the second round, the guests were more determined and duel stronger than in the first phase of the game. Mbappé and David combined nicely into the penalty area of the hosts, but the enormously hardworking Svensson blocked the striker of Lille (53.).
And suddenly the VAR had to work: after a duel with Schlotterbeck, David went down – but there was neither a penalty whistle nor afterwards a revision of this decision by the Spanish referee Jose Sanchez Martinez.
Haraldson: First skirmish with Rerson and then “gate”
Neither Mbappe nor David became more and more focused on the French game, but Hákon Haraldson. Julian Rerson hardly got a grip on the stronger Icelanders, and the two blondes kept together, the referee quoted the two arguments.
But Haraldson remained hot – especially in the 68th minute: Centrally, David stuck the Icelandic colleague with an exact passport, who pounded the ball past Gregor Kobel into the goal when falling.
Svensson injured out
The BVB may have to pay for its eve final first leg with a serious injury to Daniel Svensson. When Lilles André Gomes hit the Swedes’s hinge, he got into the spin and immediately reached the knee when falling. His facial expressions suggested bad things, the colleagues Can and Schlotterbeck immediately signaled: the colleague needs medical care and probably has to be replaced (81.).
Previously, Schlotterbeck had once strongly clarified against Matia’s Fernandez-Pardo, but Dortmund was no longer in the game. The BVB only won 33% of the duels in the second phase of the game, no more goal was scored. Lille earned the draw, Dortmund has to increase in the second leg.