Zero number in the parallel game
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Borussia Dortmund won the 10 million dollar game at the club World Cup against Ulsan HD and reached the round of 16 as the group first. The team of coach Niko Kovac in Cincinnati won 1-0 (1-0) against the South Koreans harmless over long distances in Cincinnati.
“We wanted to survive the group phase, we wanted to go to the round of 16, which was successful,” said Kovac at “DAZN”. “The first half was neat for this heat. Sure, in the second half you saw that the boys managed it a bit.”
For BVB, who benefited from 0: 0 in the parallel game between Mamelodi Sundowns and Fluminense Rio de Janeiro, the next Tuesday in Atlanta will continue. The game will kick off on Wednesday morning at 3 a.m. The opponent was not yet clear at the end of the game.
Through the game against Ulsan alone, BVB took almost $ 10 million for victory ($ 2 million) and the round of 16 ($ 7.5 million). This increases the income of the Dortmund at the tournament to around $ 40 million including the entry fee. “The bottom line is that we deservedly progressed with fluminense,” said Kovac.
Without the spared Julian Brandt and Niklas Süle this time, the Dortmunders had little effort with Ulsan, who ended the tournament without great heat. Among the only 8,239 spectators were US Vice President JD Vance and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino. The safety precautions in the game were correspondingly high.
At around 35 degrees Celsius, the substitute players of BVB stayed in the cabin as in the second group game against Mamelodi (4: 3) in Cincinnati. “This has nothing to do with sport,” Kovac said before the game on the conditions and spoke of “felt 41 degrees”.
BVB game -determining, but with little intensity
For the first time at this tournament, Dortmund was clearly game -determining and had a significantly more possession against the South Koreans, who had no chance before the game. However, the Westphalia made very little out of their superiority. There was also a lot missing in terms of intensity.
Only newcomers Jobe Bellingham convinced with his presence. The Englishman initially had bad luck in the 27th minute in a volley shot that narrowly missed the goal. Ten minutes later, however, he then gave the preparatory work on the redeeming and deserved tour of Svensson.
After the change of sides, little changed on the picture. Dortmund checked the game, also achieved opportunities, but did not use them. Therefore, it remained unnecessarily exciting until the end. Ulsan actually also came to score. However, the Westphalia no longer really got into danger. For BVB we went back to Florida immediately after the game, where the team in Fort Lauderdale prepared for the knockout round.
