Borussia Dortmund celebrates his first win at the club World Cup. Only the offensive can convince. The defense presents itself. The individual criticism.
A tremble victory against the Mamelodi Sundowns makes Borussia Dortmund dream of the round of 16 at the club World Cup. The BVB ultimately prevailed against the South Africans on Saturday evening in Cincinnati with 4: 3 (3: 1) and thus already has four points on the property after the 0-0 in the opening game against Fluminense.
Felix Nmecha (16th minute) and Serhou Guirassy (34th) turned the game in the first round in favor of the Bundesliga club after Lucas Ribeiro had the Sundowns in the lead (11th). New signing Jobe Bellingham, who was in the starting eleven of Dortmund for the first time, increased to 3: 1 (45th) with his first goal for his new employer before the break.
In the second section, an own goal of Khuliso Mudau celebrated BVB again (60th). Nevertheless, the eleven of coach Niko Kovač had to worry about success. IQRAAM Rayners (62nd) and Lebo Mothiba (90th) fueled the hope of the outsiders by no means without a chance. In the end, Dortmund saved the result against the sacrificing fighting sundowns over time.
“We certainly didn’t make the best game today,” Kovač summarized the performance of his team after the game, but made it clear that the bottom line was that victory was counting.
Above all, the performance of his defense is likely to have driven the worry lines onto the coach. A German national player was number one at BVB. He received the T-Online note 6. Two other defensive players also disappointed. You can read who it is here or up in the photo show.