He flew to the “8” with Sancho and Royce from… the old Dortmund!

“Struck” in the beginning and in the final and made an appointment for the quarterfinals Dortmund!

Edin Terzic’s team won 2-0 Eindhoven in “Westphalia” for the second leg of the “16” phase of the Champions League, in a game that preceded early with Jadon Sancho and sealed the qualification to the “8” of the competition with his goal Marco Royce in the finale.

Each team had their own good half, with the Germans having the upper hand in the first with an excellent goal Malenwhile for the longest period of the second the visitors dominated, with the beam of Losano in the 53rd minute and his huge chance De Jong in the fifth minute of stoppage time, which failed to send the game to overtime.

The match:

Better start she couldn’t expect from her players Dortmund Edin Terzic. The home team, boosted by the atmosphere in “Westfalen”, went in Very loud and in the 2nd minute Philkrug had a good look at Brad in the area, who, however, was cut and then the ball was placed in Maachen, who took the shot, but Benitez told him “no” impressively. The Germans continued to be high in the next minute (3′) they opened the score! Eindhoven’s defense couldn’t clear the ball, Brad laid on Sancho and he scored 1-0 with a great shot outside the area.

Dortmund were finding space easily and in the 11th minute they circulated the ball quickly, Mullen laid nicely in Philkrug, who however made a bad finish. In the 16th minute, Edin Terzic’s side missed a great double chance to find a second goal when Mullen saw Brad in the area, who shot but Benitez saved, the Malen he got the rebound, but the Dutch keeper was there again and kicked for a corner.

Sancho may have scored the home team’s goal, but the constant source of danger in the Dutch defense was Malen, who took efforts on him and systematically looked for the goal. As for example in the 27′ phase when o Sabitzer he played a nice diagonal ball to the 25-year-old, who took the shot, but the ball went just wide of Benitez’s right-hand crossbar.

From that point until the 34th minute, the visitors tried to circulate the ball and become threatening: the effort of Dest in the 27th minute he did not threaten, while in the 31st minute he did Bakayoko made a nice effort from the right, curled in, with the shot he attempted ending up in Cobell’s arms.

Dortmund managed to keep the ball at their feet, dropping the pace that Eindhoven tried to pick up and in the 40′ Malen, who did not stop being mobile, shot from the side, the ball found the side net and went out. The first half did not spare another moment, with the hosts going with me qualifying score in the dressing room thanks to Sancho’s early goal.

At the start of the second half, Peters Bos came into the game Losano in Till’s place and immediately Eindhoven became more aggressive. In fact, in the 53rd minute, the Mexican found space outside the area and with lightning bolt the ball found Kobel’s right crossbar. Three minutes later (56′) the Dutch threatened with his effort Mauro Jr, with Kobel driving away for a corner. In the 62nd minute, Lozano converged and shot as soon as he entered the area, but saw the ball go wide.

During the superiority of the guests o Philkrug in the 64th minute he headed in a sweet cross from Mullen, but Benitez was on hand. Eindhoven continued to press and in the 68th minute his effort Bakayoko from inside the area he countered, with the Germans standing lucky at this stage, while a minute later (69′) De Jong’s header went wide. Peter Bosz’s players had put those of Edin Terzic on the ropes, with Bakayoko impressively laying Hummels on the ground in the 71st minute, but Kobel made the save.

De Jong from an advantageous position wasted a good moment to score in the 71st minute, while two minutes later (73′) Sancho left with a forced substitution and was replaced by Royce. In fact, in the 77th minute, the experienced German midfielder executed the free kick exemplary from the right, Philkrug with a wonderful finish he made it 2-0, but his goal was disallowed after a VAR review for offside.

In the 80’s Losano missed wasted a great moment, but even if he had scored it would have been disallowed for offside, while Eindhoven played their last minute substitutions to send the match into extra time, with De Jong missing out terrible chance at 90+5′! Pepi’s perfect 1-2 with the Dutchman, who failed to send the ball into the net from close range.

So, a few seconds after the great moment of the Dutch, o Royce said “thank you” to the mistake made by the visitors’ defense, found himself in a four-four position and scored the 2-0, with Dortmund to celebrate with the final whistle the qualification to the quarter-finals of the Champions League!

Dortmund (Edin Terzic): Kobel, Can, Zule, Hummels, Maachen, Ozkan, Zabitcher, Sancho (75′ Reus), Mullen (70′ Andiemi), Brad (58′ Enmetsa), Philkrug.

Eindhoven (Peter Bosch): Benitez, Tese, Suten, Boscali, Dest, Till (46’Losano), Mauro Junior (86’Babadi), Firman (82’Pepi), Bakayoko, Tillman, De Jong.

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