He triumphed in the sensational match with her Atletico MADRID and qualified for the semi-finals of this year’s Champions League Dortmund!
The Westphalians found themselves in a qualifying position by overturning a 2-1 deficit from the first match with two goals from Brad (34′) and Maachen (39′) in the first half, but they saw Atlético react and equalize with own goal by Hummels (49′) and his goal Korea (64′), before the Fulkrug (71′) and Sabitzer (74′) complete the… twist on the twist, setting up the final 4-2 (5-4 the pair’s aggregate score) and sending Dortmund into the semi-finals of the top club competition for the first time since 2013!
The match
Dortmund came on strong from the opening minutes at the packed ‘Signal Iduna Park’, creating their first big chance to open the scoring in the 3rd minute when Athpiliquette tackled his last-minute attempt Sabitzerwith Atletico responding in the 5th minute, with Morata unable to score after a quick counter-attack.
The pace was very fast in the first few minutes, with Kobel blocking one of his shots De Paul in the 6th minute, while in the 16th minute, Oblak reacted correctly to a long and foul shot Sancho. Dortmund continued to press, with Sabitzer threatening again with a long-range shot in the 27th minute, while in the 34th minute Brad eventually made it 1-0, beating Oblak from a difficult angle. With the pitch on fire, Dortmund struck again five minutes later (39′), when after a clever cross from Sabitzer, Maachen scored from the same angle, giving his team a qualifying score!
The second half began with Simeone making a triple change, bringing on Barrios, Correa and Riquelme for Molina, Morata and Athpilicueta and making it clear he wanted his team to be more attacking. And his players were quick to show him, leveling the pair’s aggregate score in the 49th minute when, following Griezmann’s corner kick, Hermoso took the lead and Hummels in his attempt to clear the ball, he sent it into his team’s net for 2-1.
THE Atlético he continued to press, missing a significant opportunity with him Korea in the 57th minute, but what he failed to do in that phase, the Argentinian striker managed to do it in the 64th minute, when after a period of time in front of Kobel’s goal and his double effort, he equalized at 2-2 and put the Madridites back in position driver’s.
However, Dortmund had not yet had their last word, as in the 71st minute, the all-match excellent Sabitzer found the back of the net with a pinpoint cross. Fulkrug and he made it 3-2 with a beautiful header, while just two minutes later, o Sabitzer beat Oblak with a powerful drift shot, setting up the final 4-2 and giving the big qualification to his team!
Team compositions:
Dortmund (Terzic, 4-2-3-1): Kobel – Rierson, Hummels, Sloterbeck, Maachen – Sabitzer, Chan – Andegemi (66′ Gittens), Brandt (90′ Reus), Sancho (86′ Ozcan) – Fulkrug
Atletico Madrid (Simeone, 5-3-2): Oblak – Molina (46′ Barrios), Witzel, Jimenez, Hermoso, Athpilicueta (46′ Riquelme) – Llorente, Koke, De Paul (84′ Saul) – Griezmann, Morata (46′ Korea)
Source: Sport Fm
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