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Dramatic BVB victory in the Champions League: storm after the break

2019-11-06T07:37:48.637Z


Borussia Dortmund lost 2-0 at half-time, with the club winning 3-2 at home to Inter Milan. It confirmed a trend of the past few weeks in a spectacular way: The second BVB half is the better.



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The upcoming Bundesliga top match against Bayern at the weekend was not an issue for Lucien Favre this evening. "I'm not talking about that today," said Borussia Dortmund coach. After all, Hans-Joachim Watzke already felt "a little tailwind for Saturday". But to belligerent greetings, as they would have expected after this emotional 3-2 catch-up in the Champions League against Inter Milan, was also the BVB CEO not get carried away.

Such a restraint Norbert Dickel is alien. The stadium announcer roars much and gladly, he has exceeded the limits of good taste more often. On Tuesday he stayed in the frame, but it was always belligerent, which he left shortly after the final whistle. Thank you, thank you, "said Dickel to the fans of BVB," and on Saturday we knock the Bayern away, I'm convinced of that. "

This is a bold forecast for the duel in Munich, which in the past four Bundesliga seasons from the point of view of Borussia so went out: 0: 5, 0: 6, 1: 4, 1: 5.

"That was real BVB football"

Dickel must have been intoxicated by this second half against an Inter that looked like an Italian team from the eighties of the last century before the break: nothing to impress, in the end ice cold, savvy, ripped off, somehow majestic.

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In the second half of the BVB then played as the BVB from the early years of this decade. "That was real BVB football, very intense, very brave", enthused licensing team principal Sebastian Kehl, "everything that we had wanted for a whole season and showed only in phases, we saw today in the second half."

The team moved forward in the block, the opponent was attacked earlier and more aggressively, the pace without ball and tightened in the combination game. "That was nice to see," said Favre, Mario Götze was almost amazed: "We did not let Inter breathe."

Achraf Hakimi stood out

Outstanding in everything, which distinguished BVB from the 46th minute, was Achraf Hakimi, who scored two goals and thus scored four out of five Dortmund goals in the current Champions League. "Achraf brings us that greed, that weirdness, that runny intensity," said Kehl.

Hakimi's performance was as extraordinary as the increase in the second half, a phenomenon that has been milder in recent weeks. In the Bundesliga, BVB won 3-0 against VfL Wolfsburg, scoring the goals entirely after the break. In the previous four games of the Champions League Borussia shot in the second half more often on goal than in the first. Against Inter, there were 13 shots after and six before the break.

Runners also saw a significant increase. While the Dortmund increased their performance to 61 kilometers compared to 59.1, Inters value fell from 62.8 to 59.6 kilometers after the break. Lucien Favre explained the power increase in the second half, which was even in the overall scary 0: 0 at FC Schalke to recognize, more often with the increasing fatigue of the opponent. His team had also "moved better".

Full throttle football as in the best of times

It is a quality of the Dortmunder in recent weeks to push at a faster pace in rooms that were still delivered in the first half. The players of the BVB trust again their strengths, keep calm, without playing deliberate football. Against Inter Milan it was after the break a full throttle event as in the best times.

That can be a good omen for the Dortmund: At that time BVB did not go down in Munich as last. But even won quite often.

Borussia Dortmund - Inter Milan 3: 2 (0: 2)
0: 1 Martinez (5.)
0: 2 Vecino (40th)
1: 2 Hakimi (51.)
2: 2 Brandt (64.)
3: 2 Hakimi (77.)
Dortmund: Bürki - Hakimi, Akanji, Hummels, Schulz - Witsel, Weigl - Sancho (82nd Piszczek), Brandt, Hazard (88th Guerreiro) - Götze (64th Alcácer)
Inter: Handanovic - Godin, de Vrij, Skriniar - Brozovic - Candreva, Vecino (68th Sensi), Barella, Biraghi (66th Lazaro) - Lukaku (73rd Politano), Martínez
Referee: Danny Makkelie
Yellow cards: Hazard / Biraghi, Skriniar, Candreva
Spectators: 66,000

Source: spiegel

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