Despite the victory over Besiktas, BVB did not qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League
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Borussia Dortmund celebrates a conciliatory end to a messed up Champions League season. BVB have no problems at all against a very weak Besiktas Istanbul and are doing something for their self-confidence.
EDisappointing group stage, conciliatory end – Borussia Dortmund has decently bid farewell to the Champions League and dealt with a little bit of frustration for the bankruptcy in the league summit against FC Bayern. The sportily insignificant 5-0 (2-0) success in the preliminary round sweep over Besiktas Istanbul also flushed 2.8 million euros into the club’s coffers before the third group in the next year in the less lucrative Europa League.
Although BVB coach Marco Rose spared numerous stars, his team came in front of 15,000 spectators thanks to the goals from Donyell Malen (29th minute), as well as twice each of Marco Reus (45th + 2 per foul penalty / 53rd) and Erling Haaland (68th minute). / 81.) To an easily played victory over the harmless Turks, who were the only team in this year’s competition without a point to win. The draw on December 13th will reveal which opponents BVB will face in the play-offs of the knockout round on February 17th and 24th.
“There are a lot of good reasons to win the game,” said Rose, emphasizing the value of the insignificant sporting clash. The coach not only had the winning bonus in mind, but also a little tailwind after the sporting low blows.
Rose gave the recently recovered striker Haaland a breather until the 63rd minute, but youngster Jude Bellingham was back in the starting line-up. The Englishman caused a stir with his verbal attack against referee Felix Zwayer after the top game against Bayern. For this, Bellingham had to pay 40,000 euros on Tuesday, but he got around a ban.
However, the headlines of the past few days have not impressed Bellingham too much. The midfielder was one of the assets again, had two good chances in the first half (17th and 33rd) and prepared Malen’s goal in an exemplary manner. The Dutchman used his precise passport a little happily against the Turkish keeper Ersin Destanoglu. The newcomer thus continued his last good run: It was the striker’s fourth goal in the last five competitive games.
Erling Haaland scored twice after being substituted on
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The Dortmund leadership was the logical consequence of a clear superiority. The Turks presented themselves in their sixth bankruptcy in the sixth game shockingly weak and did not know how to please offensively. Two old acquaintances – the ex-Dortmund Michy Batshuayi and the former Düsseldorf Kenan Karaman – did not change anything.
Besiktas disappoints across the board
In addition, BVB did not have to quarrel with the referee this time. Shortly before the break, the French referee Francois Letexier pointed to the point after a tackle by Welinton Souza to Mahmoud Dahoud. To make matters worse, Welinton also saw the red card, which was a very tough decision.
The game degenerated into a better training game. With the third goal, Reus was able to play his entire technical class, especially since the Turks hardly offered any resistance. Then Reus made way for Haaland, who hit his head just five minutes after being substituted on. The Norwegian repeated that again in the closing stages.
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