Champions League – Marco Reus and Erling Haaland hit twice: Borussia Dortmund shoots Besiktas

It was explosive at the Borussia after the bankruptcy in the summit meeting with FC Bayern. Jude Bellingham was in the starting line-up despite what he said to referee Felix Zwayer and his involvement in the Hoyzer affair, star striker Erling Haaland was initially on the bench. Overall, head coach Marco Rose rotated in five positions. In addition to Haaland, Raphael Guerreiro was spared, the suspended Emre Can, as well as the injured Julian Brandt and Manuel Akanji were completely absent from the squad.

Even before the kick-off it was clear that black and yellow would hibernate in the Europa League. The guests from Istanbul stood at the bottom of the group without a chance without their own counter.

BVB started dominantly, but lacked consistency and accuracy in the last third. It only became dangerous because of the very active Jew Bellingham, who, after preliminary work by Nico Schulz, just forgot from a central position in the penalty area (17th). The shot into luck to 1-0 was achieved by the black and yellow in the 29th minute, when Witsel captured the ball in their own half and sent Bellingham on the journey. At the right moment he put the play equipment in front of the penalty area to Donyell Malen. This penetrated the sixteen-meter space on the left and finished with a firm but central shot in the direction of Ersin Destanoglu in the Black Eagle’s gate. The ball slipped under his body to the 0: 1 deficit from Istanbul’s point of view.

It became controversial shortly before the first half when Mahmoud Dahoud was fouled by Welinton in the guests’ penalty area after a pass from Marius Wolf. Referee Francois Letexier rated the scene as an emergency brake and immediately pulled out red for the Brazilian. Even after consulting the VAR and looking at the images on the monitor, he stuck to his judgment. The decision was quite tough, as two players from the guests were in close proximity to Dahoud and could possibly have intervened. Marco Reus safely transformed the penalty kick into the lower left corner of the goal.

In the second round, a lively exhibition developed. Reus put together his personal brace in the 53rd minute after a fine solo in the guests’ penalty area and scored 3-0. Substitute Erling Haaland then scored two squeaky clean joker goals with his head in minutes 68 and 81, when he climbed the highest in two situations and pushed the play equipment into the mesh.

With his first goal at 21 years, 4 months and 16 days, Haaland became the youngest player in the history of the Champions League with 22 goals. With his second goal, he also marked the 74th goal in the 72nd game for the black and yellow. In the end, the home side celebrated a well-deserved 5-0 win against a harmless Besiktas, who never really took part in the game.

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It was noticeable: BVB can do the Champions League

Of course, Besiktas Istanbul was not an equal opponent for the black and yellow tonight. Especially after the red card against Welinton, the guests had little to contribute to the game. The 5: 0 is still a strong reaction to the bankruptcy against FC Bayern and the verbal derailments that followed. 29: 1 shots on goal, a pass rate of almost 90 percent and 9: 0 corners are values ​​that prove the dominance of Westphalia. Marco Reus and Erling Haaland each put together a double pack, and Mats Hummels also rehabilitated himself for his fragile performance in the top game with a pass rate of 96 percent and clever positional play.

The statistics: 20

Marco Reus was only the third German player to break the 20-goal mark in the Champions League. With his double, he is now at 21 goals. Besides him, only Mario Gomez (26) and Thomas Müller (49) succeeded in doing this.