By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 14 minutes ago, Updated now
The joy of the Borussia players. INA FASSBENDER / AFP
Before PSG’s meeting against AC Milan this Tuesday evening (9 p.m.), the Germans took the lead in Group F after beating Newcastle (2-0).
Borussia Dortmund won early Tuesday evening on their Westfalenstadion turf 2-0 against Newcastle, carrying out a very good operation in the race to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Winner 1-0 two weeks ago on the pitch at St James Park against the same Newcastle team, Dortmund takes the lead in this extremely tight Group F with seven points, while awaiting the match at San Siro in the evening between AC Milan (2 pts) and Paris SG (6 pts). Thanks to these two victories against Newcastle, Edin Terzic’s players have a three-point lead over their opponent of the day, virtually four since they ensure the advantage in direct confrontations in the event of a tie. end of the group stage.
BVB will have the opportunity to secure their place in the knockout stage in three weeks in northern Italy. Swept away only three days ago in their stadium by Bayern (4-0) during the Klassiker of German football, the Yellow and Black perfectly raised the bar on Tuesday evening against the Magpies, who nevertheless impress across the Channel but who do not count only four points after four matches in C1.
Completely transparent against the Munich on Saturday, Niclas Füllkrug opened the scoring following a movement from Dortmund that he initiated. On an attempted long pass from Nico Schlotterbeck intercepted by Newcastle, Füllkrug recovered the ball and then found himself ideally placed six meters away to take Marcel Sabitzer’s back pass in the 36th minute.
Brandt omnipresent and goalscorer
At 30, the Mannschaft center forward scores his first goal in the Champions League, having signed for Dortmund this summer from Werder Bremen after finishing top scorer in the Bundesliga during the 2022/23 season with 16 goals. In the second half, Newcastle came close to equalizing in the 56th minute. On a perfectly timed cross from Valentino Livramento for Joelinton, the 27-year-old Brazilian striker, although alone six meters away, did not find the target against Gregor Kobel.
Subsequently, Dortmund proved more dangerous, notably through Julian Brandt whose cross shot in the 58th minute was deflected with his fingertips by Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope. Unlike the first leg, where Dortmund trembled until the end with two crossbars from the 86th minute, Kobel’s teammates dominated their subject without unnecessary cold sweats.
BVB’s most dangerous player on Tuesday evening, Brandt was rewarded in the 79th minute. From a free kick for Newcastle, Karim Adeyemi ideally launched Brandt to play a two-on-one with Füllkrug. Brandt crossed his left shot to deceive Pope and give his team some air.
At the time of the draw, BVB president Hans-Joachim Watzke recalled that in 2012, his club had also inherited an extremely difficult group with Real Madrid, Manchester City and Ajax Amsterdam. Dortmund escaped and reached the final, beaten by Bayern at Wembley, where the final will be played again in June 2024.
