Curious final phase: Can sees red, is pardoned and scores for BVB’s victory

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Can sees red, is pardoned and scores to give BVB a win

Status: 17.03.2024 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Borussia Dortmund used a wild final phase to score an important victory. BVB beat Eintracht Frankfurt and jumped back to fourth place in the table. Mats Hummels headed in powerfully to take the lead nine minutes before the end. The final point came from Emre Can, who had actually already been sent off.

Acclaimed celebration in the Champions League, encouraging victory in the Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund seems to be prepared for the final spurt of the season and the upcoming German Clásico against FC Bayern. Four days after the success against PSV Eindhoven (2-0) and reaching the quarter-finals of the European premier class, coach Edin Terzic’s team continued its recent high on Sunday with a 3-1 (1-1) win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Thanks to goals from Karim Adeyemi (33rd minute), Mats Hummels (81st) and Emre Can (90th + 3/foul penalty) in front of 81,365 spectators in the sold-out Signal Iduna Park, BVB regained fourth place in the table, which they had lost to Leipzig the day before . Can scored after his red card for serious foul play had been converted into yellow following video evidence (87′). “In England something like that isn’t even a foul. “In the past few weeks, many expulsions have been issued that were not,” said Can.

After their fourth competitive win in a row, Dortmund are heading into the next five weeks strengthened with the difficult Bundesliga top games against Munich, Stuttgart, Leipzig and Leverkusen as well as the two Champions League duels with Atlético Madrid.

Final shot: Emre Can converts his penalty to make it 3-1 for Dortmund

Quelle: Getty Images/Leon Kuegeler

“It was a tough game, but we have won all of the last four games and are going into the international break with a better feeling than we indicated four weeks ago,” said goalscorer Hummels, who will be back in the Bundesliga for the first time in 2024 had been in the starting line-up, “but we are now having a cracking April. We would like to show where we stand. I hope that we give a completely different picture in terms of play.”

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In contrast, a successful streak with five Bundesliga games without defeat has come to an end for the sixth-place team from Frankfurt. The goal from former Dortmund player Mario Götze (13th) to give the team a 1-0 lead couldn’t change that.

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“We hardly allowed anything to come out of the game. Not even in the second half, except for the standard, and so Dortmund took the lead. Then they get the penalty at the end. “Lucky for Dortmund, unfortunate for us,” said Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, “we would have had a good chance to take something away here today.”

Hummels provides salvation

The Dortmund team, which had changed five positions compared to the game against Eindhoven and had to make do without the ailing regular goalkeeper Gregor Kobel and the suspended clock setter Marcel Sabitzer, got off to a false start and was 1-0 behind immediately after Eintracht’s first chance. Omar Marmoush was denied by Kobel substitute Alexander Meyer from close range after a mistake by Nico Schlotterbeck, but in doing so he brought the former Dortmund player Götze into position. The 2014 world champion hit the net with a well-placed shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Contenance: Mario Götze refrained from celebrating a goal at his former club

Quelle: Getty Images/Leon Kuegeler

It was only this early deficit that caused BVB to pick up the pace. That immediately created a goal threat. With a double chance from Marco Reus (17th) and Niclas Füllkrug (18th), whose header was cleared by Willian Pacho on the line, the equalizer was close.

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The high proportion of ball possession of almost 70 percent and Borussia’s now impressive combination play paid off a little later. After a solo on the right wing, the fast Donyell Malen fed the free Adeyemi, who pushed the ball over the line from close range for the deserved equalizer.

This put BVB back in the game, but they were unable to create another scoring opportunity until the break. The Frankfurters resorted to counterattacking, but were no longer able to unsettle the BVB defense.

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After the restart, the guests initially freed themselves from the pressure from Dortmund. Marmoush forced BVB keeper Meyer to do a brilliant deed in the 68th minute with a shot from ten meters. Although the German runner-up still had more possession of the ball, they didn’t capitalize enough on it. Apart from a blocked shot by Julian Brandt (72nd), Terzic’s team didn’t have a clear chance to score for a long time.

But a lucky header from Hummels after a free kick from Brandt saved BVB from a setback. Can then removed the last doubts about victory with a converted foul penalty in stoppage time. “I’m very satisfied. We deserved to win and that is crucial,” said the goalscorer to make it 3-1.