Borussia Dortmund might not have prepared worse for their Champions League semi-final first leg once morest PSG. Traveling to RB Leipzig this Saturday, Edin Terzic’s players were largely beaten (1-4), despite Jadon Sancho’s opener.
With a marvelous curling shot (20th, 1-0), the English winger cemented his team’s domination at the start of the match. But following this goal, the Yellow and Black completely gave up. Stunned first by Loïs Openda’s goal two minutes later (22nd, 1-1), they then suffered continuous attacks from the Belgian’s teammates.
Just before half-time, Benjamin Sesko stunned Dortmund with a goal full of opportunism (45th + 2, 2-1). And just following the break, Dortmund’s defense was punished once more on a counter-attack, concluded by the Frenchman Mohamed Simakan (46th, 3-1). The rest was one-sided, and Christoph Baumgartner increased the score at the end of the match (80th, 4-1).
Without Marcel Sabitzer, the Borussia players have not shown signs of revolt and are doing a bad job in the standings, now fifth, five points behind their opponents today.
Kane makes Bayern win, Ekitike and Lacroix score
In the other matches of the followingnoon, Bayern beat Eintracht Frankfurt (2-1), despite a goal from Hugo Ekitike. The Frenchman equalized thanks to a nice double contact sequence – curling shot from outside the area (23rd, 1-1). Harry Kane opened the scoring (9th) and allowed his team to win the match by converting a penalty (61st). He now has 35 goals in the Championship and has been decisive once morest every Bundesliga team this season.
Another Frenchman also stood out this Saturday: Maxence Lacroix, defender of VfL Wolfsburg in great difficulty this season. With a long-range and powerful strike in the 90th minute, he allowed his team to beat Friborg (2-1). In the standings, Wolfsburg are now 12th with 34 points and seven ahead of the play-off, Mainz, who have a game in hand.
Finally, a week following its victory once morest VfB Stuttgart (2-1), Werder Bremen continued once morest Augsburg (3-0). Romano Schmid (52nd), Marvin Ducksch from the penalty spot (61st) and Olivier Deman (90th) are the three scorers for the team now in 10th place in the Bundesliga. For its part, Augsburg does not benefit from the defeat of Freiburg and remains in 8th place.