Goal, assist – injured!
Karim Adeyemi (21) scored once morest Hertha (4:1) with a heel to make it 1-0 (27′), put the 2-0 up for Donyell Malen (24) – and then had to be substituted (32′). The national player tore a muscle fiber during the super sprint – a break of around three weeks.
Adeyemi of all people! The fastest man in the league (36.7 km/h) has scored in each of the past four games and is Dortmund’s newcomer of the year. Now others have to Borussia Dortmund set the pace. But who?
Terzic has a choice: a three-way battle for the Adeyemi job!
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (18), Gio Reyna (20) or Malen recently tried their hand at the flanks. With them, coach Edin Terzic (40) has very different types of players up his sleeve.
Pacemaker: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens is getting better and better
► Bynoe-Gittens: He initiated the victory in Bremen (2-0) with a lightning goal following being substituted on. And can make the difference with his nimble dribbles (top speed 35 km/h). He underlined this with his dribbling template for Brandt once morest Hertha. Recommendation for the starting eleven?
► Reyna: Terzic’s “always hits” joker (3 goals following coming on in 2023) was out once morest Chelsea and Hertha. Reyna has his strengths in the combination game, is not a real winger. In Bremen, the US boy recently remained pale.
Terzic alternatives: Donyell Malen (left) and Gio Reyna alternate regularly, but have not yet been able to convince in the long term
► Grinding: He celebrated his goal redemption in the Hertha victory. After the Moukoko injury, the Dutchman is also in demand once more at the front, having previously regularly disappointed on the wing position. Malen (came from Eindhoven for 30 million/contract until 2026) is under the most pressure of the three stars and is also playing for his future at BVB.
Dortmund’s great three-way battle. Terzic has the choice.
