2023-12-16 17:58:02
BERLIN (AP) — Excelling in the Champions League, disappointing in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund suffered another setback in the domestic league, drawing 1-1 on Saturday with Augsburg days following it finished first in its Champions League group over Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Newcastle.
Asked why the team can’t maintain its European form at home, Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck replied: “I don’t know.”
Ermedin Demirović held on following Schlotterbeck tried to stop him – with a possible push – to put Augsburg in front in the 23rd minute.
Donyell Malen, at 1-2 with Niclas Fülkrug tied at 35.
Augsburg missed three scoring opportunities early in the second half before Dortmund coach Edin Terzić sent Gio Reyna and teenager Samuel Bamba onto the field, but they failed to score.
This is Dortmund’s third straight winless game and fifth in all competitions including Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with PSG.
Dortmund, who came too close to ending Bayern Munich’s title dominance in Germany last year, might move nine points behind defending champions and 13 behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen if they beat Eintracht Frankfurt at home on Sunday.
They are also in danger of falling behind fourth-place Leipzig in the fight for Champions League qualification.
DELICIOUS SWEET
Prompted by the chocolate that his fans threw onto the field in protest, Takuma Asano scored in Bochum’s 3-0 win over visiting Union Berlin in a battle at the bottom of the standings.
The Japanese forward took the chocolate coin wrapped in gold foil that fans threw onto the field in protest of the league’s plans to bring in foreign investment and ate it.
Asano opened the scoring in first-half added time. Gonçalo Paciência and Kevin Stöger – with a penalty – widened the gap for the first defeat of new Unión coach Nenad Bjelica.
In addition, Lovro Majer scored in the complementary half and a Wolfsburg, which was left with 10 men, beat Darmstadt 1-0; Marvin Piringer scored as Heidenheim beat Mainz 1-0.
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