32nd matchday
Led by Reus: BVB-C version with the highest win of the season
Dortmund’s Marco Reus (M) scored the goal in the win against Augsburg to make it 4-1. photo
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Even after a huge rotation in the team, Borussia Dortmund is too strong for Augsburg. In the runaway victory, the focus is on a departing BVB hero. Coach Terzic spares the team for the premier class.
Borussia Dortmund’s biggest win of the season in the Bundesliga is a big celebration for Became Marco Reus. When the BVB-C version won 5:1 (4:1) against the shockingly weak FC Augsburg, the ex-captain, who left in the summer after twelve years, was celebrated exuberantly.
One day after his announced departure, the 34-year-old former international played a decisive role in the victory with a goal (34th minute) and two assists, which should give BVB the necessary momentum for the Champions League highlight in Paris on Tuesday.
Despite coach Edin Terzic’s XXL rotation, Dortmund made short work of the guests and celebrated their sixth home win in a row against the Swabians, who suffered the next setback in the fight for European Cup qualification. In the Bundesliga game, which has been insignificant for Dortmund since Wednesday, Youssoufa Moukoko (4th minute/29th), Donyell Malen (20th) and Felix Nmecha (64th) also scored twice.
Only Ruben Vargas (32′) scored for FCA against BVB, who secured renewed Champions League qualification despite a weak Bundesliga season with a 1-0 win in the first leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday. This means that the Swabians seem to be running out of steam in the final spurt of the season. FCA did not show any Bundesliga level and lost four of their last five league games.
Wätjen celebrates his professional debut
Compared to the first leg against Paris, Terzic only left goalkeeper and captain Gregor Kobel in the starting line-up. Among other things, BVB favorite Reus was given a chance from the start on his farewell tour for the first time since March 17th. Antonios Papadopoulos also celebrated his starting eleven debut for Dortmund. A true BVB player even made his professional debut: 18-year-old Kjell Wätjen, who has been playing for Westphalia since the U10, played in defensive midfield alongside Nmecha and played courageously, especially in the first half, and shone with some clever and courageous passes Great as before the 4:1 by Reus.
Mateu Morey started again for the first time in three years. “We will definitely rotate and are sure that we have a really good team on the pitch,” Terzic announced before the game. In fact, Dortmund’s C version played itself into a frenzy, with the kind help of the guests. Hair-raising individual defensive errors and two half-own goals helped Dortmund take a quick 3-0 lead after just half an hour. With the early lead, the ball would have gone into their own net even without Moukoko’s touch after a slapstick move by Augsburg’s Felix Uduokhai and Mads Pedersen, and with Moukoko’s second goal, Augsburg keeper Tomas Koubek made a terrible mistake.
The game was decided after just 35 minutes
Reus really rocked the Signal Iduna Park with his goal to make it 4-1 after just 34 minutes. A through pass from Wätjen undermined the entire Augsburg defense in a ridiculously simple way, and Reus ran towards his 155th Bundesliga goal. The game was decided after just 35 minutes, the south stand celebrated their departing hero and got ready for the highlight on Tuesday in Paris. BVB keeper Kobel’s mistake before Vargas’ only Augsburg goal shortly before didn’t really bother anyone.
Reus also prepared Nmecha’s fifth goal after just over an hour. After the change, Dortmund initially took things more slowly, but Augsburg were unable to take advantage of this. Terzic gradually substituted regular staff in the second half. Reus, among others, left the field shortly after his preparation for Dortmund’s fifth goal and almost the entire audience stood up and celebrated the visibly moved, long-time BVB professional.