Europe League
2: 4 against Glasgow Rangers: BVB threatens the next end
Jude Bellingham’s facial expression reflects BVB’s evening
© Martin Rose / Getty Images
Out of the Champions League, out of the cup and already a significant deficit in the league: Borussia Dortmund is now threatened with the end of the last competition, which could still save the season.
Desolate defense, harmless offensive – Borussia Dortmund is threatened with the next embarrassing knockout on the international stage. After the 2: 4 (0: 2) against Glasgow Rangers, there are hardly any chances for the Bundesliga runners-up to reach the round of 16 of the Europa League before the second intermediate round duel with the Scottish champions in a week. As with the early end in the Champions League, coach Marco Rose’s team failed to prove its international class.
In the 1000th Dortmund competitive game at Signal Iduna Park, Rangers pros James Tavernier (38th penalty), Alfredo Morelos (41st) and John Lundstram (49th) and BVB central defender Dan-Axel Zagadou scored an own goal (54th). ) in front of 10,000 spectators for the deserved defeat of the favored BVB. Jude Bellingham (51st) and Raphaël Guerreiro (82nd) scored for the Rose team.
Borussia Dortmund has completely different goals
The Dortmund and the Europa League have not gone really well so far. In three appearances since the reform, they have never gone further than the quarter-finals. According to BVB’s self-image, the Champions League should also be played in the knockout round anyway, but the Europa League is “the best competition we have now,” said sports director Michael Zorc on the RTL + streaming service. “Of course we want to do as well as possible.”
BVB initially had a hard time against Rangers. The hard-fighting outsider from Scotland got off to a better start, while Dortmund clearly had trouble holding back. Borna Barisic was close to leading the visitors early on with his degree (10th).
BVB lacks the pace against Glasgow Rangers
Rose again had to do without the injured Erling Haaland, Thomas Meunier and Marius Wolf as well as the suspended Emre Can. BVB lacked the pace and accuracy on the offensive in the top-class team, Zagadou had the first half-chance with a header that was then too weak (15th).
The guests, coached by former world-class player Giovanni van Bronckhorst, defended skilfully. Only gradually did Dortmund manage to combine into the Rangers’ penalty area. There, BVB captain Marco Reus narrowly missed a good cross from Bellingham (27th).
Defensively too vulnerable
At this stage referee Clément Turpin gave the hand penalty after video evidence. Zagadou had the ball clearly in hand. Tavernier didn’t miss the chance – and from BVB’s point of view it got even worse. Morelos was there after a Rangers corner at the far post without much resistance from Dortmund. Loud whistles rang out through the stadium at half-time.
Youthful vigor should initiate the turnaround after the break. Rose strengthened the offensive with the substitution of youngsters Youssoufa Moukoko (17) and Giovanni Reyna (19). In defense, however, BVB remained far too vulnerable. Lundstram was hardly harassed by the edge of the penalty area when the shot made it 3-0. Bellingham’s answer after Moukoko’s preliminary work came almost directly – but Dortmund’s hopes did not last long. Zagadou deflected a shot from Morelos into his own goal to make it 4-1. Guerreiro’s long-range shot just before the end at least led to the second BVB goal.