BVB turns up late and defeats SC Freiburg
Dhave three late joker goals Borussia Dortmund saved from an almost traditional early setback in the Bundesliga and catapulted the runners-up from last season to the top of the table. Substitutes Jamie Bynoe Gittens (77th minute), Youssoufa Moukoko (84th) and Marius Wolf (88th) turned the away game on Friday evening at SC Freiburg into a 3: 1 (0: 1) after a 0:1 deficit. -Victory for BVB.
Coach Edin Terzic celebrated the ninth win in a row – no BVB coach has ever managed that before. In addition, the guests temporarily moved to the top of the table with the optimal haul of six points from the first two league games.
18-year-old Bynoe-Gittens benefited from a blunder from SC goalkeeper Mark Flekken. previously had Michael Gregorych (35.) Freiburg, who had been strong for a long time, took the lead in front of 34,700 spectators. Anthony Modeste, who was only signed at the beginning of the week, was in the starting XI for the guests. In addition to Modeste, BVB coach Edin Terzic also entrusted Thorgan Hazard with a place in the starting eleven, the Belgian played offensively for the injured national player Karim Adeyemi. Freiburg coach Christian Streich fielded the same starting eleven that won 4-0 at FC Augsburg last weekend.
Pale Modeste
Terzic was hoping for “real impulses” from Modeste against SC. The newcomer from 1. FC Köln, who is to replace striker Sébastien Haller, who has been absent for months due to a testicular tumor, missed his first chance in the BVB shirt in the 22nd minute. This was preceded by a nice one-two with Marco Reus.
So the connection to his new teammates was there – but it still worked out Freiburg initially not in great distress. The Breisgauer started very committed themselves and disturbed the attacking efforts of the guests with great willingness to run and aggressiveness. Also, they were looking for the way forward themselves, leading to early chances.
Gregor Kobel was still on the spot when the very agile Vincenzo Grifo took a direct free kick (34′), but the BVB goalkeeper was powerless to concede a minute later. Gregoritsch, who was once again preferred to Nils Petersen, skilfully headed the ball against the running direction after Matthias Ginter had done the ground work. World Champion Mats Hummels came too late against the goalscorer.
After the 0: 1, the Dortmund defense around Hummels and Nico Schlotterbeck, who had switched from Freiburg to BVB before the season, came under even more pressure. The somewhat overwhelmed Thomas Meunier, who had previously seen a yellow card for a tactical foul, almost scored an own goal to make it 0:2 (43rd).
Increased after the change of sides Dortmund the pressure with every minute of the game and also had good chances. Freiburg strengthened their defense and dared to go forward a little less often. Sallai still had a good chance to make it 2-0 (65th). But then BVB turned up the heat with its young substitutes – and how.
