Dortmund have secured a three-goal advantage away game making it difficult for Sporting Lisbon to comeback in the second leg as the Portuguese team have to score 4 goals without conceding one in Signal Iduna Park to make a place in the next round.
Dortmund Secured A First Leg Win Against Sporting With 3 Second Half Goals Giving A Huge Advantage For The Germans To Qualify For The Round Of 16 In Champions League
Despite having a goalless first half, football fans witnessed three goals in 20 minutes in Estádio José Alvalade on Tuesday. After the exit of Amorim, Sporting struggled even with one of the Ubiquitous strikers, Viktor Gyokeres. So, there is no shock regarding the result but the game almost got one-sided in the first leg.
Despite Boaring Forst half Dortmund Shined in the Second
First leg went goalless with no big chances created by either teams. Deadlock was broken by Serhou Guirassy with a header to the top right corner from the cross of Julian Brandt. Just after 8 minutes, Guirassy crossed the ball in center and Pascal Groß finished with his right foot to increase the lead for the visitors.
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Defensive wall of Sporting was cracking with the continuous attack from Dortmund and in the 82nd minute the Portuguese team conceded another goal, this time Karim Adeyemi made it and again Brandt made his name on the assist sheet with a brace securing a comfortable win for Dortmund.
The German has now given 5 assists in the UEFA Champions League 2024-25 and is becoming the key asset even for the new coach in the team.
Sporting Coach Rui Borges Now Has Double Work To Do In The Next Leg In Coming Week
Sporting coach Rui Borges said, “We weren’t very proactive and we lost our collective balance.
“We let the game become the way Borussia like it, with space to run into in the final third. We can’t be like that against these teams. In the Champions League, we need to be at 200% — and we’re not even at 100%” he added.
Now Rui has to do more than expected to win the game and Niko Kovac just has to defend the score in Germany to advance in the next stage of CL.
H/T- AP News
