Borussia Dortmund players cannot believe it. (Reuter)
While enjoying a two-goal lead in the last quarter of an hour left, the Borussia Dortmund (6th) were defeated this Saturday in their stadium 3-2 against newly promoted Werder Bremen (7th) after an epic seven-minute comeback on matchday three of the Bundesliga.
Julian Brandt (45 + 2) and Portuguese Raphaëlle Guerreiro (77) bypassed the locals who could see their third win of the season on the track, but the English Lee Buchanan (89), Niklas Schmidt (90 + 3) and Scotsman Oliver Burke (90 + 5) They overturned the result by turning the scoreboard into a real nightmare for the Aurinegros.
With this defeat, Borussia Dortmund offers Bayern Munich (3rd) the first chance to remain the only leader if they win the duel in Bochum (17th), in the clash that will close this day.
For its part, the Werder Bremen scored their first win after two draws on his return to the top German competition.
Without totally controlling the game, as captain Marco Reus acknowledged in his statements to the Sky network, Borussia Dortmund already had a win in mind who had to put pressure on Bayern Munich.
Goals from Brandt and Guerreiro excited some fans who were completely devoted to their team, despite not sporting their best game.
However, despite the strong local defense and the good performance of their goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, the comeback began one minute before the regular ninety and lasted all five minutes of injury time.
Buchanan bridged the gap with an excellent outside foot shot, before Schmidt equalized Amos Pieper’s head-to-center score.
But there was still playing time, which Werder Bremen did not waste. Burke, in a counterattack in which the Borussia Dortmund defense is unbalanced, surprises with a goal that overturns the scoreboard and the first victory of the season.
“We must honestly say it is a well-deserved defeat. We didn’t have a good match, it was a bad performance from us, even in the first half, even if we were able to take advantage of it in the last action “of the first half, said the Borussia coach. Edin Terzic.
“Even if we weren’t in control of the game, when we were leading 2-0 after 88 minutes, we just had to win the game,” he said.
Source: Clarin
