News in English:
Leverkusen Secures Victory in Dortmund in Tightly Contested DFB Pokal Match
Dortmund, Germany – Bayer Leverkusen secured a victory at Signal Iduna Park against Borussia Dortmund in a match corresponding to the Round of 16 of the DFB Pokal. The match, hard-fought and tactical, was decided by a lone goal from I. Maza in the 34th minute, following an assist from A. Grimaldo.
Borussia Dortmund dominated possession with 58% compared to Leverkusen’s 42%, and generated a greater number of scoring opportunities, accumulating 20 shots, although only 4 of them were on target. Leverkusen, for their part, proved more effective in their approaches to the rival area, converting one of their few chances.
The second half was marked by intensity and tension. Leverkusen had a goal by M. Terrier disallowed for offside after a VAR review in the 60th minute. The match was interrupted by numerous cautions, with yellow cards shown to W. Anton, J. Bellingham, and E. Can for Borussia Dortmund, and to R. Andrich and M. Tillman for Bayer Leverkusen. Despite Borussia Dortmund’s efforts, with 11 corners in their favor, they failed to breach Leverkusen’s defense. The match ended with a 1-0 victory for Bayer Leverkusen, advancing them to the next round of the DFB Pokal.
Substitutions bayer leverkusen: at minute 61 C. M. Kofane came in and P. Schick went out., at minute 61 M. Terrier came in and M. Tillman went out., at minute 83 E. Poku came in and N. Tella went out., at minute 90 J. Hofmann came in and L. Bade went out.
Substitutions borussia dortmund: at minute 67 F. Silva came in and J. Brandt went out., at minute 67 C. Chukwuemeka came in and M. Beier went out., at minute 67 J. Ryerson came in and S. Guirassy went out., at minute 74 F. Nmecha came in and P. Gross went out., at minute 86 D. Svensson came in and R. Bensebaini went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
class=”wg_loader”>
