FC St. Pauli loses 0: 2 against Dortmund - Bitter defeat for fans!

FC St. Pauli loses 0: 2 against Dortmund - Bitter defeat for fans!

On March 1, 2025, FC St. Pauli experienced a bitter defeat in the home game against Borussia Dortmund. The team under head coach Alexander Blessin had to give up 0: 2. St. Pauli could not take the momentum from the last games, while BVB underpinned its ambitions in the Bundesliga.

In the starting eleven of FC St. Pauli there were no changes compared to the previous game against Mainz. An exception was the injured Connor Metcalfe, whose place was taken on the Manoli Saliacas bench. Carlo Boukhalfa also failed because of a bruise, Andreas Albers was in the squad instead. At Borussia Dortmund, Coach Niko Kovač made a change: Yan Couto played for the sick Julian Rerson. Julian Brandt returned after an injury, while Julien Duranville was not in the squad.

tension in the first half

The game started with some promising offensive actions by the hosts. Noah Weißhaupt acted actively and prevailed several times, but his crossings found no goal. In the 6th minute, Elias Saad headed over the goal, and Jackson Irvine also missed a good opportunity in the 14th minute from a promising position.

While St. Pauli initially had the upper hand, Dortmund increasingly took control of the game. The first real chance for the guests came in the 24th minute by Karim Adeyemi, who was heavily parried by goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj. In the 34th minute, Hauke ​​Wahl came to another opportunity after a free kick, but he shot past the goal. Shortly before half -time, Adeyemi had the chance to lead again, but failed.

Dortmund sits through

The second round started sobering for FC St. Pauli. In the 50th minute, Serhou Guirassy scored the 0-1 for Dortmund. Just eight minutes later, Karim Adeyemi increased to 0: 2. St. Pauli did not manage to increase the pressure on the Dortmund defense and had less clear offensive actions after the double strike. Adeyemi awarded another good opportunity for the guests in the 72nd minute.

Despite an attempt by Blessin to create more offensive pressure with the substitutes of Abdoulie Ceesay, Manolis Saliacas and Danel Sinani, the team remained trapped on the defensive. Danel Sinani had the last great chance of FC St. Pauli in the 86th minute, but Gregor Kobel parried his shot. Referee Tobias Stieler whistled the game after four minutes of added time.

The number of spectators in the sold -out stadium was 29,546, an atmospheric ambience that was difficult to compensate for the bitter defeat. Yellow cards were awarded to Schlotterbeck and Adeyemi from Dortmund.

In summary, the defeat of FC St. Pauli illustrates that in the Bundesliga you have to bring consistent performance against established teams such as Borussia Dortmund to collect counters. [FC St. Pauli] reports that the team will have to work on this lack of offensive strength in the next game in order to get out of the current crisis. [Yahoo Sports] emphasizes that the Dortmunders were able to consolidate their place in the upper third of the table with this performance.