Leverkusen defeated Dortmund - fate double pack breaks for 20 years of series!

Leverkusen defeated Dortmund - fate double pack breaks for 20 years of series!

On January 10, 2025, the Bundesliga started after the winter break with an exciting duel between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. Leverkusen prevailed 3: 2 (3: 1) and reduced the distance to league leaders FC Bayern to just one point. The game initially started with half an hour late due to traffic problems and will certainly go into the history books as a turning point in the current season.

* zdf.de * reports that Nathan Tella scored 1-0 for Leverkusen in the first minute. Patrik Schick, who shone with a double pack, increased to 2-0 in the 8th minute. After Jamie Gittens scored the connection goal for Dortmund in the 12th minute, Schick restored the two-goal distance only seven minutes later in the 19th minute.

climb and pressure in the course of the game

The Dortmund defense had to deal with major problems in this game, which was reinforced by the team -related replacement weakness of the team. According to * Sport1.de *, the defense players acted unsafe, while Leverkusen effectively countered. Despite a possession of 75 percent in the first round, Dortmund could hardly play any dangerous chances.

Leverkusen, on the other hand, demonstrated its efficiency: three of the four attacks resulted in goals. In the second half, Dortmund remained possession of the ball, but found hardly any gaps in the defensive in Leverkusen. A big option to increase to 4: 1 gave Schick in the 60th minute. The pressure on Dortmund grew in the final phase when Serhou Guirassy converted a penalty after a controversial foul by Edmond Tapsoba and put the game to 2: 3.

an emotional farewell

Before the game was taken in a minute's commemoration of goalkeeper legend Wolfgang "Teddy" de Beer, who died on New Year's Day at the age of 60. This tragic event overshadowed the match day and gave the encounter an emotional framework.

The defeat for Dortmund means not only a bitter setback in the title race, but also the end of a 20-year series without a Friday home game defeat in the Bundesliga. The last defeat on a Friday in local realm dated January 30, 2004 when Dortmund lost against FC Schalke 04.

Overall, the match impressively shows how injury -related personnel worries and tactical considerations can influence the events on the square. * Fussballwedhungen.com * explains that topics such as an unequal distribution of injuries could also play a major role this season, especially for the already battered Dortmund team.