Rodrigo Antunes / Lusa
Difficult life for Sporting. In a little achieved game, which was worth only, from the Leonine perspective, for the first 20 minutes, the Lusa formation clearly lost in Alvalade with Dortmund 3-0, in the first-hand game of the Champions League Play-Off.
All goals came in the second partthe phase in which the “lions” practically did not attack and rarely managed to go out with the ball controlled from the defensive third. Herculean task for the second hand.
First part “mixed”, With Sporting to get in the game well and hit with a bang on the bar after 15 minutes, by Maxi Araújo. Dortmund gradually managed to have more ball, but it was the “lion” the team that was closest to the opposite goal.
However, Missing more explosion and spontaneity in front to break with the overall balance of the meeting.
Everything was complicated in the second half. The Germans began to control and completely dominate the meeting, without letting Sporting go out of transitions, forcing Leonine players to miss many passes, and the first two goals appeared, originating from intersections on the right side.
1-0 was Serhou Guirassyin the highest, the head with quality and then was Pascal big Amend, after assistance from… Guirassy.
To the “lion” was lacking energy and tear, something like the Entrada de Viktor root It solved, and the connection between the midfield and the attack was nonexistent.
When Sporting tried to react, Karim Adeyemi ended the doubts.
The game in 5 facts
1. Dortmund as he rarely saw
Dortmund had conceded goals for 13 consecutive games, but managed to break this series in Alvalade. In fact, in collective terms, Germanic registered their highest average GoalPoint rating, a 6.69, and had five players over 7.0.
2. Without attack solutions
Whenever Sporting attacked, Dortmund closed and gave no solutions to the Lusa class, which had to resort to many flank variations in an attempt to find spaces. In vain. In all the “lions” made six flank variations, their maximum in the race.
3. Germans easily entered the area
Especially in the second half, Dortmund easily entered the leonine area. In all there were 32, and 22 happened after the break. Sporting added 19, only six in the complementary stage.
4. “Lions even fought
Sportinguist players have never turned to the fight, despite the difficulties. Proof of this the fact that they have won 65 individual duels and lost 58.
5. BVB competent does not disarma
The “green and white” difficulties expanded with the great German capacity to take the ball to the Portuguese. Dortmund has accounted for 23 tackles, equating its highest value in the competition.
Better in the field
The German midfielder Pascal big He completely controlled the midfield in Alvalade. He scored the second goal of the game, created a blatant occasion in three finishing passes, received eight progressive passes and accumulated six actions with ball in the opposite area. Lost only nine of 75 possessions.
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