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Dortmund (AP) - Borussia Dortmund has achieved its first goal in the Champions League even without top scorer Erling Haaland.
Despite the terrible news about the week-long failure of the Norwegian attacker, the Revierclub made it into the round of 16 for the third time in a row with a 1-1 (1-0) against Lazio Rome.
"We are qualified, period, ready, that's the most important thing," said coach Lucien Favre at Sky after the Zitter draw.
Raphael Guerreiro shot the Bundesliga team in the lead on Wednesday evening (44th minute), but ex-Dortmund's Ciro Immobile equalized with an extremely controversial penalty (67th).
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Above all, this heated the minds of Dortmund.
Sports director Michael Zorc spoke of an "obviously wrong decision" and complained about the video referee.
"That is taken to absurdity, if such a penalty is not withdrawn, he has to step in," said Zorc about the duel between the newly substituted Nico Schulz and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
With a success, the group win for BVB would have been perfect ahead of time before the preliminary round final on Tuesday at Zenit St. Petersburg.
In the end, the team of coach Lucien Favre even had to tremble and endure anxious minutes.
BVB goalkeeper Roman Bürki steered a shot from Immobile around the post (87th).
The injury to defense chief Mats Hummels in the final phase diminished the joy of making it into the knockout round.
The ex-national player limped off the field with a bandaged foot after an unintentional kick by Immobile in stoppage time.
"We hope it's just a big hit on the foot and that no ligaments have been affected," said Zorc.
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The frustration over the short-term loss of the top goalscorer Haaland, who had torn a muscle fiber in the final training for the game and, according to coach Lucien Favre, his team will be missing "until the new year", did not initially carry over to the team.
In the first few minutes, BVB, who also had to do without national player Emre Can and full-back Thomas Meunier, dominated the game, but initially did not shake the strong defense of the Italians.
Captain Marco Reus, who was ordered by Favre to the top of the storm, found it difficult and was replaced after 76 minutes.
After half an hour Reus had the opportunity to make it 1-0, but the angle was too sharp.
Before that, Lazio had a chance to take the lead when Bürki blocked a shot by Joaquin Correa (20th) from close range in dire need.
BVB coach Favre made seven changes compared to the embarrassing 1: 2 against 1. FC Köln at the weekend - partly because of injuries.
"I hope that we will present ourselves differently here today," Zorc had said.
In fact, the Dortmund team was more aggressive and generally more secure on the ball, but couldn't get through for a long time.
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Apart from the two scoring chances, both teams hardly got any dangerous penalty area scenes until shortly before the break.
As the game was losing speed and entertainment value, Guerreiro, who had recovered from a muscle injury and returned to the team, struck.
After a pass from Thorgan Hazard, the Portuguese gave Borussia the lead with a shot from eleven meters.
After the restart, the team around the former Dortmund Immobile increased the number of times and pushed for the equalizer.
Without Haaland, Borussia lacked relief on the offensive.
Therefore, she came under increasing pressure and was punished: After a duel between the newly substituted Nico Schulz and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, the Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz decided on a penalty.
Immobile, who wore the black and yellow jersey in the 2014/15 season but was not happy at the Revierclub, did not miss this chance.
Shortly before, he failed with a dangerous shot from a distance at the well-reacting Bürki in the BVB goal (61.), he converted the penalty with ease.
Favre tried to set new offensive impulses with the substitution of Jadon Sancho (for Reus) or Julian Brandt (for Hazard / both 76th), but no more hits were made on either side.
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