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Dortmund (dpa) - Many words, few deeds - Borussia Dortmund is still in crisis mode despite the urgent appeals from the coach.
In the 2: 2 (1: 1) against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the hoped-for positive reaction to Edin Terzic's clear criticism of the modest performance of the past few weeks was largely absent.
After only one win in six Bundesliga games, qualification for the football Champions League is increasingly in danger.
The early lead by Jadon Sancho (24th minute) and the equalization by Erling Haaland (81st) did not bring security.
In the empty Signal Iduna Park Munas Dabbur (31st) and Ihlas Bebou (51st) ensured the deserved draw of Hoffenheim on Saturday, who once again turned out to be BVB fright and only lost one of the last seven league games against the Revierclub.
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There were first discussions before the kick-off, because coach Terzic had banished the recently weak BVB captain Marco Reus to the bench and instead ordered the 17-year-old Jude Bellingham into the starting line-up.
“I'm surprised.
I would have thought he would play, ”commented former BVB professional Kevin Großkreutz on Sky.
«But the coach is closer.
Maybe he also wants to protect him, because a lot is beating down on him at the moment. "
But even without Reus, BVB took over the direction at least in the initial phase and had the chance to take an early lead in the 10th minute when Haaland appeared free in front of the opposing goal after a nice pass from Raphael Guerreiro, but failed at TSG keeper Oliver Baumann.
Handicapped by the failure of striker Andrej Kramaric, who scored all four goals in the 4-0 win in Dortmund at the end of last season, the guests turned to counterattack.
They showed great skill: Dabbur (18./24) was alone in front of BVB goalkeeper Marwin Hitz twice, but did not get the ball into the goal.
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Instead, Dortmund's Sancho used his first chance to make it 1-0.
After a pass from Guerreiro, the Englishman saved his nerve and hit with a low shot from nine meters.
However, this tour did not provide any reassurance.
Hoffenheim continued to play bravely forward and shook the shaky BVB defense several times.
The equalization by Dabbur after preliminary work by Sebastian Rudy only seven minutes after the Dortmund lead came as little surprise.
BVB also struggled in the second half.
As with the 1: 2 in Freiburg, goalkeeper Hitz failed when he failed to defend a cross from Rudy consistently and thus enabled Bebou's header to make it 2-1 for Hoffenheim.
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The Dortmund reaction was limited.
Except for an offside goal by Haaland (58th), there was hardly any danger of goal for a long time.
The substitutions of Reus and Yousouffa Moukoko also seemed to be ineffective.
Only a much-discussed goal by Haaland still brought the 2-2.
To the great annoyance of the guests, the hit fell while a Hoffenheim player was injured on the ground.
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