display

Dortmund (dpa) - After the happy ending in the soccer thriller, Erling Haaland was no longer in the stands.

Together with the banned Jew Bellingham, the injured Dortmund striker stormed onto the pitch, hugged match winner Jadon Sancho and celebrated the 3-2 (2-1) over Leipzig with his teammates. With the fifth success in a row, BVB kept its chance for the Champions League and gained confidence for the cup final in Berlin against the same opponent. «That welds us together. We can take a lot of courage with us and are ready for Thursday, "commented Edin Terzic," we don't just want to look at the trophy, we also want to touch it. "

Borussia, known for a long time for a lack of mentality and lack of consistency, has become a conspiratorial unit thanks to Terzic.

As in the 5-0 semi-final against Holstein Kiel a week earlier, she demonstrated high attacking skills even without the actually indispensable goal guarantor Haaland.

The hits of the congenial offensive forces Marco Reus (7th) and Jadon Sancho (51./87.) Refined the remarkable performance.

However, Reus did not want to know anything about a psychological advantage his team had for the renewed test of strength with Leipzig five days later in the cup showdown: "Today's game had to do with Berlin in no time at all."

display

But the competitive and at times high-class game fueled the anticipation of all football aesthetes. Although the Leipzig team, who were superior in the second half, even seemed close to a win after Lukas Klostermann (63rd) and Dani Olmo (77th) had equalized in the meantime, BVB hit back ice cold. The winning goal from Sancho sent BVB sports director Michael Zorc into euphoria: “That was football at its best. It was a turbulent game with the result we hoped for. "

In contrast, the Leipzig team remained without a win in their seventh game in a row against the Revierclub.

"In the second half we were the better team and had the opponent so far that he at least didn't win," said Julian Nagelsmann.

The coach hopes that this negative series will end on Thursday: “The record is not outstanding.

It's time we won a game.

We have the next chance on Thursday.

We have to get it done. "

The fact that BVB won the ninth championship title in a row by defeating Leipzig, second place in the table, was lost in the Dortmunders' joy while they were preparing for the game against Mönchengladbach.

After all, they can continue to hope for a conciliatory end to a difficult season.

display

Reus and Sancho are representative of the latest upward trend. Reus scored five goals in his last eight competitive appearances, one more than in his 38 appearances this season. After a poor first half of the season, Sancho was directly involved in 14 goals (eight goals, six assists) in the 13 Bundesliga games of the current calendar year. «Jadon played a great game. He made a huge contribution. But we're also used to that from him, ”enthused Terzic.

Even more important for Dortmund than the cup win would be the qualification for the Champions League, which is sweetened with at least 30 million euros in additional income.

With the 3-2 win, everyone involved believed that they belonged to the illustrious circle of the first four teams in the table at the end of the season.

The first statement from Reus after the game on Sky sounded like a declaration of war to the competitors from Frankfurt and Wolfsburg: "We're here, that's very important."

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210509-99-527380 / 2

display

Numbers for the game on bundesliga.de

Facts about the game on the BVB website

Terzic statements