Of their first sport again after the worldwide break, Borussia Dortmund regarded a totally completely different facet on the attacking entrance as they beat Heidenheim 4-2 however defensively there are nonetheless query marks.
Dortmund had been in management for a lot of the first half and at last didn’t appear like a workforce that was nonetheless managed by Edin Terzic. They took benefit of this dominance when Donyell Malen opened the scoring within the twelfth minute. Minutes later, after aiding Malen, Karim Adeyemi would double Dormtund’s lead inside 20 minutes. Heidenheim would give themselves some hope when Marvin Pieringer headed in for Heidenheim however as soon as once more, Malen would reply for Dortmund to as soon as once more prolong their result in two targets.
The second half didn’t begin off as brightly as the primary and Dortmund had a number of probabilities to attain a fourth, particularly Sehrou Guirassy who was trying to find his first aim of the season. They appeared to have it by way of substitute Marcel Sabitzer however the aim was dominated out for handball.
A foul by Niklas Süle gave Heidenheim a penalty which Maximilian Breunig transformed to make it 3-2 and arrange a nervy finish. A handball gifted Dortmund a penalty late one, which Emre Can scored to safe the three factors for Dortmund.
Attacking sensible there have been loads of positives to remove from this for Dortmund. Their entrance 4 performed effectively, Guirassy instantly fitted in and made the assault higher and can solely get higher as he regains match health. Nonetheless, defensively, Dortmund nonetheless have so much to work on. They made it too straightforward for Heidenheim to return again into the sport and towards a greater workforce, they are going to be punished for it much more.
This concept ought to be put to the take a look at subsequent Sunday when Dortmund journey to Stuttgart, however earlier than that, they have to additionally journey to Brugge for his or her opening sport of the Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund:
Gregor Kobel (6), Julian Ryerson (6), Niklas Süle (6), Waldemar Anton (6), Ramy Bensebaini (6), Pascal Groß (6), Felix Nmecha (5), Donyell Malen (7), Julian Brandt (7), Karim Adeyemi (8), Serhou Guirassy (6)
Others: Marcel Sabitzer (6), Yan Couto (5), Maximilian Beier (5), Emre Can (5), Jamie Gittens (5)
Heidenheim:
Kevin Müller (5), Omar Traoré (5), Patrick Mainka (6), Benedict Gimber (5), Jonas Föhrenbach (5), Jan Schöppner (5), Lennard Maloney (5), Adrian Beck (5), Paul Wanner (5), Leon Scienza (5), Marvin Pieringer (6)
Others: Sirlord Conteh (6), Mikkel Kaufmann (5), Maximilian Breunig (5), Niklas Dorsch (5), Mathias Honsak (-)
GGFN Man of the Match: Karim Adeyemi (8)
At the moment, it regarded like Dortmund’s entrance 4 clicked. Donyell Malen, Karim Adeyemi, Julian Brandt and Sehrou Guirassy all mixed effectively and had nice chemistry, however Adeyemi was the stand-out.
The winger had an excellent worldwide break the place he scored a hat-trick for Germany under-21s and he has taken his kind again into the league. Adeyemi was energetic all through and was not solely in a position to rating but in addition present for his teammates and will have simply had a hat trick if his ending was barely higher.
IF Sahin has lastly unlocked the Adeyemi that Dortmund signed from Crimson Bull Salzburg he’ll present an entire new factor to the Dortmund assault.
GGFN | Jack Meenan
