This season, Borussia Dortmund is a team that, over a few days, can break down the Portuguese champion 3: 0, and also lose 0: 2 to the band from the Bundesliga relegation zone. This is exactly what the last two matches looked like. In Lisbon with Sporting BVB looked like a candidate to win the Champions League and secured a gigantic advantage before the rematch. In the league they were beat by a lock. So the trainer may new (Niko Kovac), but in Dortmund so far unchanged.
Sporting without Gyokeres, faith and desire probably too
Sporting, on the other hand, went to a rematch with the task of doing a miracle. The leaders of the Portuguese league table took the case on their own pitch and found themselves with one leg outside the Champions League. Was making such a loss possible at all? Well, Sporting managed to score more than three goals in one match in the current LM edition. Still in the league phase at home against Manchester City (4: 1). The problem is that the Portuguese practically gave up the fight. Even their greatest star Viktor Gyokeres did not go to Germany.
The first half was very … boring. We were counting on the offensive show like the Tuesday battle Benfica Lisbon – AS Monaco (3: 3). However, as the commentators of “Borussia do not have to summarize during the break, Sporting cannot”. Suffice it to say that the only more interesting situation during these 45 minutes was the hit of Marcel Sabitzer from the 28th minute, which Rui Silva saved well.
The goalkeeper himself gave emotions
For a team that was supposed to try to make up a three -break loss here, Sporting was completely toothless. Somehow instead of quality. Except for their goalkeeper. In the second half of Rui, Silva stopped, among others strong Adeyemi's shot. In turn, in the 57th minute he fouled the same player in the penalty area. However, he was able to buy back his guilt because he sensed the intentions of Serhou Guirassy and saved his penalty shot, which confirmed the name of the best on the pitch.
Borussia even if she didn't want to, she would be promoted anyway
Borussia played like a band that wants to make up for the losses. And since Sporting was supposed to do it, it's another matter. The hosts hit the post (Gio Reyna in the 70th minute), and then also to the goal, but the goal with the head of Emre Cana from 74 was canceled by the burnt. The team from Lisbon, in turn, looked embarrassing. They came without the biggest star and clearly without even feeling like fighting. If before this match someone gave them the option of not playing this match, it was very possible that they would benefit.
Ultimately, we didn't see the goals. Sporting at the very end of the match even tried to create something, they had a corner (without effect). However, this was not able to save this meeting. An extremely bland meeting, which is best suited to the classic comment “The match took place”. Borussia advanced to the 1/8 final thanks to the triumph in the first match 3: 0.