Malen applies golden touch to ordinary Dortmund
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Reading Time: 2min | Sat. 19.08.23. | 22:12
BVB somehow made it a winning start against Koln
Borussia Dortmund forward Donyell Malen scored two minutes from time to snatch a 1-0 home win over Koln in their opening Bundesliga fixture on Saturday.
Dortmund lacked offensive fluidity throughout the game, carving out few chances in either half as they shook off the summer cobwebs.
With the match heading towards a rare goalless draw, Malen curled the ball in from a corner in front of Dortmund's famous yellow wall, sending the home fans into raptures.
Donyell Malen gives Borussia Dortmund the lead vs FC Koln. 1-0.#Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/hJhD4OseH1
— $ (@samirsynthesis) August 19, 2023
The match was Dortmund's first competitive home fixture since last season's shock 2-2 final day draw against Mainz, which handed the title to Bayern Munich for the 11th straight year.
Dortmund controlled proceedings early but the best chance of the opening half fell to Koln after 18 minutes.
Striker Davie Selke's shot copped a deflection from Dortmund defender Niklas Sule and kissed the top of the bar before cannoning into the yellow wall.
Multiple banners held in Borussia Dortmund’s Südtribüne ahead of the second half of the Bundesliga game vs. 1. FC Köln in protest against the club‘s decision to sign Felix Nmecha, who previously shared homophobic posts on Instagram.
— Felix Tamsut (@ftamsut) August 19, 2023
“Success>values?”
“Forgot your own values?” pic.twitter.com/kbulrYvAWN
Home manager Edin Terzic used up all five substitutions as the clock wound down, Koln going close to scoring one of their own when breaking Dortmund several times on the counter.
With two minutes of regulation time to go, newcomer Felix Nmecha flicked a Julian Brandt corner into the path of Malen, who fell as he curled the ball into the top left corner.
Dortmund withstood a late charge from Koln to hold on to a valuable three points.
BUNDESLIGA - MATCHDAY 1
Friday
Werder - Bayern 0-4 (0-1)
/Sane 4, 90, Kane 75, Tel 90+4/
Saturday
Augsburg - Borussia Monchengladbach 4-4 (3-3)
/Rexhbecaj 29, Bauer 41, Michel 45+7 pen, Vargas 76 - Itakura 13, Cvancara 27, 90+7 pen, Ngoumou 37/
Bayer Leverkusen - RB Leipzig 3-2 (2-1)
/Frimpong 24, Tah 35, Wirtz 64 - Olmo 39, Openda 71/
Hoffenheim - Freiburg 1-2 (0-2)
/Kabak 50 - Szalai 39 og, Sallai 45+3/
Stuttgart - Bochum 5-0 (2-0)
/Guirassy 18, 77, Zagadou 38, Silas 60, 67/
Wolfsburg - Heidenheim 2-0 (2-0)
/Wind 6, 27/
Borussia Dortmund - Koln 1-0 (0-0)
/Malen 88/
Sunday
16.30: (2.05) Union Berlin (3.50) Mainz (4.00)
18.30: (1.40) Eintr.Frankfurt (5.00) Darmstadt (9.00)
***odds are subject to change
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