Borussia Dortmund misses a lead at 1. FC Köln and loses 2:3 (1:0) due to a weak second half. As a result, BVB missed the leap to the top of the table and fell behind FC Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund took the lead thanks to a goal by Brandt (31st), but conceded three goals after half-time. A strong Hector and goals from Kainz (53′), Tigges (56′) and Ljubicic (71′) put Cologne on the road to victory. Rothe’s goal to make it 2-3 (78th) came too late.
There was sharp criticism of the performance in the second half after Julian Brandt and Edin Terzic played. Here is the detailed report.
Modeste was greeted with whistles on his comeback in Cologne.
Edin Terzic had to do without Mats Hummels, who had a cold, for a short time. Here is the detailed report. Marius Wolf was also absent with a cold.
Dortmund missed the leap to first place with the 2: 3 and falls behind FC Bayern in the Bundesliga – Union Berlin lost in Frankfurt at the same time.
The next game for BVB is on Wednesday evening. Then the black and yellow play in the Champions League at FC Sevilla (9 p.m.).
1. FC Cologne – Borussia Dortmund: The analysis
Compared to the derby, Edin Terzic had to change a few positions. Niklas Süle replaced Mats Hummels with a cold, Karim Adeyemi replaced Marco Reus in the starting XI and Raphaël Guerreiro defended on the left instead of Marius Wolf. Otherwise, the coach relied on the proven 4-2-3-1 system. Especially in the early stages, BVB still found it difficult to press Cologne, who closed the center with a diamond in midfield, but at the same time cleverly blocked the wings when the guests wanted to move there.
The game in the first quarter was mainly characterized by duels. The Terzic team rarely pressed up and sometimes played a bit passively against the ball. As a result, Cologne repeatedly had longer ball possession phases and dangerous attacks. BVB also rarely found useful solutions with the ball. Modeste, who was greeted with whistles on his comeback in Cologne, once again found no connection to the game. On the other hand, if Dortmund won the ball in a promising position, they switched quickly and precisely via Malen and Brandt.
It was therefore significant that the best chances of winning the ball arose in attacking midfield. Malen initially missed from a good position (27′), a little later Brandt completed a switching action to make it 1-0 (31′). Shortly before the break it was Malen again, who missed a good chance after a counterattack (41′).
1. FC Köln turns the game against Borussia Dortmund
BVB also started a bit sleepy in the second half. FC often found space for long balls and combinations behind the high-acting full-backs of Dortmund, but initially did not play the attacks consistently enough. That changed in the 53rd minute when Hector played a great pass to Maina on the left, who in turn found the incoming Kainz – 1:1. Just three minutes later, Tigges scored from a corner to give Cologne the lead.
BVB had great difficulties moving backwards on both wings. The offensive players Adeyemi and Malen mostly acted cautiously, Guerreiro and Meunier were accordingly often left in the lurch.
Due to the deficit, the playing structure of both teams changed – and this also increased BVB’s weaknesses. Because Cologne no longer had to play the game and could concentrate on switching to the offensive. Dortmund, on the other hand, continued to find it difficult to create opportunities from their own possession. Cologne used the upper hand in the 71st minute and scored through Ljubicic to make it 3-1.
Terzic tried to react before the third goal was conceded by bringing in Moukoko for Özcan. A turnaround was brought by 17-year-old Rothe, who came on for Guerreiro a little later and scored with his first real action to make it 2-3 from BVB’s point of view. However, BVB’s final offensive was too timid and so the disappointing 2:3 remained.
1. FC Cologne – Borussia Dortmund: The voices of the game
Steffen Baumgart (Coach 1. FC Cologne): “In addition to the assessment of ‘mentality, passion, willingness to run’, I also miss ‘good football’ a bit. I’m relatively sure that we didn’t do that well in the first half, but in the second half we weren’t just ran, but we also played really good football and there was a phase when I would have preferred to have gone 4-1 than half an own goal to make it 2-3.If we look at the first half, then I think so , that we had good moves, but we didn’t get the ball safely to the man. You saw Dortmund more in counterattacking because we invited them because we haven’t played it properly yet.”
Edin Terzic (BVB coach): “After every win you ask me what the ambitions and goals are for the season. We always put the brakes on euphoria precisely because of games like today. Because it happens repeatedly that we give away games that we completely control. “
1. FC Cologne – Borussia Dortmund: The data for the game
Not only with a nice introduction before the important 1:1 equalization, but also generally an important calming influence in the Cologne ball possession game. Hector was always playable, always found good solutions and thus led his team to success against Borussia Dortmund.
The flop of the game: Raphaël Guerreiro
Until he was substituted, he had the most ball actions in Dortmund, but he made far too little of them. Offensively much more reserved than you are used to from him. Also vulnerable to rapid advances from Cologne.
The referee: Harm Osmers
The 37-year-old confidently led what was sometimes a tough game. Consistently distributed yellow cards, especially in the first round, without letting the line go too short. Accordingly, the duels remained tough, but within limits – and that was also thanks to Osmers’ good line.
