SC Freiburg - Borussia Dortmund 2-1: Grifo brilliant, BVB sloppy

Borussia Dortmund has received the next setback after the Supercup bankruptcy against FC Bayern. On the 2nd Bundesliga matchday, Marco Rose’s team lost 2-1 at SC Freiburg – despite more possession and chances.

“We control the whole game, we have enough chances. It can’t be that we invite our opponents to score goals. That can’t happen, we can’t lose our games,” said defender Manuel Akanji after the final whistle Sky.

“We make two stupid mistakes. We can prevent the free kick before the 1-0 goal, the second goal was a counterattack. That just can’t be! Especially not if we have the claim to the Champions League.”

SC Freiburg – BVB: The voices of the coach

Christian Streich (coach SC Freiburg): “We never stopped defending and we managed it with luck and skill. We defended passionately as a team, we worked for our luck.”

Marco Rose (coach Borussia Dortmund): “We are very disappointed. After the good start, we wanted to improve. For us, it’s about continuing to work hard, performing even better and getting results.”

BVB grades: 4 times the grade 5! Painting debut on the wrong foot

1/17

BVB lost 1: 2 in Freiburg and disappointed across the board. In particular, a new addition and a few established stars are completely off the track.

2/17

GREGOR KOBEL: Powerless to concede, otherwise rarely checked due to lack of shots on goal. His best act was then the save when Grifo free-kick (62.). Note 3.

3/17

FELIX PASSLACK (up to 80): How unhappy against Bayern. Caused the free kick that made it 1-0, but increased as the game progressed. In the second half went through to the baseline and prepared the own goal to make it 2-1. Grade: 4.

4/17

AXEL WITSEL (up to 79th): He is not a central defender and showed this when Schlotterbeck had a chance to head the ball after a free kick (30th), where he ultimately only gave escort. At 2-0, much too passive in front of the cross that initiated the hit. Grade: 4.5.

5/17

MANUEL AKANJI: Started with a strong tackle against Sallai in front of the penalty area (13th). On the other hand, too passive for a cross from Jeong (33rd). Saved in front of the penalty area with a foul against Schmid. Was the main distributor in the game. Grade: 4.

6/17

NICO SCHULZ (up to 38th): Mostly inconspicuous until he was replaced early. Had a good cross before Haaland had a chance (29th). Defensive without a mistake. Grade: 3.5

7/17

JUDE BELLINGHAM: Big chance after a good solo run (11th), but his conclusion was poor. Had the best BVB chance before the break with a head to the post (32nd). Before the 2-0, his loss of the ball initiated the counterattack. Irritierte Keitel in front of 2: 1. Grade: 4.

8/17

MAHMOUD DAHOUD: His first noticeable action was the loss of the ball, which he only ironed out with a tactical foul and yellow against Jeong (34th). At least he is involved in the 2-0 because he comes too late against Sallai in the backcourt. Grade: 4.5.

9/17

GIOVANNI REYNA (up to 71st): He made an effort in any case, leading his team with passes in depth and flanks. His best chance to shoot was blocked (39th). One of BVB’s most active offensive players. Grade: 3.5.

10/17

MARCO REUS: Very weak presentation by the captain. As a ten, completely ineffective and without any participation in the goal. Was completely logged off. Grade: 5.5.

11/17

ERLING HAALAND: It wasn’t his day. Always trying, but unusually weak with his partially promising finishes (13th, 48th, 68th). Not the big driver, as usual, often sagging shoulders, not as present as usual. Grade: 5.

12/17

DONYELL MALEN (up to 79th): Was allowed to start, but didn’t take his chance. Saw yellow early for a punch in the face by Lienhart, also spoiled a great chance for a possible connection goal after the goalkeeper was played out (56th). Grade: 5.

13/17

RAPHAEL GUERREIRO (from 38th): Not determined on the wing, allowed such a promising cross from Jeong (46th), and also not in the picture when Holder’s header made it 2-0 by Sallai. He lacks match practice. Grade: 5.

14/17

JULIAN BRANDT (from 70th): Should provide another breath of fresh air, but he didn’t succeed. Grade: 4.

15/17

MATS HUMMELS (from 79): Made his comeback late but had no effect. No rating.

16/17

YOUSSOUFA MOUKOKO (from 79): Just as inconspicuous. No rating.

17/17

EMRE CAN (from 80th): Couldn’t help in the end either. No rating.

SC Freiburg – BVB: The analysis

BVB coach Rose only switched his team to one position compared to the 1: 3 in the Supercup: Malen was allowed to play for the first time from the start, but Moukoko took a seat on the bench.

However, the newcomer from Eindhoven hardly knew how to set the tone – just like the rest of the BVB offensive in round one. On the one hand, this was due to the fact that the Freiburg players in 4-4-2 were defensively stable even without the defensive support Gulde (hip problems) and kept the spaces consistently tight in the first and second thirds.

On the other hand, the guests lacked pace, ideas and consistency in the end for long stretches. Bellingham had the best opportunities for BVB in the first half with one of the few beautiful individual actions (11th) and a Kofpball after a corner (32nd), otherwise the 10,100 spectators in the Dreisamstadion got to see a lot of the table third from last season .

The only real highlight in the first section: Grifo’s dream goal in the 6th minute to make it 1-0 for the sports club, a brilliant and for Kobel untenable free kick from a good 25 meters.

The second half, however, offered much more entertainment. Only the home side, who were always dangerous with switching actions, increased to 2-0 (53rd) after a strong combination over Jeong and Höler by Sallai, then BVB forced the next goal with an own goal by Keitel (59th).

An exciting final phase developed in which the Freiburg team finally withdrew into their own half and the ball possession statistics grew to almost 80 percent for BVB. However, Rose’s team could no longer capitalize on this. Also because the few clear chances – for example through the disappointing Haaland, who appeared alone in front of Flekken (68th) – were miserably missed.

SC Freiburg – BVB: The lineups

SCF: Flekken – Schmid, Lienhart, Schlotterbeck, Günter – Sallai (71st Schade), Keitel (86th Eggestein), Höfler, Grifo (84th Kübler) – Jeong (71st Haberer), Höler (71st Demirovic)

BVB: Kobel – Passlack (79th Can), Witsel (79th Hummels), Akanji, Schulz (38th Guerreiro) – Bellingham, Dahoud, Reyna (70th Brandt) – Malen (79th Moukoko), Haaland, Reus

SC Freiburg – BVB: The data of the game

Gates: 1-0 Grifo (6th), 2-0 Sallai (53rd), 2-1 Keitel (own goal, 59th)

With his 237th appearance in the Bundesliga for SC Freiburg, Günter advanced to become the Breisgau record player in the German upper house of football.

The star of the game: Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg)

Even before dream scorer Grifo and the bustling Jeong, he was the best player in the sports club. Cleared a lot in the defensive midfield, also played most of all Freiburg with 26 tackles.

The flop of the game: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)

Invisible appearance of the BVB captain. Remained as a ten without even a goal shot participation. An even weaker performance than that of Malen or Haaland.

The referee: Robert Schröder

Confident appearance from Schröder. I was largely correct in all of the decisions. Also rated the rather unintentional wiping by Malen against Lienhart as violent, but with yellow (19th) – a justifiable judgment.