Today we saw the glorious evening clash between BVB and the underdogs, in this case, Augsburg at the Signal Iduna Park.

The thousands of Borussia Dortmund fans were roaring with the excitement and love that they are known for. Their voices become louder and louder as the 11 players representing their pride and the city placed their foot on the pitch.

After the handshake formalities and exchange of respect between the players, the match came to a start.

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The match started like any other match but the restlessness in Augbsburgs play could easily be seen. Dortmund got the possession while the Augsburg men pressed aggressively like hungry predators after their prey. The whole stadium was shocked when Mads Pedersen very easily crossed the ball to the center of the penalty box which helped Florian Niederlechner to easily score. The same question started to come up in the hearts of Dortmund fans, “is our defense still bad?”.

Augsburg scored the first goal in under 30 seconds.

But there wasn’t enough time for Augsburg to celebrate as Dortmund quickly got the ball forward, captain Marco Reus wished to pass the ball to Paco Alcacer but got intercepted by the keeper’s hands which very, unfortunately, made an error and basically gifted an equalizer to the home side

Borussia Dortmund equalized at 2′

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The first half was enough for us to understand what the two sides wanted out of the match and how they expected to earn it. The home side was confident in their play and controlled possession while pressing aggressively every time they lost it. The away side surprisingly switched to much defensive and counter-attacking tactics. It looked like they thought their shocking goal was enough for them to earn a draw.

In the first half, Dortmund very much dominated and had a lot of chances but was unfortunate to convert them. They were crossing a lot in the first half, Hazard and Sancho failed to cross a half-decent ball. The Dortmund wingers were very much challenged by the Augsburg fullbacks. The first half came to an end with both sides drawing but Dortmund controlling the game.

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The second half started with Dortmund still continuing with their first-half controlling possession tactics while Augsburg was very much parking the bus.

Augsburg’s bus got crushed when Axel Witsel successfully cracked their defenses code and crossed the ball to Jadon Sancho, who successfully made it 2-1

Everything from this point was nothing less than a BVB masterclass. After 4 minutes of the goal Captain Marco Reus scored again making it 3-1, Paco Alcacer with a very unselfish assist.

After 2 minutes Paco Alcacer scored to make it 4-1 with an assist by none other than Jadon Sancho.

The home side made the changes by bringing Hakimi ON for Pizu while Brandt came ON for Hazard.

The captain Marco Reus made his way to the bench at 78′ while leaving the armband for Max Hummels.

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What better way could a debut have gone for Brandt when he scored to make it 5-1, assisted by Axel Witsel.

The game came to an end with a shattered Augsburg side and a celebrating Dortmund side who successfully went top of the Bundesliga table after matchday 1.

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WHAT DID WE LEARN

This Dortmund side has successfully filled the holes which were left unfilled last season. The defense looks confident and Mr. Favre’s tactics look matured and patient. Last year Dortmund played restlessly fast-paced attacking football. They looked for exploiting the speed of their wingers and unnecessary fast passing.

But this season the changes can be seen, We played very patiently, build from the back, looked for crosses or cut in’s from the wing. Today we played “Intelligent” football. This helped us to break the Park the bus tactics of the opposition, something we couldn’t do last season.

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PLAYER RATINGS

PISZCZEK

Did well defensively and tried his best to create chances

6.5/10

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AKANJI

Could have tried to stop the first goal but for the rest of the game pressed very well and played as an excellent ball-playing defender.

7/10

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HUMMELS

Played well as a classic CB but also could have scored two corners. His headers were better with Bayern

SNAKE/10

6.5/10

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SCHULZ

Did really well defensively and could have created chances if Sancho passed to him after the wide overlap.

8/10

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WEIGL

Had an average game, looked like a threat and was alright defending

6.5/10

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AXEL WITSEL

Personally, for me, he was the best player on the pitch. Ignoring the corner errors he made, he was defensively awesome, made chances and assisted, Controlled the midfield in a fabulous fashion.

9/10

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JADON SANCHO

was getting bullied by the Augsburg fullbacks at first but when he opened up, no one could have stopped him.

1 goal

1 assist

8.5/10

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HAZARD

Tried his best but just like Sancho got bullied by the fullbacks. The chances he created were very mediocre.

Not the worst performance but also not the best

5/10

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PACO ALCACER

What can be said about this man, Scored 2 goals and assisted Reus.

NOT JUST A SUPER SUB

9/10

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MARCO REUS

What bad can be said about our captain?

He defended

he attacked

he scored

he roamed like he owned the pitch

our captain Marco Reus

9/10

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BEST PLAYER: WTISEL

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