BVB lose Supercup to Bayern Munich | OneFootball

With just one change from the dress rehearsal against AS Roma – Waldemar Anton for Filippo Mane – coach Niko Kovac sent his side into the Supercup. Joane Gadou and Konstantinos Karetsas made their competitive debuts for BVB.

Dortmund started boldly: Julian Ryerson won the ball, Konstantinos Karetsas reacted quickly and picked out Daniel Svensson with a delicate pass. But his cross was stopped by the defence. Bayern Munich had more possession in the opening stages but failed to register a shot.

After more than ten minutes, Dortmund looked like they might take control of the game. Serhou Guirassy had his first effort, but Samuele Inacio had flicked on Karetsas’ earlier cross from an offside position, and Guirassy fired over the bar anyway.

However, the game then tilted in the visitors’ favour, and they created several chances. The most dangerous came from Aleksandar Pavlovic, but Gregor Kobel gathered the ball safely (14). BVB managed one entry into the box during this spell when Kosta Karetsas switched play to Julian Ryerson. Inacio seemed to expect a teammate behind him, and his cut-back rolled into empty space (24).

Instead, the visitors’ superiority paid off: after a pass from Michel Olise, Nathaniel Brown struck from 16 metres out, centrally, to give Munich a 1-0 lead. BVB nearly responded immediately, but Svensson completely missed the ball from close range after a square pass from Ramy Bensebaini (32).

Four minutes later, Gregor Kobel produced a brilliant save to prevent 0-2, pushing a shot from Luis Diaz around the post. The ball did end up in the net after a Bensebaini header, but it was narrowly offside (43). Shortly before half-time, the visitors had several more clear-cut chances: Brown (43) and Olise (45) were both denied at first – but then Olise drove into the box and scored from a tight angle to make it 2-0.

After the break, it took five minutes for Dortmund to start pushing for a way back into the game. New signing Giannis Konstantelias, brought on at half-time, made an instant impression with an acrobatic volley (52). In the same minute, his Greece international teammate Karetsas nearly set up the equaliser, but Neuer tipped the ball wide with a save. The pair then failed to make the most of a promising counterattack shortly afterwards. Karetsas’ evening then came to an end. Joey Veerman came on for him and also made his debut in black and yellow.

Bayern Munich were no longer as threatening in attack as they had been in the first half and only managed one effort through Harry Kane. His attempt in the 66th minute flew narrowly over the bar.

Dortmund’s attacking efforts, meanwhile, began to pay off: Fabio Silva bundled home a quick move down the left to pull it back to 2-1 (75). Two minutes later, Kane could have restored the two-goal cushion, but his shot drifted just over the bar.

Just before the final whistle, events came thick and fast: Kobel saved from Pavlovic and Olise. Then Silva was denied by Neuer with a header, and Bellingham could not take advantage of an error by the goalkeeper. In the 90th minute, Bensebaini was sent off with a straight red for a foul. Olise raced through on Kobel but was stopped at the last moment. At the other end, Beier missed the best chance to equalise when through on goal. In the end, it finished 2-1 from Dortmund’s point of view.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND – FC BAYERN MUNICH 1:2 (0:2)

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BVB: Kobel – Gadou, Anton, Bensebaini – Svensson, Bellingham, Nmecha (62 Beier), Ryerson (73 Sabitzer) – Karetsas (62 Veerman), Inacio (46 Konstantelias) – Guirassy (62 Silva)FC Bayern Munich: Neuer – Stanisic (68 Davies), Kim, Tah, Brown (81 Saibari) – Kimmich, Pavlovic – Olise, Laimer, Diaz (90.+5 Bischof) – KaneBench: Meyer, Mane, Albert, Reggiani – Urbig, Upamecano, Ito, Ibrahimovic, Bara, Cardozo Goals: 0:1 Brown (28, Olise), 0:2 Olise (45.+1), 1:2 Silva (75, Svensson)Yellow card: Diaz (45.+1)Red card: Bensebaini (90)Referee: Schlager Attendance: 81,365 at SIGNAL IDUNA PARKChristina Reinke

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