Press review BVB v Mainz 05: strong BVB fully convinces | OneFootball

This time, there was no doubt that BVB would win their home game. Julian Ryerson provided four assists leading to a successful finish, and with the 4-0 victory over Mainz 05, Borussia Dortmund remains on the path to success. Here are the voices of some German media about the match on Friday evening at Signal Iduna Park.

BVB has developed into a "heading power," writes the Welt, as Julian Ryerson shone with his four assists. The victory was "sovereign" because BVB acted "extremely effectively," although Mainz, apart from the goals conceded, "defended very compactly and by no means showed a poor performance." BVB thus keeps the pressure on FC Bayern.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung also finds that BVB was "fully convincing" after "weeks of playing poverty." In the duel of the two most in-form teams in the Bundesliga, Dortmund quickly made Mainz sweat. Even after the break, BVB remained hungry for goals. And even when they switched to management mode, they remained dominant. "BVB has thus mastered the start of its weeks of truth, with 51 points and 15 games without defeat, they can look forward confidently."

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Four Assists from Ryerson Secure a Sovereign Victory

"The team is developing," and the clear championship statement by Nico Schlotterbeck has not harmed the team's persistence and consistency, judges the FAZ. It is also helpful that Serhou Guirassy has overcome his autumn crisis. "If Guirassy actually scores at a similar level to Bayern striker Harry Kane again, Dortmund will also move a bit closer to the league leaders from Munich in footballing terms." The many successes from set pieces are due to a perfect copy of FC Arsenal's strategy, overloading the opponent's five-meter area and thus trapping the keeper in the crowd. Three of Dortmund's four goals were scored this way. Nevertheless, this also shows a weakness of BVB under Kovac: "The team still finds it difficult to create clear scoring chances from open play."

The Sportschau also praises BVB's "enormous efficiency." The victory was well-deserved. Several aspects can be satisfied: BVB had never scored three headed goals in one half before, they remain unbeaten in 15 games and at home, and then there were the impressive four assists from Julian Ryerson. However, it was also noticeable that without Schlotterbeck, they had problems closing the gaps in their own defense.

The Kicker only criticizes that the tension in this match quickly dissipated due to Dortmund's early double strike. A "strong" BVB thus secured their sixth consecutive victory.

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