Press review FC Augsburg v BVB: new efficiency and resilience | OneFootball

BVB wins 1-0 at FC Augsburg but doesn’t exactly cover themselves in glory. Even the traveling fans made their displeasure with the unattractive performance known. This is what the football press in Germany is writing about this hard-fought victory, which nevertheless brings Borussia Dortmund three points and even some praise.

Maik Rosner in the Süddeutsche Zeitung notes a “new efficiency and resilience” at BVB. Already the seventh win without conceding a goal this season leads to this assessment: “Dortmund now regularly manages to generate results based on a solidified defense.” Even more important with regard to recent history, BVB now shows “remarkable consistency.” The team appears much “tighter and more focused,” even if the match at FC Augsburg was not a beautiful one. There was a lot of fighting spirit on display, with players demonstrating their new resilience. In addition, Serhou Guirassy ended his seven-hour goal drought.

The FAZ points out that this goal was a “gift” from FC Augsburg. For this reason, the whole thing was a “laborious workmanlike victory.” The Bundesliga’s weakest defense held out against Dortmund for a long time, because “Dortmund hardly picked up any pace going forward.” Overall, the game was characterized by “little pace and esprit.”

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A lot of fighting, little build-up play at FCA – BVB

The Zeit also saw little uplifting. “The match itself was marked by duels and turnovers, with neither team managing to build up play in an orderly fashion up to the penalty areas.” Augsburg’s defense stood better than recently, but near the BVB goal they lacked penetration. In the end, BVB wins their fourth competitive match in a row.

With regard to how the only goal of the match came about, Sportschau writes “Augsburg beats themselves.” Borussia Dortmund appeared “unimpressive, but completely solid.” Since FCA showed no attacking intent, but BVB in turn appeared “sluggish,” there was little of note for a long time. Guirassy did not let Augsburg’s “gift” before the 1-0 go to waste. A change in FCA’s cautious approach surprisingly only came shortly before the final whistle—too late.

At Kicker, the verdicts for BVB’s win are also “unimpressive” and “sluggish.” “BVB moved the ball much too slowly, so no spaces opened up and depth could not be found.” Even as the spaces grew larger after taking the lead, BVB did not exploit them, also because FCA remained conspicuously harmless.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.