BVB lose Supercup to Bayern Munich | OneFootball

With just one change from the dress rehearsal against AS Roma – Waldemar Anton for Filippo Mane – head coach Niko Kovac sent out his team for 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 fine pass. But his cross was cut out by the defense. Bayern Munich had more possession in the opening stages but failed to register a shot.

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

The game then began to swing in the visitors’ favor, and they created several shooting chances. The most dangerous came from Aleksandar Pavlovic, but Gregor Kobel gathered the ball safely (14). Dortmund made it into the box once during this spell when Kosta Karetsas found Julian Ryerson with a switch of play. Inacio expected a teammate behind him, but his cutback rolled harmlessly through (24).

Instead, the visitors’ superiority paid off: after a pass from Michel Olise, Nathaniel Brown scored from a central position 16 meters out to give Munich a 1-0 lead. BVB nearly responded immediately, but Svensson completely missed a cross from Ramy Bensebaini while unmarked (32).

Four minutes later, Gregor Kobel prevented it from becoming 0-2 with a brilliant save, tipping 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 the break, the visitors had several more clear-cut chances: Brown (43) and Olise (45) were initially denied – but then Olise drove into the box and scored from a tight angle to make it 2-0.

After the restart, it took five minutes for Dortmund to start pushing for a way back into the game. New signing Giannis Konstantelias, brought on at halftime, made an immediate impression with an acrobatic volley (52). In the same minute, his Greece international teammate Karetsas nearly helped pull one back, but Neuer pushed the ball past the post with a save. Shortly afterward, the two failed to make the most of a promising counterattack. Karetsas’ night then came to an end. Joey Veerman replaced him and also made his black-and-yellow debut.

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

Dortmund’s attacking efforts were having an effect, though: Fabio Silva bundled home a swift move down the left to make it 2-1 (75). Two minutes later, Kane could have restored the two-goal cushion, but his shot drifted just over the goal.

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

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