St Pauli chase draw against Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga opener | OneFootball

In the first round of the German Championship, Borussia Dortmund drew 3-3 with St. Pauli, this Saturday, at the Millerntor Stadium, in Hamburg. Serhou Guirassy, Waldemar Anton and Julian Brandt scored for the visitors, while Andreas Hountondji, Danel Sinani and Eric Smith netted for the home team.

For the next round of the Bundesliga, Borussia will face Union Berlin, on the 31st, at 12:30 (Brasília time), and ST. Pauli will play against HSC, on the 29th, at 15:30.

The goals

Borussia opened the scoring at 34 minutes of the first half, when Guirassy took advantage of a long cross from the left and headed for the goal. Shortly after, at 37, Dortmund had a penalty awarded after a foul on Karim Adeyemi. It was Guirassy who took it, but the ball was stopped by the goalkeeper's defense.

In the second half, just five minutes in, St. Pauli equalized after stealing the ball in the attack: Danel Sinani crossed into the area and Hountondji completed with a header. Borussia only took the lead again at 22, with Anton finishing with his right foot after an assist from Felix Nmecha.

At 30, Julian Brandt received a long pass from Pascal Grob, faced the goalkeeper one on one and extended the lead to 3-1 for Borussia.

The draw came at 39, with a penalty confirmed by VAR after a foul by Mané, who was sent off for knocking down Ceesay in the area. Sinani converted and reduced the deficit. Five minutes later, captain Eric Smith hit a cross shot to set the final score at 3-3.

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