Dortmund's frustration: Last-minute gate ensures Christmas pressure!

Dortmund's frustration: Last-minute gate ensures Christmas pressure!

In a dramatic Bundesliga game, Borussia Dortmund experienced a painful setback on Sunday when she only played 1-1 draw in added time against TSG Hoffenheim. The Dortmunders initially took the lead by Giovanni Reyna, but ex-Dortmund Jacob Bruun Larsen equalized in the 90th minute, with which the Hoffenheimers achieved their first away goal of the season in front of 81,365 spectators in the sold-out signal iduna park. Trainer Nuri Şahin expressed his resentment about the late goal and emphasized that such hits must be avoided, since Dortmund already remains without victory in the third competitive game in a row and is in eighth place in the table, which is disappointing for a champions league finalist, like the Aachener Zeitung reported.

injury updates and squad questions

Before the game, there was positive news about the fitness of Nico Schlotterbeck, which was questionable because of a ligament injury. Nuri Şahin confirmed that Schlotterbeck would not be as long as feared at first. "The diagnosis is positive," says Şahin. However, the trainer is forced to be creative in order to deal with continued injured players like Niklas Süle and Waldemar Anton. Alternatives in the defense center could be Ramy Bensebaini and young player Almugera Kabar, while the possibility of a winter transfer decreased due to the Schlotterbeck diagnosis. "We will wait and see how it develops," added Şahin, which indicates that no immediate changes are planned in the squad, such as Ruhr24 reported.