Borussia Dortmund have started 2019 as they started this season – in form. Another flurry of goals helped them beat their latest opponent, but it was one man who stole the show again.Borussia Dortmund 5-1 Hannover (Hakimi 25', Reus 60', Götze 63', Guerreiro 67', Witsel 90+1' – Bakalorz 87') It took Lucien Favre's side a …
Borussia Dortmund have turned the tables on Bayern Munich to win a thrilling encounter at the top of the Bundesliga. BVB stretch their lead over the Bavarians to seven points in the process.Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Bayern Munich (Reus 49', 67', Alcacer 73' – Lewandowski 26', 52') In one of the most thrilling games in recent …
Borussia Dortmund have their sights set on preserving their perfect Champions League record when they take on Atletico Madrid. A point would be enough for BVB to book their place in the last 16 with two games to spare.Lucien Favre's charges made a statement by handing Atletico their biggest defeat in Diego Simeone's near seven-year …
Ousmane Dembele and Christian Pulisic have expressed their gratitude to former coach Thomas Tuchel. French winger Dembele also claimed that he and his teammates were “forced to play” after April’s bus attack.After a tumultuous season, Borussia Dortmund youngsters Ousmane Dembele and Christian Pulisic have spoken out in support of former coach Thomas Tuchel in a …
According to a German weekly, Dortmund players made it clear that they didn’t want to play a match less than 24 hours after last month’s attack on their bus. This contradicts the club chairman’s account of events.Several senior Borussia Dortmund players expressed a wish to further postpone their Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Monaco …
Dortmund’s chairman has written an open letter to the club’s supporters explaining the decision to part ways with coach Thomas Tuchel. BVB have stressed that it had nothing to do with a reported rift between the two men.In an open letter to Dortmund supporters published on the club’s website just hours after Thomas Tuchel’s dismissal …
Some say third time’s a charm but for Dortmund it took four goes to break the German Cup final curse. Frankfurt are now all too familiar with the pain of final loss but it can help them grow, writes DW’s Hecko Flores.Losing a final is the bitterest pill to swallow but Eintracht Frankfurt don’t have …
Marc Bartra has returned to the pitch wearing a blue cast on his right arm. The Borussia Dortmund defender was injured in a bomb attack on his team bus in April that was allegedly motivated by greed.Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra returned to training on Wednesday almost a month after his wrist was fractured in …
An unlikely comeback at the home of their rivals proves that Dortmund can be a team for now and not just for the future, writes DW’s Matt Pearson. But to silence their doubters, they need to go one step further.As the final whistle blew on a pulsating German Cup semifinal that featured sublime skill and …
Dortmund progress to the German Cup Final after an Ousmane Dembele-inspired comeback in the Allianz Arena, beating Bayern Munich 3-2. Bayern dominated large parts of the game after Marco Reus gave Dortmund an early lead.Ousmane Dembele inspired a sensational comeback as Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena to progress to a record …
With both teams out of Europe, the German Cup has come in to even sharper focus for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The two clash in a semifinal that’s likely to define the success of this season for both.The third meeting of Germany’s big two this term comes less than three weeks after their last …
Borussia Dortmund are back in third with a 3-2 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. Mainz held Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, while Max Kruse powered Werder Bremen towards the European places.Gladbach 2-3 Dortmund (Stindl 43′, Schmelzer 48′ o.g. – Reus pen. 10′, Aubameyang 59′, Guerreiro 87′) Borussia Dortmund came from behind to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach …
A difficult two weeks for Borussia Dortmund ended with elimination from the Champions League in Monaco. Attention now turns to the Bundesliga and a German Cup semifinal in Munich.There is no time to rest for Borussia Dortmund after the trauma and disappointment of the last two weeks. The team bus attack, a game played and …
Marc Bartra quickly became a regular fixture in Dortmund’s lineup after moving from from Barca in the summer. An operation on injuries suffered in the bus attack appears to have gone well.Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra had the radial bone in his right arm broken and fragments of debris lodged in his hand after three …
Derbies are often based on difference: different politics, different religion, different class. But as Matt Ford found out in Gelsenkirchen, Schalke and Dortmund have a lot in common.Despite its name, the “Schalker Meile” is actually just under one mile long. Flanked on both sides by endless rows of flats and terraced housing, it would be …
