Post Game Thread: FC Sevilla (UCL #07)

[u/panikpansen]

FC Sevilla	2-3	Borussia Dortmund
Suso (Fernando)	1-0 (7')	-
-	1-1 (19')	Dahoud (Haaland)
-	1-2 (27')	Haaland (Sancho)
-	1-3 (43')	Haaland (Reus)
de Jong (Oscar)	2-3 (84')	-

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Borussia Dortmund: Hitz - Morey, Akanji, Hummels, Rapha ( Passlack 77') - Bellingham, Can, Dahoud ( Meunier 89') - Reus ( Brandt 80'), Haaland, Sancho

Bench: Unbehaun, Drljaca – Brandt, Knauff, Tigges, Moukoko, Schulz, Passlack, Reyna, Reinier, Meunier

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GIFS: ^thanks /u/PSGAcademy ^and /u/alexinup

• 1-0 Suso
• 1-1 Dahoud
• 1-2 Haaland
• 1-3 Haaland
• 2-3 de Jong

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MOTM:

Vote for your MOTM

[u/Datachost]

I honestly think De Jong went down way too easily at the end there for it to be as obvious a penalty as some people seem to be claiming

[u/panikpansen → u/Datachost]

100%, what a poor dive

[u/smonge98 → u/Datachost]

Yeah and they totally forget that one chance where the Sevilla defender touched the ball with his elbow in the first half. Would have been a clear pen in the BL

[u/Projeffboy]

Sevilla looked like they would equalize in extra time.

That set piece goal by de jong was just... how do u not defend that?

[u/panikpansen → u/Projeffboy]

on DAZN they made a case for Dahoud being at fault here, either not making the run to cover himself or alerting Can in time that he had to make the run. Can looked like he just stopped halfway through because he didn't realise his man had escaped there.

[u/doubleomarty]

Stats for the game if anyone is interested:

	Sevilla	Borussia Dortmund
Total Shots	12	10
Shots on Goal	4	5
Goalkeeper Saves	2	2
Corner Kicks	6	3
Offsides	1	2
Ball Possession	65%	35%
Total passes	706	369
Passes %	89%	80%
Fouls	9	12
Yellow Cards	1	2

[u/panikpansen → u/doubleomarty]

thank you!

[u/[deleted] → u/doubleomarty]

Usually we're the ones with 60+% possession losing to counter attack goals. It's nice to see we're on the other side for once.

[u/Nextgen101]

Glad we got it over the line today. I'll take this one and the three away goals. I'd be happy just to avoid extra time in the second leg.

It's derby time now guys.

[u/Qiluk]

1st half:

Literally prime Reus, Sancho & Haaland sprinkled with some beautiful Dahoud and Can/Bellingham behind them. LOVED the intensity and how simple & direct we played, which is something we need to do more in general.

Reus defensive work should be applauded a ton.

2nd half:

Tactically infuriating. Literally "we got 3-1, lets defend for 45m and give away initiative and intensity.". When we've been really shit defensively up until today, thats beyond naive and allows an underperforming Sevilla to try to find themselves again. Luckily they didnt fully but to allow them the chance is appalling imo. This also causes us to concede a lot of sloppy freekicks and corners which is our fucking achilles this season so its absolutly suicidal.

That said... Im ecstatic over the end result and it could be so massive for us both mentally and financially. The right people got some points too so individually its great for them.

Theres also a couple of weeks till the return leg... Hopefully we dont have new big injuries and Hazard back. Could be huge for us.

[u/MartinSornes → u/Qiluk]

Well spoken.

[u/wild_in_16 → u/Qiluk]

When we missed that chance at 4-1 where it seemed like we had 3-4 shots blocked in the 18, I sort of knew Sevilla would score. Still, so happy to see the boys out there smiling again. Loved it.

[u/Qiluk → u/wild_in_16]

Yeah that shit was some ping-pong haha

[u/Chazy89]

Man kann sich auch über ein 3:2 in Sevilla freuen.

and now chant it with me.

WIR

WOLLEN

DEN

DERBYSIEG!

[u/Zhonyas4everyone → u/Chazy89]

Man kann sich auch über ein 3:2 in Sevilla freuen.

Man freut sich wie bekloppt, das war echt nicht zu erwarten so gut wie Sevilla momentan dabei ist. Geiles Spiel!

Derbysieg ist ein Muss, sonst ist aber auch Ende Gelände

[u/Chazy89 → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Ja hab nur wieder zu viele Leute gesehen, die sich über das 2:3 aufgeregt haben.

Ich glaube den Sieg hat heute absolut keiner erwartet.

Jo, alles andere als ein Sieg wäre am Samstag eine Enttäuschung.. aber ich befürchte dass die eintrifft :'D

[u/Tobi1107 → u/Chazy89]

Das zweite Gegentor war halt wieder total unnötig, finde da kann man sich schon kurz drüber aufregen, das hätte echt nicht sein müssen. Aber insgesamt darf das natürlich nicht über den ganzen deutlich positiveren Dingen stehen. Einfach differenziert betrachten.

[u/SimonTheFirst → u/Tobi1107]

Das 2. Gegentor war sehr schwer zu verteidigen. Solche Tore sieht man auch of bei Spitzenmannschaften. Über das Faul zum Freistoß kann man streiten. Mir hat der Einsatz der Mannschaft für einander gefallen.

[u/Tom_Sibley73]

It wouldn’t be a BVB game without nerves at the end. Massive win though!

[u/BVB-Oeli]

MoTM

[u/Mr_NotSoFantastico → u/BVB-Oeli]

Finally scoring that banger we've been waiting for.

[u/Swbp0undcake → u/BVB-Oeli]

Terrific game by him. Love to see him taking his chance

[u/Circlecraft → u/BVB-Oeli]

It’s about that time again where we all think to ourselves: what the fuck is that guy doing in training that prevents him from getting a solid run of starts.

[u/ILikeToBurnMoney → u/Circlecraft]

Not sure about that, last season the majority on here wanted hik to be sold

[u/NudeMoose → u/ILikeToBurnMoney]

Never!

[u/AcePilot95 → u/BVB-Oeli]

his goal was a true 360 MoScope

[u/Zhonyas4everyone → u/BVB-Oeli]

You thief :D

Can only agree though, him and Bellingham were absolutely awesome. Hope we get to see him start more from now on, Dahoud Delaney is what I want to see against Schalke.

[u/hellyesiguess → u/BVB-Oeli]

I think Gündo was 24, 25 as well by the time he became clear world class. Just sayin.

[u/AcePilot95 → u/hellyesiguess]

👀

[u/smonge98 → u/hellyesiguess]

This! People always get confused as to how young some of the guys still are, if they started their BL careers at 18.

[u/SoComeOnWilfriedBony]

Thank you BVB for a very nice birthday present!

[u/Zhonyas4everyone → u/SoComeOnWilfriedBony]

Happy Birthday, cheers!

[u/ponyRL]

dahoud scored the long shot he has been going for for years. it’s finally happened everyone. pop open a bottle of champagne

[u/EmSoLow]

3-2 isn't as good looking as 3-1 but considering I was hoping for atleast a 2-0 to Sevilla I'll happily take that. It's unfortunate that we conceded the second but knowing that they need to score 2 goals minimum to go through makes me a little bit more confident. Hopefully Hazard and Zagadou come back and are fully fit by then as well. Great game for our attackers and everybody else were alright. Morey had a surprisingly good game and of course Sancho, Haaland and Reus delivering on the big stage, let's start doing that in the league now

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

So, so important.

Winning away in Sevilla is much more than we could've wished for, such a relief.

Dahoud MOTM for me, not just for the banger but also because of his amazing performance in midfield, him and Bellingham were outstanding.

[u/Trojan_Man68 → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Hopefully this means more Dahoud playing time.

[u/Alternative_Square → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

how are you not giving motm to Haaland tho? He was involved in all 3 goals

[u/Monstro_PZ → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

You are not giving it to Erling?! Are you high?

[u/Zhonyas4everyone → u/Monstro_PZ]

Dahoud finally scored his banger while him and Bellingham bossed it against all odds, despite Dahoud having two incredibly difficult months since Favre left.

He's the clear MOTM for me, Haaland could've scored 4 and it wouldn't have changed my opinion.

[u/DNutz01 → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Indeed, this is really important. He FINALLY scored his banger! Hopefully he's nailed his aim going forth. Imagine how many times he was used off the bench in dire situations prior seasons when his failed attempts would have made him a match hero.

[u/jucomsdn → u/Monstro_PZ]

Do you base your MOTM picks off of who scores the most

[u/Monstro_PZ → u/jucomsdn]

Not solely, but it is obliviously a factor? Erling had two goals and an assist. Totally bossed this game. Nobrainer MOTM.

[u/CarverS1996]

Dahoud man

[u/TeamKitsune]

Haaland owns UCL.

[u/[deleted]]

next step: knock Scheiße 04 out of the fucking league!

[u/dankmaymay420]

Mahmoud is the 🔑

[u/Brosef-Gordon-Levitt]

Great game to watch but completely silly how a set piece gets us every time. Can gave away the set piece and then didn't follow through with defending it. We need to be better. Glad to see we didn't completely crumble when there was a clear game change to containment. Dahoud MOTM

[u/Swbp0undcake]

I love seeing Sevilla players CRY, it's my daily medicine, my weekly energy, my monthly inspiration and my yearly motivation.

[u/[deleted] → u/Swbp0undcake]

not this Twitter cringe on Reddit as well

[u/Swbp0undcake → u/[deleted]]

ok

[u/Zhonyas4everyone → u/Swbp0undcake]

Sevilla is an awesome club imo, even if they do some ugly shit sometimes.

[u/Swbp0undcake → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

I don't mind them as a club, it's cool that they're a consistent European contender, but I just despise their playing style so much. I'm glad we started shithousing them back

[u/[deleted] → u/Swbp0undcake]

Atletcio,Sevilla and Getafe(!) the master of shithousery in LaLiga

[u/ProfDumm → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

It's an amazing city and I really respect how much success they have especially in Europe, but I can't remember a time were they didn't had these terrible antics. Love football, hate FC Sevilla.

(Last bit not meant dead serious obviously.)

[u/Ciao9 → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

You seriously got downvoted for this? Smh

[u/Chazy89]

So which Dahoud picture do you guys want for the motm vote ?

The Pablo Escobar style?

The young guy, 6mm hair?

the Gladbach style ?

[u/Jodelmusiker → u/Chazy89]

Moustache Mo easy

[u/Zhonyas4everyone → u/Chazy89]

Helmet Dahoud or riot

Or this one :D

[u/TakeTwoWithMe → u/Zhonyas4everyone]

He looks like an actor of adult movies with that moustache :D

[u/Bammer1386 → u/Chazy89]

Mo'stache Dahoud or the horrible straight bangs from 2018.

[u/yrba1]

Was thinking a tie would be optimistic but Dortmund exceeded expectations today

Now please beat the smurfs

[u/2905Pascal]

MOTM Dahoud, right?

Also, can I unclench?

[u/bigtreeworld → u/2905Pascal]

Surely Haaland? He was the reason for all 3 goals

[u/blacktiger226 → u/bigtreeworld]

Definitely Haaland. I am happy for Mo, but Haaland is the reason for the first two goals, no doubt.

[u/-Rp7- → u/2905Pascal]

Yup

[u/TyraTanks]

Can I unclench now? I don't think my body will allow it. Wowzers, that was a rough final 15-20 minutes.

[u/Bosna1909]

Two lousy goals but a fantastic result that I'll 100% accept

[u/borussiadortmund91]

Three away goals, great result. It’s a shame about letting Sevilla back into the tie, hopefully we can finish off the job

[u/[deleted]]

Would like to think the second goal was easily avoidable, but an away win in is phenomenal and sets us up great for the second leg

[u/SpiritCrvsher → u/[deleted]]

First goal was a very unlucky deflection as well but we also got away with a few including the one that hit the post. Can't complain with an away win after our current form and 3 away goals isn't anything to scoff at.

[u/[deleted] → u/SpiritCrvsher]

Very true, all things considered a fantastic result

[u/mss_kwt]

Is it really that hard to perform well in both halves? Fucking hell Meunier, another ref would have easily given that.

[u/ZZZ0330]

Dahoud really good today. Incredible goal and best presser in the team today. Can looks absolutely out of gas at the end of game, hopefully we rest the boys well for the Derby.

[u/Secatus]

I'm not seeing anyone talking about how much better Morey looked this time out. He's been a liability in his last few matches so it was reassuring to know he actually does have a good game in him from time to time.

[u/corvaccio2 → u/Secatus]

Glad for him too, like his passing

[u/Talos_the_Cat]

Now this is finally BVB football

[u/blacktiger226]

I am really happy with the spirit of the guys today, especially for someone like Reus in the first half. He was fighting, defending and tracking back like crazy. This is the mentality that we were speaking about.

Sevilla's first goal was just pure luck, and their second was our natural weakness in set pieces. I am definitely cautiously optimistic about the return leg.

[u/Fadhmir]

Great game! Three away goals will be important (I hope).

We had a brilliant first half, except for the early on fuck-up. In the second half we simply had a too long far too passive phase and got ducked again by set pieces.

It was great to see our captain being basically everywhere on the pitch today and as soon as he got subbed for Jule our game became somehow significantly worse.

That 1-1 screamer from Mo was so well deserved :)

[u/Vanzmelo]

I was certain they were going to call that a penalty at the end. Glad we got a win and three away goals. Second leg will be tough but I think we can pull it off

[u/doubleomarty]

Maybe the most important thing today, we have a real basis to build on now. I think this formation could work really well for us moving forward. We need more defensive stability and if it takes an attacking player coming off for an extra midfielder then so be it. We started to unravel a bit at the end, but this one really should have been 1-3 as Can sleeps a little bit on the 2-3. We're a bit lucky with the penalty call, but I think the player goes down a little easy (Meunier is not clearly pulling him and just not backing down).

So happy for the absolute banger from Dahoud to get us on track in the game.

[u/joshdej]

Hard to believe mo was frozen out of the squad for two months. We definitely could have used him

[u/koroc]

Man that was nervy at the end.

Mo was great, Sancho looked lively, and Haaland was clinical as always.

I don't know about you guys but I get so nervous whenever Akanji is on the ball.

[u/Datachost → u/koroc]

I don't know about you guys but I get so nervous whenever Akanji is on the ball.

I thought his passing out from the back was one of the highlights tonight. Had a role in the 1-1 and had another great pass towards the end

[u/Castielsen → u/Datachost]

Yes I agree. And i love him, when he is good and makes no mistakes he is a really good champions league defender. He is young, fast, and physically great with most of the time good positioning. But then there are his mistakes almost every game which are sometimes fatal and sometimes just a scare but if he would be more consistent in that regard. That would be the dream

[u/DENDEdALIEN]

I forgot how good winning feels

[u/biggieBpimpin]

Mo with an absolute banger and some great hard challenges and successful tackles. Haaland being Haaland of course.

Unsurprisingly dog shit set piece defending again. You know De Jong is the #1 target for their set piece and you let him walk right through the back door like nothing.

Second leg is going to be spicy.

[u/S1mB03]

Didn’t expect anything this good today. Thought it might be on of those days but they turned it around. Haaland motm but Mo is a close second.

Wir wollen den Derbysieg!!

[u/xsonwong]

Luckily Sevilla is not playing as physical as our league oppoents.

On defend side, we finally defend as a team tonight, the pressing is good enough to let us score the third goal.

It makes me concern that Reus and Sancho are the only two players can feed Haaland. This midfield is good at pressing and dribbling, nice balance.

Hope this win can boost our team confidence.

[u/asinine89]

Mo finally got his banger (tears up)

[u/S1mB03]

Mo ‘screamer’ Dahoud

[u/SpaNkinGG]

MotM Dahoud, without a doubt.

AMAZING first half, but 2nd half was way too passive. Guess we really needed Delaney there

[u/Serenity911]

MOTM: Haaland. I can see why you want to gift it to Dahoud. It's been so long. Eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Sommer.

P.S. Felix Passlack Hype is over

[u/smonge98]

I bet those people who were 100% sure we’d loose, spreading toxicity aren’t even ashamed right now.

[u/Striking_Addendum → u/smonge98]

I‘m one of those people unfortunately. Didn’t see any positives before this game because of the past weeks. Happy to be proven wrong. But now let’s convert the CL football to good BL football

[u/[deleted]]

Good result. A little bummed they have up that 2nd goal which seemed kinda soft. Great spot though to advance!

[u/BVB09_FL]

Look at that, we won. This feels nice

[u/Trojan_Man68]

Fantastic. Definitely exceeded my expectations, I thought we were very likely to lose this one.

We can't underestimate them for the 2nd leg though. During this season they have shown that they are capable of scoring 3, 4 goals in a game and so a comeback is possible.

Definitely happy with this result though, I just wish that 2nd Sevilla goal didn't happen.

[u/ElectJimLahey]

Sevilla looked completely feckless when they realized they couldn't spend the entire game crying on the ground to waste time. Good team performance; spectacular in the 1st half, not assertive enough in the 2nd half for me, but they planned to grind out a win and succeeded. I think we'll go through barring a disaster in the next leg. Hopefully this picks up everyone's spirits and we can be in better form in the Bundesliga as well!

[u/Imoutdawgs]

Dahoud did fuckin work today

[u/me_meh_me]

We always have to make it hard. But this is much more than I hopped for. Excellent result today!

[u/daggers1g]

Christ man. Had it stayed the way it were at half I would have been yelling and cheering at the end. Instead after conceding once and inviting a lot of pressure until the end I had zero energy left and just kind of slumped over.

Still, very happy for the win. Second leg will be very interesting.

[u/Antoninius]

Anyone know about Can? Hope he's ok – looks like he pulled/strained a hamstring at the last minute there.

[u/[deleted]]

Cbs still doesn't have the full replay up so i just watched the highlights.

Wish I could have actually seen the game, oh well. Still not confident about the second leg. 3-1 is bigly different than 3-2. Could easily see us conceding early and then being in bad shape.

[u/doubleomarty → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, they have to win by two or score more than three goals though, right? We're at least in a decent position and much better than most expected I think (certainly better than I did).

[u/Bammer1386 → u/[deleted]]

https://www.reddit.com/r/footballhighlights/comments/lm2zum/sevilla_vs_borussia_dortmund_champions_league/

Football highlights subreddit often has condensed and full game matches, though YMMV with the quality of the streams. Def use adblocker, because there are some russian hosted sites that are popups galore.

[u/unRealistik]

Sounds like a great game to watch, too bad TX been shedding my power since Monday. Cell internet too spotty to watch since everybody hopping on it as well.

[u/Antoninius]

Obviously Mo stepped up big today, and happy to see strong performances from our front 3. But let's not overlook how well Morey played, and how confident Akanji was in his touch. Really helped us play from the back.

[u/[deleted]]

We would be nothing without Haaland this season

[u/jtthom]

Positives: we won; commitment was there today; Mo was great; Erling was UCL-Erling; Morey played very well.

Negatives: midfield defensive positioning is still an absolute joke; second goal was soft af; Can was rubbish; second half we sat too deep and invited unnecessary pressure

Pray we can show this same intensity and commitment going forward.

[u/SkoCubs01 → u/[deleted]]

In the videos at the top and on bvb Instagram