BVB v. MSV Duisburg [R] - An Idol Returns Home

[footyfan1]

Winning Tuesday night's match will be bittersweet for me. I was one of the biggest Jürgen Kohler fans. So much so that I was in tears as I stood in the Westfalenstadion's Südtribune while Kohler stood clapping before us at the end of his farewell match.

Kicking the great one's ass will not feel good, but we'll do what we have to do. :o


BVB.com: We Get Going Again On Tuesday - Jürgen Kohler and MSV Are Coming (http://www.borussia-dortmund.com/?%E7%86%9C%2Ah%97%84%EC%5Dn%E0%86%9B)

[Hypo-Luxa]

Good preview on the site, Kevin.

It will be great to see Juergen return, but all sentimentality is gone...unless we win, of course.

For people who were able to watch the Schalke game, did Gambino and Degen perform well? I know these are guys whose improvement need to keep progressing so will we see them against Duiberg or their respective replacements?

Duisberg are a dangerous side. One whom we should beat of course, but a team whose talent can surprise and beat some top sides. We have to be careful with this one. This is a game for our question marks (Degen, Gambino and even Sahin) to improve even more.

[The Double]

Good preview on the site, Kevin.

It will be great to see Juergen return, but all sentimentality is gone...unless we win, of course.



Yeeeep.

[smithfan]

2-0

BVB wins (hopefully :D)

[Achtung]

Looks like Duisberg seem to also have an issue with giving up late goals, at least based on their last game. Don't go anywhere the last ten minutes...

[HeyaBVB]

We won

2:0

Brenner and Rosicky

[DemmahoM]

Dortmund are now in sixth place...pretty amazing for a team with so much troubles on and off the pitch.

[footyfan1]

We won

2:0

Brenner and Rosicky


Are they calling Brzenska "Brenner" now? Not being "smart", just asking the question.

Either way, according to "Kicker", the first goal was assisted by Degen and the penalty Rosicky converted was after Degen took the ball after a Duisburg chance on BVB's end and sprinted with the ball alone all the way down the pitch in on Duisburg's keeper Koch. Tobias Willi caught up with Degen, fouled him in the area, and saw the red card.

How about that? Maybe Degen is improving and helping the team eh?? LOL!!

:) :D


Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller - P. Degen, Brzenska, Wörns, Dede - Kehl - Rosicky, N. Sahin - Odonkor, Smolarek, Gambino - Trainer: Van Marwijk

MSV Duisburg: G. Koch - Baelum, Möhrle, Biliskov, A. Meyer - Tjikuzu, Caligiuri, Tararache - Lottner - Kurth, Lavric - Trainer: Kohler

Goals: 1:0 Brzenska (67., Right-Footed Shot, Assist P. Degen), 2:0 Rosicky (87., Penalty Conversion, Right-Footed Shot, P. Degen drew the penalty)

Substitutions: 78. Kruska for N. Sahin, 78. Buckley for Odonkor, 89. C. Metzelder for Gambino - 69. van Houdt for Lavric, 77. Willi for Baelum, 83. Aygün for Caligiuri

Referee: Sippel

Spectators: 65000

Red Card: Willi (87., Last Man)

Yellow Cards: A. Meyer, Caligiuri

[footyfan1]

Dortmund are now in sixth place...pretty amazing for a team with so much troubles on and off the pitch.


Maybe only until tomorrow. Depends on what happens between Stuttgart and Bremen.

I think most of the credit has to go to our amazing trainer.

We've always had the talent, but once we got rid of that HACK Sammer, it took awhile, but the players started to believe in their trainer and in one another again and it's starting to show.

[footyfan1]

Looks like Duisberg seem to also have an issue with giving up late goals, at least based on their last game. Don't go anywhere the last ten minutes...


That's when we sealed it!!! 88th minute! :)

[david29]

Perhaps two of the most unlikely scorers this evening, and equally unlikely that it would be Degen that would play a vital hand in both but I'll take goals any way they come. Especially if it means that the young schweizer is finally getting to grips with his role in the side, as the evidence this year so far would suggest he is.

Just as pleasing is the fact that a potentially tricky game has been won without great drama and without a either a card or a goal conceded. These are the sorts of games we've often let trip us up in recent times, getting within several points of 5th place and not seizing the opportunity. Hopefully, with Hertha's trip to Wolfsburg this weekend, that by Saturday night we might have claimed it.

Lastly, anyone have any reports yet on the reception the crowd gave to Kohler on his return? I know it would have been very positive, but any comments from people in the ground would be great.

[jonam]

Strange match. We totally controlled the first half. But "control" means Duisburg were doing jack in offense and defended with 11 players in their own half. We just hadn't the weapons to be a real threat. The second half started with Duisburg being a little bit more taking part....and they even had the two biggest chances of the match. IIRC Lavric missed both. Brzenska's goal then came after a corner kick when I already had the bad feeling this could be a draw.

Overall deserved because we did much more than Duisburg but we could easily have lost this one.

If we want to close in on the UEFA Cup spots and stay there till the end of the season, we def have to improve. At all this was only Duisburg and we played them at home. If we have problems to break up their defense.....other teams will give us tougher tasks.

[HeyaBVB]

Are they calling Brzenska "Brenner" now? Not being "smart", just asking the question.

Either way, according to "Kicker", the first goal was assisted by Degen and the penalty Rosicky converted was after Degen took the ball after a Duisburg chance on BVB's end and sprinted with the ball alone all the way down the pitch in on Duisburg's keeper Koch. Tobias Willi caught up with Degen, fouled him in the area, and saw the red card.

How about that? Maybe Degen is improving and helping the team eh?? LOL!!

:) :D


Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller - P. Degen, Brzenska, Wörns, Dede - Kehl - Rosicky, N. Sahin - Odonkor, Smolarek, Gambino - Trainer: Van Marwijk

MSV Duisburg: G. Koch - Baelum, Möhrle, Biliskov, A. Meyer - Tjikuzu, Caligiuri, Tararache - Lottner - Kurth, Lavric - Trainer: Kohler

Goals: 1:0 Brzenska (67., Right-Footed Shot, Assist P. Degen), 2:0 Rosicky (87., Penalty Conversion, Right-Footed Shot, P. Degen drew the penalty)

Substitutions: 78. Kruska for N. Sahin, 78. Buckley for Odonkor, 89. C. Metzelder for Gambino - 69. van Houdt for Lavric, 77. Willi for Baelum, 83. Aygün for Caligiuri

Referee: Sippel

Spectators: 65000

Red Card: Willi (87., Last Man)

Yellow Cards: A. Meyer, Caligiuri

See the answer at the list .. iirc Brenner is Brzenskas Nickname within the team

[jonam]

See the answer at the list .. iirc Brenner is Brzenskas Nickname within the team


It is...already since his days with BVB's Amateur team.

[HeyaBVB]

It is...already since his days with BVB's Amateur team.
BTW Brenner said to DSF that he wants to fight Metze for the Starter Position at Central Defender ..

OTon Brenner: "I'm not here to sit on the bench!"

geez with Amedick now coming too .. Metze really has to get back to old form if he wants to be a starter

[david29]

Overall deserved because we did much more than Duisburg but we could easily have lost this one.

Just finished watching the highlights then and I now understand what you mean, christ knows how we didn't concede a goal with the chances Klemen Lavric had. That said, we seemed to put together some decent football towards the end of the match, and despite the good fortune it took to get them, four points and two clean sheets in the space of four days is quite a positive outcome.

[Arlo]

my opinion about Brzenska improved but not that much that he could replace Metze and i'm happy about Rosicky, finally he scored his first BD goal this season:)

[jonam]

my opinion about Brzenska improved but not that much that he could replace Metze and i'm happy about Rosicky, finally he scored his first BD goal this season:)

Yeah, IMHO Metzelder has much greater talent and potential, still at the moment he is not fit and Brzenska is doing a good job. So for NOW no need to change.

Rosicky had a good match, but PLEASE let someone else kick penalties. His shot was so lousy, we could be happy that Georg Koch was still dizzy because of Tobias Willi's foul. ;-)

[Arlo]

well maybe after scoring his first goal rosicky will now get on the scoresheet more often

[HeyaBVB]

Rosicky imho just took the shot to improve his worth on the market
He wants to leave .. and imho he will play his best half season now ...