Games passes buy, but Dortmund is not slowing down. Another game in 2023, another win for Edin Terzić’s boys. BVB is in the best form out of all the clubs in the Top 5 European leagues with all wins since the start of the year and today they continued that streak with another minimal win, this time against a relegation strugglers Hoffenheim – 1:0. With this triumph, the Millionaires have climbed to the top of Bundesliga, until tomorrow, when Bayern and Union Berlin will face each other.7 – Borussia Dortmund won their seventh Bundesliga match in 2023, equalling the club’s record at the beginning of a new calender year set in 2012, when they became German champions for the last time at the end of the season. First. #TSGBVB pic.twitter.com/ikx1RDxc6h— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) February 25, 2023 The only bad thing in this game was the result, only 1-0, which is the result of a fantastic day for both goalkeepers. Kobel and Baumann had some magnificent saves and denied some great goals in a thrilling game full of opportunities, high tempo and VAR interventions. If Borussia’s players were a bit more concentrated, and if Hoffenheim’s keeper Baumann was not that good, it could have been an easy 3-0 win in the first half. Instead, it was only 1-0 for the visitors after the first 45 minutes. But the first chance of the game belonged to hosts, but Dortmund’s keeper Kobel fingertipped the ball just above the post after Kabak’s header. Then it was Baumann’s time to save his club from further goals. He stopped two great shots from Sebastien Haller, before Brandt scored with his back, after a Marco Reus cross from a free kick.O GOL DA VITÓRIA QUE COLOCOU O BORUSSIA DORTMUND NA LIDERANÇA DA BUNDESLIGA!!!!MARCO REUS CRUZOU E BRANDT MARCOU!!! #BVB pic.twitter.com/tazGwnKMXK— MomentsBVB 🇩🇪🇧🇷 (@MomentsBVB) February 25, 2023 Second half was all about VAR decisions and great chances from both teams. The referee overturned a potential Hoffenheim penalty and minutes after, VAR overturned second Borussia goal (a great one from Wolf by the way) so the game was back to goalkeepers. Both Kobel and Baumann were in the middle of action, as Hoffenheim had nothing to lose with a 0-1 win tuitionon, while Dortmund wanted the second goal to secure the game. Eventually it never came, mainly due to the keeper’s excellent saves. In the end, Terzić even took out strikers for defenders in order to stop the late equalizer, and made it.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 22FridayMainz – Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0 (1-0)/Jae-Sung 25, Ingvartsen 49, Ajorque 72, Nelson 90+3/SaturdayKoln – Wolfsburg 0-2 (0-1)/Gerhardt 4, Arnold 68/Hertha – Augsburg 2-0 (0-0)/Ricther 61, Lukebakio 70/Hoffenheim – Dortmund 0-1 (0-1)/Brandt 43/RB Leipzig – Eintr.Frankfurt 2-1 (2-0)/Sow 61 – Werner 6, Forsberg 40/Werder – Bochum 3-0 (2-0)/Fullkrug 29, Schmidt 43, Duckchs 59/20:30: (3.10) Schalke (3.30) Stuttgart (2.55)Sunday17:30: (2.30) Freiburg (3.50) Leverkusen (3.35)19:30: (1.38) Bayern (5.50) Union Berlin (9.50)***odds are subject to change***
