Pure drama! BVB must fight for the Cup

Pure drama in the overtime: Dortmund led twice by Christian Pulisic (105) and Ashraf Hakimi (114), Bremen came back with great morale from Claudio Pizarro (108) and Martin Harnik (118). In the midst of emotional chaos on both sides: Eric Oelschlägel, the 23-year-old goalkeeper from Dortmund, who saved his eleven in extra time with spectacular parades, in the 3: 3 clearing but did not look good.

A small sensation

The penalty shoot-out led to an extremely exciting match. Paco Alcacer and Maximilian Philipp missed the first two penalties of Borussia, Pizarro and Maximilian Eggestein brought Werder seemingly decisive with 5: 3 ahead. Witsel and Klabaden met, Julian Weigl only with good luck. When Max Kruse shot for 7: 5, it was over.

The Bremer celebrated in their curve, the small frenetic sensation, the central circle squatting with a petrified expression immensely disappointed Borussia. They had given the game out of control, as well as the applause of the fans could not comfort.

Sweet legs

When Eric Oelschlägel was taken to the center of the table by his teammates, just before the kickoff of everyone, courage was rewarded. Goalkeeper U23 was probably slightly relaxed. It was the moment when the 23-year-old, representing the sick Roman Bürki and Marwin Hitz, had a child's dream.

And the match could have been worse for the giant of almost two meters, who was the first in front of the north stand in front of the Bremen fans. Oelschlägels made his first contact with the ball in the fourth minute while he had to take the ball out of his goal. Milot Rashica of Bremen had just kept his toe on a free kick shot by Max Kruse in front of goal. For Oelschlägel, the balloon was deflected untenable.

Dortmund is looking for the quick answer

Shock stunned off. Given the many problems that had accompanied the preparation of this game, it was the worst possible start. But the all-new Elf, newly bristling and mainly defensive, did not argue long.

Bremen is defended against the ball in a very deep 5-3-2. Former Dortmunder Nuri Sahin has moved into BVB advances in the center of the chain. For more than 20 minutes, Sahin, as Werder's defense chief, had his hands full. Dortmund sought a quick response of 0: 1 and was still dangerous when the heels came from outside, center. Christian Pulisic has therefore served Mario Götze, whose talented Hack Trick has almost equalized – he pbades in centimeters past goal of Bremen (15th).

Reus hits the corner

But after a similar scene in which Raphael Guerreiro narrowly missed center Marco Reus (22), the attack on Blacks and Yellows has diminished considerably. For tankers, it was a used day until then. And with a great opportunity for Rashica to score 2-0 after Davy Klabaden's center, he nearly fell again (32 "). But the former Bremer had the opportunity to excel when Kruse just retired. The number three goalkeeper from Dortmund was on the spot (43.).

From the 25th minute, the host came too little. So, a standard situation had to initiate the total equal to 1-1 equalizer. Bargfrede had committed a central foul before his own goal, Axel Witsel. Marco Reus perfectly managed the appropriate free kick in the goal angle (45. + 3). That Captain Dortmund had hurt in this situation, can not be clarified exactly. Due to muscle problems in the thigh, Reus stayed in the cabin – the next bad news personal. Paco Alcacer occupied the center of the storm.

Tension at the point of boiling

After the break, the BVB also struggled to fill a gap in this Bremer cover. Instead, Oelschlägel had to parry another shot of Kruse from the other side (52.). Bremen has almost perfectly condensed the space in the center and BVB has had some difficult times.

The match was picking up speed with the delay: Oelschlägel's huge blow deflected a free kick deviated from Weigl's hand on the crossbar (89 '). Delaney failed on the opposite side on the crossbar (90th). It's gone into extra time. In the first case, black and yellow had to work a lot. Then the events turned around, the tension reached the point of boiling penalties – and this time, the BVB did not have the best end for itself.