A first half goal of Daniel Svensson insured Borussia Dortmund in the club World Cup round of 16, because they claimed a 1-0 win over Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea on Wednesday.
2025 Club World Cup
1-0
- Daniel Svensson (36 ')
Match report
The German side began strongly, with Jowe Bellingham, Felix Nmecha and Karim Adeyemi who pose a constant threat to the defense of Ulsan and Svensson, the impasse broke in the 36th minute with a strike nearby.
“I am delighted that we have succeeded in creating more targeting opportunities than in the other two games. This was our general goal. I think we were dominating the competition and we have created so many great opportunities,” Dortmunde Middender Svenson told reporters.
Goalkeeper Hyeon-Woo Jo, Ulsan, made several impressive rescues to prevent Dortmund from expanding their lead and denied the powerful header of Serhou Guirassy.
Pascal Gross thought he had doubled Dortmund's benefit with a well -hit shot with the left, but Jo was again the same as the task.
Dortmund players celebrate after scoring a goal against Ulsan HD in the club World Cup.
Ulsan improved after the break, finding space while they were looking for an equalizer with the shot of Lee Jin-Hyun stored on the left by Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel on the hour.
Despite constant pressure, Dortmund did not succeed in finding Julien Duranville shooting wide and Jo put a Yan Couto attempt in the dying minutes.
“We only scored one goal because the Korean team had a very good keeper … But in general I think my team dominated the first half,” Dortmund manager Niko Kovac told a press conference.
The American midfielder Giovanni Reyna made his first performance of the tournament and went to Dortmund in the 78th minute. FIFA gave player a priority to the World Cup club, so Reyna was not at the United States on the Concacaf Gold Cup, where the side of Mauricio Pochettino is ready on Sunday for a quarter -final match against Costa Rica.
Dortmund finished TOP from Group F with seven points, two points free from the Brazilian side luminense in the second after they pulled 0-0 with Mamelodi-Songeonderings. The South African champions finished third in the group with four points, while Ulsan Bottom was after losing all three their competitions.
Dortmund will then be confronted with the second place of group E, or River Plate, Inter Milan or Monterrey.
Match -Events
36 'goal! Dortmund 1-0 Ulsan HD (Daniel Svensson)
Line-ups
Dortmund XI: Gross, Guirassy, ​​Anton, Kobel, Bensebaini, Ryerson, Adeyemi, Nmecha, Yan Couto, Daniel Svensson, Jobe Bellingham
Subs: Meyer, Sabitzer, Sule, Brandt, Reyna, Beier, Chukwuemeka, Ayman Azhil, Soumaïla Coulibaly, Filippo Mané, Ostrzinski, Cole Campbell, Duranville, Mathis Albert, Samual Inácio
Ulsan HD XI: Kim Young-Gwon, Diijan Bojanic, Cho Hyun-woo, Sang-woo Kang, Milosz Trojak, Min-Hyuk Kim, Jin-Hyun Lee, Erick Farias, Gustav Ludwigson, Jae-ik Lee, MatÃas Lacava, MatÃas Lacava, MatÃas Lacava, MatÃas Lacava, MatÃas Lacava, MatÃas Lacava
Subs: Lee, Kim Min-Woo, Jung Woo-Young, Seung-Beom Ko, Jung-in Moon, Min-Seo Park, Hui-Gyun Lee, Yago Cariello, Yool HEO, SEOK-HYEON Choi, Myeong-Kwan SEO, SEONG, JAE-BACK, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min, Seong-Min.