The Brace of Maximilian Beier illuminated Borussia Dortmund to a 3-1 victory over Mainz on Sunday, so that they end the hope of ending in the Champions League positions that are alive this period.
Match report
The result lifted Dortmund up to 10th in the rankings, but the side of Nico Kovac still finds seven points on drift of the qualifying places for Europe's elite competition.
Dortmund had dominated the opening fairs without reward, while Nico Schlotterbeck, Karim Adeyemi and Julian Brandt fired the early warning shots for the hosts.
They received the goals that earned their performance in three first half minutes just before the break, the first Beerier score after Adeyemi's square ball in the box.
For example, shortly thereafter, their lead doubled when the Hoek van Schlotterbeck was met through the head of Emre Can, despite the efforts of a Mainz defender on the line.
Schlotterbeck also provided plunge stuff for Dortmund's third of the match after the break, where Bavier flowed the ball past Robin Zentner to bring his double.
Mainz, however, found a late comfort by Paul Nebel, where the visiting midfielder overlooks the top left corner after a persistent pressure of pressure.
Dortmund finished in the top four of the Bundesliga table in just 3% of Opta's supercomputers simulations and has a tough task for their last seven games.
Debrief data: Schlotterbeck reveals corner weapon
After taking only six points from his first six Bundesliga matches, Kovac was under pressure in this game, but was able to produce an impressive result that saw an unusual tactical switch in the game.
Dortmund beat Mainz for the first time in the Bundesliga since January 25, 2023, with which he ended a series of four games without victory, and they were worth the victors in the Westfalenstadion, which ended the match with an expected goals (XG) a total of 2.78 to their opponent 0.81.
The surprise moment in the game came when Schlotterbeck found himself on corner tasks, and Dortmund would wish that they had put the German international on them earlier after he had set two goals on Sunday.
Schlotterbeck is indeed the only defender from the Big Five competitions of Europe who helped two goals this season of a set of piece in a competition match.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
5 'Highlight of Dortmund vs Mainz
8 'Highlight of Dortmund vs Mainz
13 'Match event for Dortmund vs Mainz
23 'Match event for Dortmund vs Mainz
39 'goal! Dortmund 1-0 Mainz (Maximilian Beier)
42 'goal! Dortmund 2-0 Mainz (Emre Can)
58 'Highlight of Dortmund vs Mainz
61 'Highlight of Dortmund vs Mainz
72 'goal! Dortmund 3-0 Mainz (Maximilian Beier)
77 'goal! Dortmund 3-1 Mainz (Paul Nebel)
82 'Match event for Dortmund vs Mainz
Line-ups
Dortmund XI: Gross, Emre Can, Brandt, Anton, Kobel, Özcan, Ryerson, Adeyemi, Schlotterbeck, Beier, Yan Couto
Subs: Meyer, Sule, Bensebaini, Reyna, Chukwuemeka, Daniel Sventon, Gittens, Rodney Elongo-Yombo, Duranville
Mainz XI: Da Costa, S.Widmer, Robin Zentner, Amiri, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Lee Jae-Sung II, Caci, Moritz Jenz, Jonathan Burkardt, Kaishu Sano, Paul Nebel, Paul Nebel, Paul Nebel
Subs: Daniel Batz, Leitsch, Arnaud Nordin, Lennard Maloney, Hyun-seok Hong, Armindo Sieb, Lasse Rieß, Nikolas Veratschnig, Nelson Weiper
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