Borussia Dortmund last season she was tragically left without the championship title in the last round, and in the new season she said goodbye to the title practically forever. after half of the championship. They were also eliminated from the round of 16 of the Cup by Stuttgart, and Croatian coach Edin Terzić’s chair was shaking dangerously after everything.
The role of a coach in such a club is not at all rewarding. Besides results and trophies being expected of you, you have to develop young players. Terzi was very successful in the latter, he hasn’t won the trophy yet, but tonight he achieved the biggest success in his career!
Borussia Dortmund beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 in a phenomenal game on their turf, made up for the 2-1 loss from the first match and qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League. There they will play against PSG.
Borussia played in the final of the Champions League twice, in 1996 they won the trophy against Juventus, and in 2013 they lost in the final against Bayern Munich. Only those two times did they manage to reach the semi-finals. After 11 years, Terzić finally returned the international to the four best teams on the oldest continent.
It was a “right and dramatic” match at the packed Signal Iduna Park. The hosts entered the match with total football, surrounded the goal of Madrid and it paid off for them. In the 34th minute, Brand scored for 1-0, and five minutes later Maatsen made it 2-0! The stadium erupted, Borussia made up for everything in those moments and had a visa for the semi-finals.
But there was a blackout below. Hummels reacted clumsily and scored an own goal, and 15 minutes later the silent wall fell silent. Correa tied the game at 2-2. However, that did not shake Terzić’s team, which scored two new goals in only ten minutes!
First, Fullkrug made it 3-2 in the 71st minute, and three minutes later Sabitzer caused an eruption of madness in the packed stadium by scoring for 4-2. Borussia managed to resist the attacks of Atlético and in the end celebrate the first place in the semi-finals after 11 years.