Soccer picks Dortmund returned their Christmas mood with a victory over the other Borussia
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Borussia (Dortmund) quickly returned to the defeat in the Bundesliga after losing by 1:2 from Fortuna (Dusseldorf) during the week. The yellow and black players beat their namesake Borussia (Monchengladbach) with 2:1 on their Signal Iduna Park. The duel was a direct clash between the first and the second in the standings and with this success the hosts retired to the top with 9 points more than today`s rival. Jadon Sancho (43) and Marco Reus (55) were right for the Dortmund team and Christoph Kramer (45) scored for the guests. The hosts acted more aggressively during the first half and had some good opportunities to find the result. First, Marco Reus was drawn alone against the goal keeper in the 20th minute, but failed to overcome it. Shortly thereafter, Paco Alcacer made an inaccurate shot, and in the 36th minute Mario Goetze fired in the keeper`s arms. However, the better game of Dortmund resulted in the 43rd minute. Then the yellow players took advantage of a mistake when the ball was removed, Royce advanced to the left and went to Goetze in the pennant, which continued for Jade Sancho. The Englishman fared his right keeper and from a small corner managed to penetrate the ball to the goal for 1:0. At the very end of the halftime, however, the guests almost returned from the net. Centering in the penalty area Christoph Kramer took the lead and scored 1:1! Interestingly, in the situation he helped with his hand, but that was left unnoticed by the judge, who even inquired into the VAR system, but nevertheless took note of the incident. However, justice was restored in the 55th minute when Goetze with a wonderful pass took Royce into the penalty area, and he with a spaghetti hit the ball in the 2:1 ball.
In the 65th minute Royce could have scored another goal, but his great shot was off the crossbar.
Thus, the hosts scored seven more successes against this rival. With this victory, Borussia (Dortmund) ended the semi-season as a leader in the 42-point ranking. Borussia (Monchengladbach) is currently on the second place with 33 points, but also a match according soccer links more than Bayern (Munich), which has the same asset.
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