47th minute: Shinji Kagawa benefits from a Veljkovic mistake and he forces Jiri Pavlenka into a smart save from the edge of the area. That is BVB’s first goalscoring chance all afternoon.
49th minute: Eek, that was close. Pavlenka fumbles the ball from a Schürrle cross but the Green-Whites work together to clear their lines.
57th minute: GOAL, 1-1, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. BVB equalise. Gebre Selassie’s header only goes as far as Schmelzer, whose diagonal ball finds Kagawa at the far post inside the six-yard box. He heads it across to Aubameyang, who scraps against Bargfrede and Pavlenka to scramble the ball in.
64th minute: Werder have two huge chances to score! Gondorf misses a one-on-one chance after being set up by Kainz before Bürki does brilliantly to parry Kruse’s shot behind for a corner.
65th minute: GOAAAAAALLLLL, 2-1 to Werder, Theodor Gebre Selassie. From the resulting corner, SVW regain the lead! Kruse’s corner is met by Gebre Selassie running in and he heads it down past Bürki into the net!
72nd minute: A huge slice of luck for the Green-Whites. Kagawa shoots from five yards out but the ball hits the back of Aubameyang, who is lying on the floor, and flies over the crossbar.
94th minute: It’s OVER in Dortmund! Werder take all the three points back to Bremen despite a much-improved BVB performance in the second half.
Summary: The strengthening of the core of defence with Philipp Bargfrede sitting deeper as well as the clever movement and delivery in important areas paid dividends. The hosts had chances in the final third with their pacey wingers but the Green-Whites were strong in defence and picked off the attacks. The courageous and tactically clever performance from SVW meant BVB rarely dominated the game in front of their fans. Kohfeldt’s men constantly forced the hosts into making mistakes and surrendering the ball which created numerous counterattacking and goalscoring opportunities. Eggestein’s wonderful shot put the icing on the cake of a brilliant performance from the visitors. The black and yellows were courageous and improved after the break and had chances to make up for their poor first half showing. But Werder showed impressive character after injuries to Bartels and Junuzovic and the equaliser from Aubameyang to not give in. The goal to regain the lead allowed the Green-Whites to run down the clock and they ran out victors after a wonderful team performance.
