Get Rid Of Hoffenheim In The German Cup, Borussia Dortmund Face-to-face 'der Classiker'

Marco Reus led Borussia Dortmund to qualify for the third round of the German Cup after eliminating Hoffenheim. (bvb.de)

JAKARTA - Borussia Dortmund advanced smoothly to the third round of the German Cup. A 1-0 victory over Hoffenheim in the second half of the match at Signal Iduna Park Stadium, Thursday, November 2 in the morning WIB, became Dortmund's valuable capital against Bayern Munich in the der Classicer Bundesliga Germany match.

Dortmund warmed up with impressive results. Even though they have to work hard to face the team of fellow Bundesliga, Dortmund is able to show their best performance at home.

In that match, coach Edin Terzic rotated and backed up a number of core players. Terzic gave Niklas Sule, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Youssoufa Moukoko, Julian Brandt, and Julian Ryerson the opportunity to start in that match.

Despite appearing with the second-tier players, Dortmund's performance immediately fell. The team did not lose the ability to attack. They still played offensively very nicely.

However, Dortmund had difficulty breaking into Hoffenheim's defense. Their patience finally gave results after midfielder Marco Reus managed to break into the opponent's goal in the 43rd minute.

The goal started with the action of Jamie Bynoe-Gittens who combed the left sector. He then fired a pass at the goal which was greeted by Reus.

Without difficulty, Reus kicked the ball into the top corner of the net. Score 1-0 to Dortmund and stay until the first half is over.

In the second half, Dortmund's game didn't change. Their attacks repeatedly threatened the visitors' goal. Only, Dortmund's efforts never paid off.

Leading to the end of the match, Hoffenheim instead lost a player, Ozan Kabak, who received a second yellow card and was followed by a red card. The score did not change until the end of the match and Dortmund advanced to the third round.

The victory received a satisfactory response from Terzic. According to him, der BVB deserved to win the match.

"We deserve to win. With such an appearance, we should have won with a different score. But it must be admitted that the match went tight until the end. But the important thing is that we qualify for the next round. In addition, we try to do what when attacking or keeping the opponent from scoring goals," said Terzic.

"We made changes by not lowering five players when compared to against [Eintracht] Frankfurt. However, we performed well. We were able to defend well and excel in possession until the end," he said again.

Meanwhile, Reus emphasized that his team won not because of luck. They deserved to win even though they only had one goal.

"There's no need to talk if we say we're just lucky. We created several chances and started well in this match," said Reus.

"We showed a good performance even though in the second half we experienced a decline. But we didn't give the opponent a chance to develop. That's why we deserved to win," he said.

This victory became Dortmund's valuable capital to face arch rivals, Bayern, in the der Classiker in the Bundesliga competition, Sunday, November 5 in the morning WIB. Dortmund himself acted as host in the first edition of the classic duel this season.

If they win, Dortmund will warm up competition in the Bundesiga standings. Currently, Die Borussen is ranked fourth with 21 points.

Two points adrift with Bayern who are in second place. At the top, Bayer Leverkusen is pocketed by point 25.

Bayern himself suffered a surprising defeat in the German Cup. After slaughtering Darmstadt 8-0 in the domestic competition, Bayern was then eliminated by the Saarbruecken Three Division team after losing 2-1.

Repotnya lagi, bek Matthijs de Ligt mengalami cedera di laga itu. Apabila tak pulih, De Ligt dipastikan tak di laga melawan Dortmund.