Champions League: trembling victory for BVB – clap for Leverkusen

A last-minute success for BVB – that was the result of the German participants in the Football Champions League this Tuesday evening. Leipzig lost at Celtic Glasgow and Leverkusen conceded a pack at Liverpool. The games with German participation at a glance:

Donyell Malen scored Borussia Dortmund to an important 1-0 win against Sturm Graz in the Champions League. Malen scored the decisive goal in the 85th minute and enabled Borussia, who had recently been criticized a lot, to achieve a strong interim result of three wins and one defeat in the premier class. Coach Nuri Sahin’s team played superiorly against the Austrian champions for long stretches, but did not create enough compelling scoring chances for a long time. With nine points, Borussia is in the top group in the new league format and has the best prospects of moving directly into the round of 16.

RB Leipzig also suffered a defeat in the fourth preliminary round game of this Champions League season and is still waiting for the first point. The Saxons lost 1:3 (1:2) at Celtic Glasgow. This means that the second place in the Bundesliga table’s chances of progressing are getting worse and worse. Christoph Baumgartner gave Leipzig the lead in the 23rd minute. Former RB young player Nicolas Kühn (35th/45th+1) with a brace and Reo Hatate (72nd) turned the game around. Celtic have seven points after four games.

Bayer Leverkusen suffered their first defeat in the Champions League. The Werkself lost 4-0 (0-0) to Liverpool FC, the former club of Bayer coach Xabi Alonso, on Tuesday evening. The German soccer champions remain at seven points after four of eight preliminary round games. Luis Díaz gave Liverpool the lead in the 61st minute, Cody Gakpo (65th) made it 2-0. Díaz continued to increase (83./90.+2). With twelve points, the Reds are clearly on course for direct qualification for the round of 16.