“Everyone’s shocked. Their thoughts are with Marc. The schedule does not allow another option to play this match. We hope that the BVB family closes ranks to play this difficult match.” — Borussia Dortmund press officer Sascha Fligge, on Spanish defender Marc Bartra, who had surgery after suffering a broken wrist following explosions that rocked […]
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Working theory is Borussia Dortmund bus was target of explosive attack
The Borussia Dortmund-Monaco match in the UEFA Champions League was postponed on Tuesday after the Dortmund team bus was the apparent target of an explosive attack. According to reports, threeexplosions went off after the bus exited its team hotel, L’Arrivee Hotel and Spa, in Hoechsten, about eight miles from Signal Iduna Park, site of the […]
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Bayern trio nursing injuries ahead of Dortmund clash
Bayern Munich could be without Thomas Mueller, Douglas Costa and keeper Manuel Neuer when it faces Borussia Dortmund Saturday in a Bundesliga clash of Champions Leaguequarterfinalists.
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Borussia Dortmund struggles to get vital three points
UEFA Champions League quarterfinalist Borussia Dortmund struggled to a 1-0 win over FC Ingolstadt on Bundesliga top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s sixth goal in the last four league gamesto move three points behind second-place RB Leipzig and four ahead of Hoffenheim in fourth. American Christian Pulisic played 77 minutes before exiting the game.
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UCL: Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich in quarterfinals
Defending champion Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich in a UEFA Champions League quarterfinal draw it did not want. Europe’s hottest young teams, Borussia Dortmund and Monaco, will also face eachother in the final eight. The other two matchups: Barcelona-Juventus and Atletico Madrid-Leicester City.
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Goetze ruled out for rest of Dortmund season
Mario Goetze continues his battle against an unspecified metabolism disorder, which will force him to miss the rest of Borussia Dortmund’s season. “Provided his treatment goespositively, Goetze can start again with performance-orientated training in early summer,” Dortmund said in a statement. “The overall sporting goal for the player is to be fully operational for thestart […]
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U.S. Abroad: Pulisic completes hat trick of goals
Christian Pulisic scored his third goal in the last 10 days, all in different competitions, to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 3-0 win over 3. Liga’s Sportfreunde Lotte in the German Cup and set upa semifinal date with Bayern Munich on April 25. Ousmane Dembele fed the 18-year-old Pulisic for the goal, his fifth overall […]
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Lothar Matthaeus: Pulisic shows off 'rare class'
Christian Pulisic became only the seventh American to score in the UEFA Champions League and he was at 18 the youngest of the bunch. The goal against Benfica in a 4-0 win on Wednesday wassurely the best of the 12 goals scored by Americans, earning praise from German great Lothar Matthaeus. Pulisic scored the winning […]
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UCL: Borussia Dortmund crushes Benfica to reach final eight
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat trick and 18-year-old Christian Pulisic hit the winner as Borussia Dortmund beat Benfica, 4-0, and reached the last eight of the Champions Leaguewith a 4-1 aggregate victory.
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Video Pick: Pulisic scores his fifth Bundesliga goal
The 18-year-old American Christian Pulisic scored his fifth Bundesliga goal on Saturday. He was part of the buildup and the finish to give Borussia Dortmund a 4-2 lead in its 6-2 winover Bayer Leverkusen. Pulisic, a 44th minute sub for Marco Reus, also assisted on the final goal, by Raphael Guerreiro.