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34 goals were scored in nine games in the first round of the German Bundesliga – Dortmund scored just one in the 1-0 win over Cologne to take the first step towards working through the trauma of the championship that was lost last season.
“Perhaps we learned from that not to get restless and try to only hit the ball forward from the 50th minute, but to trust in ourselves a bit,” said Julian Brandt. Patience paid off when Donyell Malen scored in the 88th minute.
Leverkusen were in better shape in the 3-2 win over Leipzig. “Whoever wins this game – and that was us – makes a statement,” said Leverkusen’s Jonas Hofmann after the victory over the team that had made their mark with the Supercup victory against Bayern Munich (3-0) a week earlier. Coach Xabi Alonso kept the ball flat: “It was a statement for next Saturday.” Then Leverkusen is a guest in Mönchengladbach. Maximilian Wöber made his debut with the foals in the 4:4 in Augsburg.
Pavard before leaving
At Bayern Munich, after the 4-0 win in Bremen, not only Harry Kane, who presented himself with a goal and an assist, was a topic of conversation: Benjamin Pavard is about to move to Inter Milan, Daniel Peretz from Maccabi Tel Aviv should come in goal.
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