and welcome to one of the most football crazy cities anywhere in europe
we're in dortmund famed of course for the famous yellow wall i'm derek ray
with me for commentary is lee dixon and we've got so much to look forward to
this is where it all begins in europe's premier club competition the uefa champions league
the group stage match day one action it is borussia dortmund facing porter well derek
i hope you are as excited as me to start the champions league always a special atmosphere
both teams will be hoping for a long journey or it may be very very short we're about to find out
the vastly experienced marvin hitz is the goalkeeper mats humor starts alongside
manuela kanji in central defence mahmoud starts with emery chan in central midfield
and on this tactical set up they have just the one player in attack
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here's the starting eleven for photo it looks like a conventional 4-4-2 after third formation
by arsene wenger when he arrived at arsenal two main strikers four across the midfield
really important for the fullbacks to link up with the wide midfielders in this system
it's the opening match day champions league group stage match day one underway
untidy in possession
well pressing high is something the visitors like to do it can take a lot
out of any team but it is very much their game lee would you expect that
approach this time yeah absolutely the press looks on the way the team's set up
high energy is needed for this tactic everyone has to buy into it but the rewards are big derek
in a position of menace it did look on for them but not to be
and he did what he had to do defensively
a terrific defending to stop them progressing
giving it a try well for power 10 out of 10 for placement maybe eight
a little letter plenty of pressure an effective challenge
let's see about the cross and you need your defender to take charge
for the poor ball giving possession back to the opposition
wilson manafort
still on level terms moving the ball nicely
dangerous looking attack
jesus corona
options in the center
and the flag does go up must have been tight
humors
just couldn't keep the ball and they do like to press whenever they can
the free kick from distance just off target well i wasn't expecting that
i'm pretty sure the goalkeeper wasn't as well it was close
morega
marco rice now with bellingham decent position for dalton to
allowing their opponents to come on to them
a very effective challenge put in well as you can see from the possession there's
little between these two teams it's been a real tight cagey affair you
just hope it opens up a little that one of these teams is willing to take a few risks
good visualization and execution and a crucial intervention inside the box
morega
have it once again now potential danger and it goes the opening guard on this context
well as we see again here the damage is started with a beauty of a through ball
and he had choices of what type of finish to apply and bang he goes for the smash lovely goal
well i think the coach can feel the game slipping away here he's showing
his frustration on the sidelines one nil then and we will have just one additional minute
that's gonna be all for the first half here in the region
i think most fans would be pretty happy with this man's display so far
well his manager will be delighted with him he's been spot on in this game hasn't he
energy and so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
jesus corona and he stopped them in their tracks
effective pressure to regain possession now let's see what they can do here
sergio oliveira jesus corona possession lost
and a good looking ball and he's in the clear really important piece of last ditch defending
emre jan marco rice now with bellingham and it's a quality pass
and it was pretty straightforward for the goalkeeper
half an hour remaining then water couldn't hang on to it
and there to intervene might be perfectly set up for the counter attack you know
jesus corona
masterful piece of foiling
dortmund's not had the ball enough but when they've had the ball they keep delivering the
sucker punch a great advert for low possession counter-attacking football it's really working
substitution it is for dortmund
marco royce with a corner he was closely marked but the head a well off target
and on to bellingham
well the offside flag has been raised no
goal well it was close but he just went a little bit too early
take it away octavio the ball with pepe
can they make one of these passes count
astonishing
well here's the replay derek's a good strong ball into the box
and that's a good header eye on the ball concentration it's
a lovely finish slightly different vantage point in terms of the goal that was scored
so a level contest
real conviction in the challenge and fed forwards just needs to stay calm
tremendous block he'll try his luck here every goalkeeper would expect to catch that one
and dortmund committed to getting forward can they grab a late winner
jesus corona so two minutes of stoppage time here
marco rice couldn't keep the ball
well cleared away and there's the whistle all even at the end of 90 minutes here