and hello from istanbul we find ourselves in the bashitash district not too far from
the sultan ahmet old town i'm derek ray and with me here on the commentary position is lee dixon
and this is where it all starts in the uefa champions league the group stage and match
day one my goodness so much to look forward to it is bashitash facing borussia dortmund
well cheers derek these home fans are going to enjoy this they surely must
with the team coming as big as this to your club make sure you don't let yourself down don't let
those fans down don't let your families down really really give it everything you've got
now
the starting eleven for besheat would you call it four five one lee yeah i really like this
formation derek four two three one really the two central midfield players supplying support
to a three ahead of them and then a lone striker with a number 10 just behind him
here's the starting 11 for borussia dortmund roman berkey gets the northern goal dan axel
zagadou starts with matt homers in central defence axel bitsell starts with emery chan
in central midfield and on this tactical set up they have just the one player in attack
well many have remarked upon the hosts and their preferred style which is one of high pressing and
trying to get the ball back quickly lee do you expect to see more of that in this game
yes derrick high pressing is there a game but there is a risk attached to it if the opposition
break through that press early on you can be left vulnerable at the back vida here's sosa
a player who you have to describe as a match winner in waiting marco hoyce lee what are
your expectations as regards his performance today well virtually everything quick fee quick
mind sees the pass before anybody else so difficult to stop a player like that
pressure exerted but he keeps the ball
wanted to keep it but couldn't
and now passing it through
playing with purpose and didn't fool the keeper corner coming up for dortmund
played into the center of the box and the goalkeeper
up to the task well yeah it's a decent save but if he lets that in you'll be asking questions
guess how well he's almost been hassled out of play here
hummers now mania
well the past not fighting against targets
mensah it's with batshuayi good tackle
poland
still on level terms moving the ball nicely and options in the center
gigo
vitzell emery jan now axel vitzell
azar mensah excellent use of the ball as they make their way forward
defensive brazilians to shut them down
space afforded him
price
looking confident with the ball at his feet a really high quality save well it's all about
concentration goalkeepers can go so long without doing anything look at that stretch
corner fired in by rice and a goal
and you've got to say it definitely took a deflection off the defender
well my initial opinion was to blame the goalkeeper but here we get a better angle
of it absolutely nothing it can do a huge deflection keeper no chance
well the girl again albeit from a different angle
the opening goal of the game then
sosa
the hosts have had the lion's share of possession but after that it's
been disappointing i'd like to see them use those wide areas
around the defense get around them as opposed to trying to go through the middle
and he read it well intercepting it
axel ritzel well let's see what they have in store for them on the break
it might be and it's gone in just what the doctor
ordered things looking very bright for them now with this buffer
well here's the replay super fast counter attack football at his best
but then there's plenty to do from there he's hit it so well
lots of pace lots of power and the keeper just can't react in time great strike
so toenail now
atiba hutchinson well just one minute of time added on for stoppages here and sakala weninton
now the managers will now deliver the half-time team talks
we're at the end of 45 minutes in this game well he hasn't quite had the impact and attack
that we were expecting lee yeah losing a game is bad enough but he's not helping his team
second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
past luck
dortmund have been awarded the free kick by the referee
homers
emery jan and fed forwards
emery jan
emery john and he clears the danger and the press is on
far from textbook defending
mensa
that's why he couldn't keep the ball
tremendous ball played through
that's a fairly easy save for any keeper to make
torgan azar oh a perfectly timed pass oh tremendous block
already closing him down here and a throw in forthcoming
time for a change then possession lost intercepted
it's with mensa
well let's come down to the final 20 minutes here
or the timing a little bit off
doorman have not had too much of the ball but again we've seen it before we'll see it again
their counter attack play has been absolutely fantastic pace really
hurts defenses and they've got that in abundance cleared away comprehensively
and sakala
a foul but advantage played now with curcantura
veda has it sosa
vida ateba hutchinson
hutchinson and can they make one of these passes count and dortmund come away with it
target azar now the attack looks promising a fine block both managers deciding this is the time
to change things around both teams going to the bench fisted clear
pressing at its best
inside the final two minutes of this contest
emily jan now and he read it well intercepting it
and that's it for tonight full time and an encouraging start for them three points from
the initial fix julie yeah really really strong start that's what you need but with five games to
go very important you stay in the now one game at a time derek bit of a cliche i think it's accurate
to say lee that this man was the lightbringer for his side well that was a really really good
performance from the lad and a goal to boot really delighted with that goal i'm sure he is