Guardiola broke with his system. He left behind the 1-4-3-3 and dared with a 1-4-4-2 with Julián Álvarez and Haaland leading. The Norwegian was one of the attractions of the match. He returned to what was his home for three seasons, the Signal Iduna Park received him in the best possible way, but the striker had a game like the one we are used to. Little weight in City’s game and a lot of search for Hummels’ back, who was a priori the weakest central defender in Dortmund.
The match script was written. Dortmund to wait behind to try to hunt down the English and City with the intention of playing and playing until they reach the top with danger. It may sound strange, but at half time the feeling left by the match was that of a Borussia that had more clear chances than Guardiola’s men. First it was Adeyemi who played as a lane player and later Moukoko with two clear chances in ten minutes. Despite this, a boring game, with the cityzens putting more chloroform on the game than necessary.
It was with Ecuador when the news of the match arrived. Erling Haaland did not score and Pep decided to bring on Bernardo Silva and put him on the bench. We will not know if it was an agreed change or simply a tactical readjustment. He was seen smiling with his teammates and showed no signs of injury. With it he brought one of the turning points of the match, Mahrez faced alongside him and was knocked down inside the area. The Algerian was in charge of collecting the penalty but he missed. Kobel guessed the side and repelled it without problems. The party had no more. Tie at 0, the two classified teams and Sevilla is left without the possibility of playing it on the last day.
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