Thursday, April 11, 2013

Borussia Dortmund 3 Malaga 2; agg 3-2 - Telegraph.co.uk

Second-half change Eliseu then seemed to possess put Malaga in the semis in their debut year in Europe's top membership competition with an objective ten minutes from time, before Dortmund developed two objectives in two marvelous minutes. It was heartbreak for Manuel Pellegrini's area after the Malaga instructor had to make a round-trip to his native Chile following the death of his father in the times before the game. Dortmund keep on their run as the only unbeaten team in the competition, but the winning goal came as late as the 93rd second at the Signal Iduna Park. Despite the hosts' bright start, a mistimed clearing header from Dortmund centre-back Santana offered Malaga their first opportunity on 25 minutes, which the Spaniards pounced on to report the early absent purpose the Germans had hated. Once the ball fell to Joaquin, the former Spain winger pulled the ball back onto his left foot, out of reach of his gun Marcel Schmelzer, and rolled his shot through the feet of Neven Subotic and previous goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller. It intended Dortmund had to report twice, nevertheless they needed only quarter-hour to attract amount as Germany star Marco Reus sublimely flicked on a move between his feet and into the path of striker Lewandowski. Despite the interest of three defenders, no further invitation was needed by the Poland star to slot in his sixth goal of the competition. Dortmund had a nervous final couple of seconds of the half as an unmarked Joaquin came near netting an additional for Malaga. Lewandowski required Willy Caballero right into a diving save yourself early in the 2nd half, while Weidenfeller made an outstanding parry to keep out Joaquin's header which seemed destined for the bottom corner. Eliseu appeared to have wrapped it up, 12 minutes after coming off the counter, when he knocked Julio Baptista's running, goal-bound shot past Weidenfeller from close range to keep Dortmund spinning. But with the hosts driving forward seriously, left-back Jesus Gamez was handled by Santana, and the loose ball fell to Marco Reus, who stroked it directly into give Dortmund desire. And Santana was Dortmund's 11th-hour hero when he stabbed the ball over the point in a desperate scramble after Marco Reus's shot across target.

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