Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and new boys Ciro Immobile and Adrian Ramos gave BVB Dortmund another excellent, impressive and comfortable pre-season victory, this time away at Polish outfit Slask Wroclaw.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan struck early yet again, this time on 10'. Ciro Immobile followed shortly with a second BVB goal on 20'. Various subs were made at the break, including appearances for Matthias Ginter and Ji Dong Won, and a return for Jakub Blaszczykowski to football after injury. It was Colombian forward Adrian Ramos who sealed the victory on 82'.
Mkhitaryan got the ball running for his club again today, with another sublime goal for the Armenian midfielder. After a one-two with the in-form Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, he continued a mazy run before slotting home into the goalkeepers right hand post, inch perfect in the corner and too far to reach.
Mkhitaryan then slipped through Italian front-man Ciro Immobile, who calmly took on the ball and advanced towards the 'keeper before slotting home perfectly to the keepers bottom left.
Dortmund continued to create chances, Aubameyang, Hoffman and Ji all testing goalkeepers Pawlowski and Wrabel throughout the rest of the game.
8 minutes before time, Adrian Ramos completed the scoring, after a great one-two with Jonas Hoffman, he continued a surging run into the penalty area, before collecting the return ball and firing low and hard, left footed down to the keeper's near post; no stopping hat one. 3-0.
Delight for Borussia Dortmund towards the end of the match too, a warm welcomed return to a fan favourite in his home country, Jakub Blaszczykowski returned to football to see out the game with the captain's armband on for his club, after sustaining a cruciate ligament injury in January. He appears to be fit for the start of the 2014-2015 Bundesliga season, where they wil open against Leverkusen at the Signal Iduana Park.
A result in the end which really highlights the outstanding pre season that Jurgen Klopp's men have had. They have shown confidence in their performances and there is no sign of gloom after the departure of Robert Lewandowski; BVB have replaced what was lost in some excellent options, both offensively and defensively. They seem all but ready for a new challenge, to try and give rivals Bayern Munich a run for their money, whilst attempting to hold off competition from Schalke, Leverkusen, Wolfsburg and possibly Hoffenheim this season.
First, however, they will travel this week to face English giants Liverpool in a friendly at Anfield on Sunday, sure to be a momentous occasion for all. Kick-off is 12:15pm.