0-2 Immobile (50th min, 89th min)
Borussia Dortmund continue their fine run of form with a 2-0 win in the DFB Pokal against 3rd tier side Dynamo Dresden.
The opening 15 minutes of the DFB Pokal round of 16 match was very low key, Dynamo showed signs of breaching the Dortmund defence with Tekerci making good runs down the right wing, but Hummels and Schmelzer done well to stop the winger from delivering the ball, Kagawa and Gundogan showed signs of enthusiasm for Dortmund as the two midfielders linked up well to set Immobile through on goal in the 10th minute, but his terrible attempt of a shot was easily dealt with by Wiegers.
Dortmund were struck by another injury when Erdmann brought down Marco Reus in the 18th minute, and the German winger stayed down. Reus struggled to hobble off the pitch and in the 23rd minute Reus was replaced by the derby day hero, Henrikh Mkhitaryan. There were appeals for a penalty for the hosts when a goal scramble resulted in Eilers being tripped over inside the box by Kirch, however the referee allowed play to continue.
Dortmund’s injury problems grew even worse when Ciro Immobile was taken off the field in the 43rd minute when the Italian striker seemed to have a cut above his eye, video replays showed that the Dresden captain, Hefele, seemed to deliberately elbow Immobile in the face, causing a number of Dortmund players to approach the referee on the half-time whistle.
Dynamo had the first real chance of the game in the 48th minute when the ball fell to Andrich, who was completely open on the edge of the 6-yard box but his volley was well saved by Langerak, however it was Dortmund who would take the lead in the game when the villain of the first half, Michael Hefele, presented the ball to his victim, Ciro Immobile, inside the penalty box and the Italian striker kept his composure to finish the ball past Wiegers, talk about poetic justice.
Dynamo almost had an equaliser moments later when Hummels was bullied off the ball by Eilers who then burst through on goal but his shot was again well saved by the Australian keeper. The home team looked the better side after Eilers’ miss, they came close again after some brilliant team play from the 3.Liga side but Teixeria’s shot was palmed away by Langerak in the 60th minute.
Dortmund should had made it 2-0 in the 75th minute when Immobile ran through on goal and passed the ball to Ramos inside the penalty box, the Colombian striker rounded the keeper but his shot smashed onto the post and back into play. Immobile finally put the nail in the coffin for Dynamo when Gundogan did brilliant to beat his man on the halfway line, the midfielder then laid off Blaszczykowski down the right wing who played to ball into Immobile inside the box who bagged his brace one minute from time.
