Karim Adeyemi returns to his form just in time for Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga name.
The 21-year-old German striker scored twice and scored for Dortmund to put pressure on league leaders Bayern Munich with a 6-0 thrashing of Wolfsburg on Sunday.
He returned the hole to a bachelor with 3 rounds to go.
Adeyemi earned a standing ovation from the home fans, but obviously upset after missing a penalty and the option of a hat-trick a few minutes earlier.
“The priority is the team, not me. It’s very important that we win, but it really bothered me not to have scored all 3 goals,” he said after arguably his most productive role for Dortmund since arriving from Salzburg last year.
Adeyemi showed great athleticism by jumping on a taller defender to score the first goal, then placed Sebastien Haller for the second. The Ivorian striker returned the favor to Adeyemi in the fifth.
The speedy Adeyemi was a constant risk for Wolfsburg’s defenders, who had no respite when he started in the 69th. Gio Reyna continued and there was still time for Jude Bellingham to complete the scoring with his goal so far.
But Adeyemi’s functionality stood out even in a full-fledged Dortmund effort.
“I don’t know if he made a hundred moves or 50, but 49 or 99 of those moves were positive,” coach Edin Terzić said. “Perhaps he sought too much to seal the victory. “) Probably the simplest opportunity. The other moves were remarkable, not just the goal, but the way he rushes into one-on-one. Is it difficult to protect yourself against this? And that is precisely what we want.
Terzić said Adeemi’s speed is “always a weapon” that opposing groups want to take into account.
“If the opponent attacks, he might be a little more nervous (of counterattacks),” Terzic said. “We need to use the weapons we have on the field, not only in attack, but also in defense. “
Adeyemi is not the tallest player in the Dortmund team, but he had already shown how high he can jump with one hand in the 4-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt two weeks earlier. He now has three goals and three hands in his last 3 games.
Others also shone in opposition to Wolfsburg, goalkeeper Gregor Kobel and veteran defender Mats Hummels, as Dortmund gained momentum in their last 3 games.
The team then faced Borussia Mönchengladbach at home, then travelled to Augsburg before their final home match against Mainz.
Bayern have two home games against Schalke and Leipzig before completing the season in Cologne.
The matches of the last round are all played at the same time, but Bayern plays Dortmund in the next two rounds, a credit to the Bavarian centre-back according to Dortmund director Sebastian Kehl.
“No one asked us, but of course it’s a problem if you still have to catch up for the next 3 weeks,” Kehl said.
Emre Can, another prominent player opposed to Wolfsburg, said the team is confident it could end Bayern’s 10-year reign as champions.
“Nothing is for us. We need to win our games and then we’ll see what happens,” Can said. “But the confidence is there. ” ___ More football AP: https://apnews. com/hub/soccer and https://twitter. com/AP_Sports
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