Paderborn frustrated Dortmund for long periods in the first half, while also creating some presentable scoring opportunities thanks to Christopher Antwi-Adjei, who dragged both sides of BVB’s work. Thorgan Hazard forced Leopold Zingerle to make a wise stop with Dortmund’s first goal, before Raphael Guerreiro went close with a ferocious shot heading into the back corner before a Paderborn defender stepped in to deflect the shot. Emre Can sent a header onto the post and rolled when Lucien Favre’s team entered the break point and with plenty of food for thought.
Gerrit Holtmann threw an inviting ball into the goal shortly after the restart, but neither Antwi-Adjei nor Dennis Srbeny could put the finishing touches. It was the awakening Dortmund needed when Ashraf Hakimi made the most of Zingerle and Hazard made a great effort. before setting up a low ball from Guerreiro to break the tie. Sancho scored another undeniable goal from Julian Brandt’s best cross, but Paderborn refused to throw in the towel. accumulation, only for Sancho to shoot from 18 yards and Hakimi to go up a quarter. After American teenager Gio Reyna came within a hairs of a Bundesliga first-goal, his replacement teammate Marcel Schmelzer turned Axel Witsel’s cross, Sancho completing his hat-trick of close diversity in time up.
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