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Germany team pay a visit to BVB training ground

The Germany national team are preparing for their two upcoming international matches against Italy at Borussia Dortmund's training ground. The two teams will face each other in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League, played over two legs. The first leg will be played at the San Siro (20 March, 20:45 CET) and the second leg at Dortmund's SIGNAL IDUNA PARK (23 March, 20:45 CET). BVB players Pascal Gross, Nico Schlotterbeck and Karim Adeyemi are part of the German squad.

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There was then a Black & Yellow goal festival against the legends of AC Milan, with two goals apiece from Grosskreutz and Dede, then another by Sven Bender to secure a 5-0 win.<\/p>\nBayern, who finished the group stage in second place behind the Real Madrid legends and ahead of Ajax Amsterdam, awaited in the semi-finals. The Black & Yellow team, coached by Nobby Dickel and Jörg Heinrich, lost 2-0 to the hosts. In the subsequent match for third place, Grosskreutz's fourth goal of the tournament was enough to avoid a 2-1 defeat. Borussia thus finished the Beckenbauer Cup in fourth place. Bayern won the tournament with a 4-0 victory in the final against the Real Madrid legends. In addition to Grosskreutz, Dede, Ewerthon and Bender, Roman Weidenfeller, Moritz Leitner, Antonio da Silva, Mladen Petric, Lucas Barrios, Oliver Kirch and Patrick Owomoyela also took to the pitch for Borussia.<\/p>\nThe tournament proceeds of \u20ac75,000 will be donated to the Franz Beckenbauer Foundation. Kevin Grosskreutz said: "Huge respect for what Bayern have organised here. Everyone is very friendly and enjoying themselves. It's great to be here."<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/verein/2025/03/18/bc-nachbericht/Grosskreutz.png\" data-assetref=\"Grosskreutz-1742287712376\"><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/verein/2025/03/18/bc-nachbericht/Weidenfeller.png\" data-assetref=\"Weidenfeller-1742287721748\"><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/verein/2025/03/18/bc-nachbericht/Leitner.png\" data-assetref=\"Leitner-1742287734539\"><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"The BVB legends kicked off the group stage of the indoor football tournament at the SAP Garden with a 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart thanks to goals from Ewerthon and Kevin Grosskreutz. 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In the 27th minute, Vogel again delivered a precise cross, this time to the head of Annika Enderle, who guided the ball in from the edge of the six-yard box to make it 5-0 to the Black & Yellows going into the half-time break.<\/p>\nThe BVB women did not let up after the interval: Hedda Wahle struck their sixth goal in the 60th minute with a direct free-kick. Just one minute later, Marquardt increased the score to 7-0 with her second goal of the day. The striker scored with her head after another cross from Vogel (61). Enderle also scored her second goal of the game in the 68th minute, with double goalscorer Marquardt providing the assist. Substitute Marjana Naceva made it 9-0 in the 77th minute after the ball rebounded off the crossbar and she was on hand to finish on the follow-up. Ten minutes earlier, Naceva had received a yellow card for a foul. Coach Thomas Sulweski was completely satisfied with his team's winning performance.<\/p>\nThe BVB women can look forward to their next Westfalenliga match on Friday, when they host Germania Hauenhorst at the Rote Erde stadium (kick-off 19:30 CET).<\/p>\nBVB women:<\/b> Schröer \u2013 Böger, Reimann, Wahle (62, Jung), Vogel, Enderle (77, Schriek), Geldschläger (71, Wicke), Grothe, Gomulka (77, Reinhardt), Willeke (62, Naceva), Marquardt<\/p>\nGoals: <\/b>1-0 Grothe (9), 2-0 Marquardt (14), 3-0 Grothe (16), 4-0 Grothe (18), 5-0 Enderle (27), 6-0 Wahle (60), 7-0 Marquardt (61), 8-0 Enderle (68), 9-0 Naceva (77)<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"In the first half, the BVB women took an early lead from the penalty spot. After a foul on Annika Enderle in the area, captain Marie Grothe stepped up to convert the spot-kick to make it 1-0 in the ninth minute. 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The striker scored with her head after another cross from Vogel (61). Enderle also scored her second goal of the game in the 68th minute, with double goalscorer Marquardt providing the assist. Substitute Marjana Naceva made it 9-0 in the 77th minute after the ball rebounded off the crossbar and she was on hand to finish on the follow-up. Ten minutes earlier, Naceva had received a yellow card for a foul. 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The team failed a convert a spate of great chances in the second period, striking the woodwork on three occasions and being denied by keeper Gulacsi 10 (!) times. Leipzig's goal seemed to be living a charmed life.<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"BVB lost 2-0 (1-0) in Leipzig on Matchday 26 of the Bundesliga season. The team failed a convert a spate of great chances in the second period, striking the woodwork on three occasions and being denied by keeper Gulacsi 10 (!) times. Leipzig's goal seemed to be living a charmed life.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"Boris Rupert reporting from Leipzig<\/i><\/p>\nBVB's attacking play was only good at the beginning and the end of the first period and they were deservedly behind at the break due to Xabi Simons' goal in the 18th minute. Openda and Baku were also denied by the woodwork. After the restart, Beier struck the crossbar and post in the space of two minutes. Openda had fired Leipzig into a 2-0 lead shortly beforehand (48). BVB were now going forward with purpose and creating chance after chance but were thwarted either by Gulacsi in the Leipzig goal or \u2013 for the third time in this match \u2013 by the woodwork (Adeyemi, 61).  <\/p>\nThe scenario:<\/b>   \nSixth versus 10th. This was the first time both teams had gone into a head-to-head clash outside the top four in the table. The side from Saxony had won only one of their last nine league games, while the Black & Yellows had only tasted victory on three occasions in that time period. Leipzig had not suffered more home defeats to any other club than they had to BVB (three up to that point).<\/p>\nPersonnel matters:  \n <\/b>Borussia had travelled without Nmecha (fitness training) and Svensson, who has a knee injury, and lined up with the same team that had won (2-1) in Lille three days earlier.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Leipzig_2.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Leipzig_2-1742063138653\"><\/p>\nTactics: <\/b> \nThe formation was also the same as in Lille. Left-back Ryerson was positioned significantly further forward than Anton on the right flank in the 4-2-3-1. Groß mostly played level with Sabitzer. Leipzig took to the pitch in a 3-4-1-2 formation. Orban man-marked Guirassy, while Xavi Simons played behind the front two but played more left of centre than in the centre itself.<\/p>\nThe match & analysis: \n <\/b>BVB initially got stuck into the challenges and linked up nicely in attack on several occasions in the opening quarter of an hour. Guirassy registered a shot from 14 metres in the ninth minute, but it was too central and Gulacsi was able to make the save \u2013 albeit with some difficulty. Brandt asserted himself in midfield two minutes later and threaded the ball through to Adeyemi, who was stopped by two Leipzig players in the box.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Leipzig.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Leipzig-1742063173926\"><\/p>\nThis was followed by a spell of pressure from the hosts, however. Dortmund had issues dealing with diagonal balls. One such pass led to Openda hitting the bar in the 14th minute. Then Xavi fed Raum on the left flank. Kobel managed to parry his shot away but the rebound landed at the feet of Xavi, who struck the ball from the penalty spot and opened the scoring at 1-0 (18).<\/p>\nSabitzer had to come off the pitch with a knee injury on the half-hour mark. Bensebaini slotted into the left-back position, while Ryerson shifted over to the right \u2013 still postioned in front of Anton. Shortly afterwards, Baku hit the crossbar (35). It was only towards the end of the first period that BVB came back into the game more, getting into the opposition half more frequently and almost restoring parity at 1-1. But Adeyemi, who was played in by Schlotterbeck, was denied by a strong save from Gulacsi (45+2).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Leipzig_3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Leipzig_3-1742063182431\"><\/p>\nThe start to the second period was also promising. Beier went through on the right following a throw-in by Ryerson but could not find a team-mate in the box. Adeyemi's run had been tracked. A short while later Adeyemi crossed from the left to Guirassy, whose header missed the target (47). Leipzig won a corner at the other end and Simons delivered it towards the back post, where Openda met the ball with a volley into the top left corner to make it 2-0 (48). But BVB responded immediately. Beier literally hung in the air to reach Ryerson's cross but headed the ball against the bar (50). Two minutes later, Beier came close to scoring from a centre-left position in the box following build-up work from Schlotterbeck and Guirassy, but his effort rebounded off the outside of the post. Adeyemi then had an unobstructed view of goal from 14 metres but fired the ball well over the bar.<\/p>\nBorussia Dortmund dominated the game at will in this period, winning the second balls and pushing to get a goal back, only to miss further great chances. After Brandt had won the ball, Adeyemi played it through to Guirassy, who found himself clean through on Gulacsi only to be denied by a sensational save from Leipzig's keeper (62). Two minutes later, Gulacsi turned a shot from Adeyemi onto the crossbar and then followed that up with another fine save from Ryerson (65). BVB could not make their chances count. An unchallenged Groß fired the ball over the goal from eight metres out after strong build-up play from Beier and Guirassy (76). Schlotterbeck went agonisingly close after a corner (79). The shot count was now 20-14 in favour of BVB, who had trailed Leipzig 12-5 in this metric after 45 minutes. Chukwuemeka and Beier were again kept out by Gulacsi (90+4).<\/p>\nOutlook:  \n <\/b>A total of 14 players are now expected to link up with their national teams and will only return in the week prior to the next Bundesliga match. BVB will be up against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 30 March (Sunday at 17:30 CET).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Grafik.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Grafik-1742063092104\"><\/p>\n<h2>Teams & goals<\/h2>\nBundesliga Matchday 26 \n Saturday 15 March 2025, 18:30 CET \n LEIPZIG 2-0 (1-0) BORUSSIA DORTMUND<\/b><\/p>\nLeipzig:<\/b> Gulacsi \u2013 Geertruida, Orban, Bitshiabu \u2013 Baku, Seiwald (Haidara, 81), Baumgartner (Kampl, 61), Raum (Lukeba, 81) \u2013 Xavi Simons (Gomis, 81) \u2013 Openda (Klostermann, 66), Sesko \nBor. Dortmund: <\/b>Kobel \u2013 Anton, Can, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson (Chukwuemeka, 72) \u2013 Sabitzer (Bensebaini, 33), Groß \u2013 Adeyemi (Gittens, 72), Brandt, Beier \u2013 Guirassy \nSubstitutes:<\/b> Vandevoordt, Nedeljkovic, Schlager, Vermeeren \u2013 Meyer, Couto, Özcan, Reyna, Duranville, Süle \n Goals:<\/b> 1-0 Simons (Sesko, 18), 2-0 Openda (Simons, 48) \nCorners:<\/b> 4-12 (1-2 at half-time), chance ratio:<\/b> 7-13 (4-2) \nReferee:<\/b> Jöllenbeck (Freiburg), yellow cards:<\/b> Raum, Haidara, Lukeba \u2013 Can, Ryerson, Chukwuemeka \nAttendance:<\/b> 47,800 (sold-out), weather:<\/b> dry, 5 degrees<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Boris Rupert reporting from Leipzig<\/i><\/p>\nBVB's attacking play was only good at the beginning and the end of the first period and they were deservedly behind at the break due to Xabi Simons' goal in the 18th minute. Openda and Baku were also denied by the woodwork. After the restart, Beier struck the crossbar and post in the space of two minutes. Openda had fired Leipzig into a 2-0 lead shortly beforehand (48). BVB were now going forward with purpose and creating chance after chance but were thwarted either by Gulacsi in the Leipzig goal or \u2013 for the third time in this match \u2013 by the woodwork (Adeyemi, 61).  <\/p>\nThe scenario:<\/b>   \nSixth versus 10th. This was the first time both teams had gone into a head-to-head clash outside the top four in the table. The side from Saxony had won only one of their last nine league games, while the Black & Yellows had only tasted victory on three occasions in that time period. Leipzig had not suffered more home defeats to any other club than they had to BVB (three up to that point).<\/p>\nPersonnel matters:  \n <\/b>Borussia had travelled without Nmecha (fitness training) and Svensson, who has a knee injury, and lined up with the same team that had won (2-1) in Lille three days earlier.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Leipzig_2.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Leipzig_2-1742063138653\"><\/p>\nTactics: <\/b> \nThe formation was also the same as in Lille. Left-back Ryerson was positioned significantly further forward than Anton on the right flank in the 4-2-3-1. Groß mostly played level with Sabitzer. Leipzig took to the pitch in a 3-4-1-2 formation. Orban man-marked Guirassy, while Xavi Simons played behind the front two but played more left of centre than in the centre itself.<\/p>\nThe match & analysis: \n <\/b>BVB initially got stuck into the challenges and linked up nicely in attack on several occasions in the opening quarter of an hour. Guirassy registered a shot from 14 metres in the ninth minute, but it was too central and Gulacsi was able to make the save \u2013 albeit with some difficulty. Brandt asserted himself in midfield two minutes later and threaded the ball through to Adeyemi, who was stopped by two Leipzig players in the box.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Leipzig.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Leipzig-1742063173926\"><\/p>\nThis was followed by a spell of pressure from the hosts, however. Dortmund had issues dealing with diagonal balls. One such pass led to Openda hitting the bar in the 14th minute. Then Xavi fed Raum on the left flank. Kobel managed to parry his shot away but the rebound landed at the feet of Xavi, who struck the ball from the penalty spot and opened the scoring at 1-0 (18).<\/p>\nSabitzer had to come off the pitch with a knee injury on the half-hour mark. Bensebaini slotted into the left-back position, while Ryerson shifted over to the right \u2013 still postioned in front of Anton. Shortly afterwards, Baku hit the crossbar (35). It was only towards the end of the first period that BVB came back into the game more, getting into the opposition half more frequently and almost restoring parity at 1-1. But Adeyemi, who was played in by Schlotterbeck, was denied by a strong save from Gulacsi (45+2).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Leipzig_3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Leipzig_3-1742063182431\"><\/p>\nThe start to the second period was also promising. Beier went through on the right following a throw-in by Ryerson but could not find a team-mate in the box. Adeyemi's run had been tracked. A short while later Adeyemi crossed from the left to Guirassy, whose header missed the target (47). Leipzig won a corner at the other end and Simons delivered it towards the back post, where Openda met the ball with a volley into the top left corner to make it 2-0 (48). But BVB responded immediately. Beier literally hung in the air to reach Ryerson's cross but headed the ball against the bar (50). Two minutes later, Beier came close to scoring from a centre-left position in the box following build-up work from Schlotterbeck and Guirassy, but his effort rebounded off the outside of the post. Adeyemi then had an unobstructed view of goal from 14 metres but fired the ball well over the bar.<\/p>\nBorussia Dortmund dominated the game at will in this period, winning the second balls and pushing to get a goal back, only to miss further great chances. After Brandt had won the ball, Adeyemi played it through to Guirassy, who found himself clean through on Gulacsi only to be denied by a sensational save from Leipzig's keeper (62). Two minutes later, Gulacsi turned a shot from Adeyemi onto the crossbar and then followed that up with another fine save from Ryerson (65). BVB could not make their chances count. An unchallenged Groß fired the ball over the goal from eight metres out after strong build-up play from Beier and Guirassy (76). Schlotterbeck went agonisingly close after a corner (79). The shot count was now 20-14 in favour of BVB, who had trailed Leipzig 12-5 in this metric after 45 minutes. Chukwuemeka and Beier were again kept out by Gulacsi (90+4).<\/p>\nOutlook:  \n <\/b>A total of 14 players are now expected to link up with their national teams and will only return in the week prior to the next Bundesliga match. BVB will be up against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 30 March (Sunday at 17:30 CET).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/03/15/bl-spielbericht/93_Grafik.jpg\" data-assetref=\"93_Grafik-1742063092104\"><\/p>\n<h2>Teams & goals<\/h2>\nBundesliga Matchday 26 \n Saturday 15 March 2025, 18:30 CET \n LEIPZIG 2-0 (1-0) BORUSSIA DORTMUND<\/b><\/p>\nLeipzig:<\/b> Gulacsi \u2013 Geertruida, Orban, Bitshiabu \u2013 Baku, Seiwald (Haidara, 81), Baumgartner (Kampl, 61), Raum (Lukeba, 81) \u2013 Xavi Simons (Gomis, 81) \u2013 Openda (Klostermann, 66), Sesko \nBor. Dortmund: <\/b>Kobel \u2013 Anton, Can, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson (Chukwuemeka, 72) \u2013 Sabitzer (Bensebaini, 33), Groß \u2013 Adeyemi (Gittens, 72), Brandt, Beier \u2013 Guirassy \nSubstitutes:<\/b> Vandevoordt, Nedeljkovic, Schlager, Vermeeren \u2013 Meyer, Couto, Özcan, Reyna, Duranville, Süle \n Goals:<\/b> 1-0 Simons (Sesko, 18), 2-0 Openda (Simons, 48) \nCorners:<\/b> 4-12 (1-2 at half-time), chance ratio:<\/b> 7-13 (4-2) \nReferee:<\/b> Jöllenbeck (Freiburg), yellow cards:<\/b> Raum, Haidara, Lukeba \u2013 Can, Ryerson, Chukwuemeka \nAttendance:<\/b> 47,800 (sold-out), weather:<\/b> dry, 5 degrees<\/p>\n","exportedType":"text/html"},"id":"editable-4313265134","prio":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"prio","title":"Prio (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"headline":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"headline","title":"Headline","multiValue":false,"value":"Dortmund fail to make chances count in 2-0 loss in Leipzig","exportedType":"text/plain"},"matchId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"matchId","title":"match id","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"data-layer":"{\"editable-4313265134\":{\"@type\":\"/apps/bvbweb/components/newssliderelements/editable\",\"linkUrl\":\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2025/3/15/Dortmund-fail-to-make-chances-count-in-2-0-loss-in-Leipzig.html\"}}","author":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"author","title":"Author","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"teaserType":"relatedContent","match":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"content-fragment","name":"match","title":"Related Match","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"alt":"93M_Leipzig.jpg","externalId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"externalId","title":"External ID (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":"-297834702","exportedType":"text/plain"},"displayOnHome":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"displayOnHome","title":"Display in news wall on homepage","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"url":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"url","title":"Vanity URL (LEAVE EMPTY FOR AUTOMATIC VANITY URL. 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