Dortmund had a nice two goal lead at halftime, but were not able to hold on for the win. They did rotate most of their starters out while Benfica brought theirs on, but the Germans arguably should have done better regardless. Today's loss snaps their three match pre-season winning streak.
Match Events
15' CLOSE! Philipp's shot wide out
HALF CHANCE FOR PHILIPP! He collected the ball outside the oppsin box, but his effort curled just wide.
20' GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Benfica (Philipp)
DORTMUND SCORE!!! It's Philipp who tapped in a lovely ball from Gotze!
Brilliant move by the German side as Dahoud carried the ball through midfield, laid it off to Schmelzer who played a one-two with Gotze, who passed it infield to Philipp for the finish!
22' GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Benfica (Philipp)
DORTMUND HAVE ONLY GONE AND SCORED AGAIN! IT'S PHILIPP!
Gotze picks up his second assist of the evening! He lofted a ball into Philipp who looked offside at first glance but turns out it was timed to perfection!
51' GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Benfica (Andre Almeida)
BENFICA SCORE!!! Almeida pushed up into the box and steered it right past Hitz. Fernandes slotted the ball into the path of the right back who scored.
69' GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Benfica (Alfa Semedo)
GOAL TO BENFICA! 2-2!!! Semedo took a shot from range that was blocked... but he collected the rebound, dribbled further into the box and shot right to left past Hitz!
90' Benfica beat Dortmund in penalty shootout
Dortmund vs Benfica Penalty Shootout
Round 1: 1-1
Dortmund O Benfica O
Round 2: 1-2
Dortmund X Benfica O
Round 3: 2-3
Dortmund O Benfica O
Round 4: 3-3
Dortmund O Benfica X
Round 5: 3-4
Dortmund X Benfica O
Line-ups
Borussia Dortmund XI: Nuri Sahin, Marcel Schmelzer, Ömer Toprak, Mario Götze, Marwin Hitz, Jeremy Toljan, Maximilian Philipp, Abdou Diallo, Mahmoud Dahoud, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Christian Pulisic
Subs: Lukasz Piszczek, Sebastian Rode, Marco Reus, Eric Oelschlägel, Herbert Bockhorn, Marius Wolf, Soren Dieckmann, Dzenis Burnic, A. Pieper, Achraf Hakimi, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Alexander Isak, Jadon Sancho, Sergio Gómez, Tim Sechelmann
Benfica XI: Lubomir Fejsa, Pizzi, André Almeida, Jardel, Nicolás Castillo, Alejandro Grimaldo, Andrija Zivkovic, Rafa Silva, Rúben Dias, Mile Svilar, Gedson Fernandes
Subs: Jonas, Eduardo Salvio, Facundo Ferreyra, C. Lema, Andreas Samaris, Vlachodimos, G. Conti, Yuri Ribeiro, Franco Cervi, Tyronne Ebuehi, Alfa Semedo
SebastiãoGG
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Great performance from Benfica, probably deserved to have won this game, keep up with the good work boys