Game is over and the final score is Dinamo Zagreb 0-3 Dortmund. Routine win keeps Sahin's visitors on course for knockouts.
2024/2025 UEFA Champions League
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Match Report
Borussia Dortmund eased past Dinamo Zagreb with a 3-0 victory in the Champions League to stay firmly on course for a top-eight finish and automatic qualification to the knockout stages.
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens fired last year's finalists into a deserved lead in the 41st minute before the unmarked Ramy Bensebaini headed in their second goal in the 56th minute on Wednesday.
Forward Serhou Guirassy, back after a short illness, also got on the scoresheet in the closing minutes, slotting in after coming on as a substitute.
Dortmund, who also hit the woodwork twice, have now won four of their five matches in the competition this season and are on 12 points in fourth place with three games left.
The top eight teams automatically qualify for the knockout stage while the next 16 teams go into qualification play-offs.
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— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) November 27, 2024
Data Debrief: Gold for Guirassy
Guirassy has been involved in at least one goal in his last six Champions League appearances (five goals, two assists), becoming the seventh African player to score or assist in six games in a row, and the first since Mohamed Salah in 2022-23.
The damage was done long before Guirassy's late goal, however, with Zagreb now having lost their last eight games against German opposition, conceding 28 times in the process.
Dortmund, by contrast, have managed to win seven of their last nine games in the competition, and will be looking towards the knockout stages after an encouraging showing in Croatia.
Line-ups
Dinamo Zagreb XI: Catherine, Stefan Ristovski, Danijel Zagorac, Rog, Maxime Bernauer, P.Gabriel, Raúl Torrente, Martin Baturina, Luka Stojkovic, Lukas Kacavenda, Branko Pavic
Subs: Pjaca, Ivan Filipovic, Dario Spikic, Sandro Kulenovic, Arbër Hoxha, Takuya Ogiwara, Nathanaël Mbuku
Dortmund XI: Gross, Sabitzer, Brandt, Anton, Gregor Kobel, Bensebaini, Donyell Malen, Nico Schlotterbeck, Maximilian Beier, Felix Nmecha, Jamie Gittens
Subs: Alexander Meyer, Emre Can, Guirassy, Julian Ryerson, Reyna, Marcel Lotka, Yan Couto, Cole Campbell, Julien Duranville, Almugera Kabar