After controlling the first half so confidently, some of the Borussia Dortmund faithful may have been concerned by their side’s failure to capitalize on their chances before the interval. However, BVB look just as assured and dangerous up front as they did in the first forty-five minutes, and Lucas Barrios has had a pair of chances to break the deadlock in the early minutes of the second half.
Borussia Dortmund Vs. Schalke 04: Visitors Saved By The Woodwork
Mario Götze was again the orchestrator on fifty-one minutes, setting Barrios through on the inside-right channel; Götze continued his run into the box and Barrios could have tried to pull the ball back for either him or Jakub Blaszczykowski, but took the shot on from a difficult angle and hit it wide of Manuel Neuer’s goal. Just a few minutes later Dortmund had an even better opportunity to take the lead, as some great work by Kuba led to a very dangerous low cross across the penalty area. The ball came to Barrios, and Neuer was well beaten, but his shot crashed against the post and went out for a Dortmund goal kick. The visitors went right down the other end and nearly got a shock opener of their own, but José Jurado wasn’t able to slot in from Raúl’s ball across the box.
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