Overview of Borussia Dortmund in Ulsan
Borussia Dortmund has the chance to rely on their weekend victory over the Mamelodi sundowns when they face Ulsan with a place in the last 16 of the club World Cup at stake.
The Bundesliga team was ahead of the Sundowns 4-3 in Cincinnati after a wild meeting that saw them late, increase in a 3-1 lead and hook for the last minutes.
The result left Niko Kovac’s men in second place in group F on four points, leaders dragging Fluminense on the difference in goals.
The Mamelodi are always very in the mix, one point behind, which means that there is everything to play on the day of the day.
On paper, Dortmund has the simplest task because they are faced with the South Korean team already eliminated knowing that they need a point to move forward.
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The sports director Sebastian Kehl accepts, however, that the team must improve its previous projections.
He said, “We discussed this very carefully and also pointed out how we have to do things better.
“We are in very good position with four points and have every opportunity to move forward on Wednesday, and I am absolutely convinced.”
It is not only prestige to win in the United States this summer with a huge price offered for teams that succeed well.
If Dortmund goes to the direct elimination stages, they will be assured of at least 40 million euros to add to the chests.
“We want to take three points. It gives a little more confidence and a little more money,” added Kehl.
An intriguing intrigue of this tournament was the battle between Jobe and Jude Bellingham for the supremacy of the brothers and sisters.
Jobe scored his first goal for Dortmund against Mamelodi and won the match of the match man while the Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham also won the individual honor after marked in the 3-1 victory against Pachuca.
The elder Bellingham admitted after the Pachuca match that he had something to prove after watching Jobe Star 24 hours earlier.
Jude said: “Everyone contained me yesterday saying that he is better than me, so I had to do something today. We are 1-1 now and we will see for the rest of the tournament.”
Ulsan is proud and the price of playing for losing against Mamelodi and Fluminense and will be desperate to leave the states at the top.
