The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
Match28 Aug 2027
The run at home goes on for Borussia Dortmund
21 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Match28 Aug 2027
No mercy from Borussia Dortmund
Heidenheim will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Borussia Dortmund were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Both of them Maximilian Beier's — 8.42
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.42, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
No sign of nerves from Edmund Baidoo at 21 — 8.29
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Edmund Baidoo did not need any: 8.29, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Rafinha, 35, rolls back the years — 7.89
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.89 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Borussia Dortmund
Serhou Guirassy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match28 Aug 2027
Borussia Dortmund cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Peter Meier is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 15 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Borussia Dortmund training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felix Nmecha is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Boardroom 2 academy players handed senior numbers at Borussia Dortmund
- Squad Niklas Süle has improved at 32, which nobody expected
- The terraces Borussia Dortmund supporters have found a favourite in Edmund Baidoo