The Borussia Dortmund Chronicle
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Yan Couto scores twice — 8.34
Two goals and a mark of 8.34 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match28 Aug 2027
The drought breaks for Borussia Dortmund
11 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Heidenheim were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Carney Chukwuemeka says Borussia Dortmund went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Age has not caught Romelu Lukaku yet — 7.98
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.98 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Borussia Dortmund
Nico Schlotterbeck 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Robin Risser arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Robin Risser has, at Borussia Dortmund, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Borussia Dortmund
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match28 Aug 2027
Borussia Dortmund get the job done against Heidenheim
A 3‑1 win over Heidenheim, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market30 Aug 2027
Uwe Schmidt steps up from the Borussia Dortmund academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Uwe Schmidt has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Borussia Dortmund promote Jonas Baumann from within
- Market Borussia Dortmund promote Felix Horn from within
- Market Borussia Dortmund promote Patrick Schubert from within