Dortmund cruise to win as Elversberg claim historic victory in Bundesliga
- On Aug 29, Borussia Dortmund began their Bundesliga season with a 2-0 victory over Hamburg, with Serhou Guirassy scoring inside nine minutes and Giannis Konstantelias adding a deflected second.
- Bayern Munich opened their league campaign with a dominant 5-1 win over Stuttgart on Friday, setting an aggressive tone for the Bundesliga opening weekend.
- Despite the victory, Dortmund finished with 10 men after Samuele Inacio received a straight red card three minutes after coming off the bench for a dangerous tackle.
- Promoted Elversberg, from a town of 13,000, upset Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in their Bundesliga debut, with Lukas Petkov and Cole Campbell scoring early before David Mokwa added a third.
- Leipzig defeated Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0, while Cologne overcame Hoffenheim 3-2 after Thijs Dallinga scored twice late; Union Berlin drew 3-3 with Eintracht Frankfurt following Tim Skarke's 92nd-minute equalizer.
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Borussia Dortmund fear midfielder Janis Constantelias may have suffered a serious knee injury in the first Bundesliga match against Hamburger SV on Saturday, which ended with a 2-0 win, BTA reported. The 23-year-old Greek shone on his debut, scoring the second goal just before the break. But he fell on the pitch clutching his knee in the second half and had to be substituted. “I am very saddened by what happened to Constantelias. We have to wait…
Borussia Dortmund's coach Niko Kovac is very worried about a knee injury from Giannis Constantias. "It looks like the doctor tested this and he doesn't feel good," said the 54-year-old and announced an MRI examination the day after the 2-0 against the Hamburg SV. "We have already paid very much for this victory if it should be a cruciate ligament rupture," Kovac said.
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The NamibianTiny Elversberg stun Leverkusen on Bundesliga debut, Dortmund beat Hamburg
Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg stunned Bayer Leverkusen in a 3-2 victory, while Dortmund opened their season with a 2-0 win over Hamburg.
Borusa Dortmund began his tour of the German League by winning his guest Hamburg with no answer, at the match held between them on Saturday, at the Séguinal Edona Park Stadium.
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