Gently 'solving' Monterrey, Dortmund meets Real Madrid in the quarter-finals

Dortmund - Ảnh 1. — Serhou Guirassy scored twice to help Dortmund beat Monterrey 2-1 - Photo: Reuters

The two teams started the game very fiercely from the first minutes, Dortmund took the initiative to attack while Monterrey chose to play defensively and counter-attack. Monterrey had the first chance in the 11th minute, Deossa fired a powerful shot from a distance of nearly 30m but goalkeeper Kobel (Dortmund) caught it.

Just 3 minutes later, Dortmund responded with the opening goal. From a sharp central attack, Guirassy broke through and fired a neat shot past goalkeeper Andrada to score, helping Dortmund lead 1-0.

Immediately after that, Monterrey continuously created opportunities but Jesus Corona could not defeat Dortmund goalkeeper Kobel. In the 19th minute, Corona had another situation to face goalkeeper Kobel but failed to finish. After that, the referee also raised the flag for offside.

In the 23rd minute, from a quick counter-attack, Adeyemi passed the ball to Guirassy, who scored against Monterrey, raising the score to 2-0 for Dortmund. In the following minutes, Guirassy had consecutive opportunities to score a hat-trick, when he received good assists from his teammates, but unfortunately he could not take advantage of them.

In the 48th minute, Monterrey unexpectedly scored a goal to shorten the gap. Starting from an attack on the left wing, Monterrey players coordinated very well before Berterame headed the ball to shorten the score to 1-2.

This was also the final score of the match. In the remaining minutes, both teams had chances but could not take advantage. With this result, Dortmund entered the quarterfinals to meet Real Madrid.