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Borussia Dortmund edged Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 in a thrilling clash, with Julian Brandt pulling the strings in midfield and Donyell Malen heavily involved in the attacking play.

Frankfurt stayed in the contest through sharp counterattacks led by players like Omar Marmoush, but Dortmund’s late intensity ultimately secured them all three points.

The referee is decisive and shows Dortmund’s Samuele Inacio an earned yellow card.

Dortmund's Luca Reggiani goes off the pitch and Niklas Sule comes on.

A crowd of 81,365 in the stadium tonight!

The atmosphere has been electric under the floodlights.

Eintracht Frankfurt:

The referee allows a substitution, Ayoube Amaimouni comes on for Can Yilmaz Uzun.

Another change follows, Ansgar Knauff replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo

Borussia Dortmund:

Niko Kovač then makes a change, Salih Özcan comes on for Marcel Sabitzer.

Finally, Serhou Guirassy is substituted, with Fabio Silva coming on.

Double substitution for Borussia Dortmund here.

Felix Nmecha comes on, replacing Jobe Bellingham.

And there’s another change straight away—Karim Adeyemi is introduced, coming on for Julian Brandt.

It’s been ruled out for offside!

Fares Chaibi of Eintracht Frankfurt is clearly not happy with that decision, but the linesman has no doubts and sticks firmly with the call.

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Mario Götze comes on, Mahmoud Dahoud goes off.

Jean-Matteo Bahoya comes on, Fares Chaibi goes off

Julian Brandt whipped a dangerous ball into the box to win Dortmund a corner, but Frankfurt cleared the resulting set piece with ease.

Moments later, Ritsu Doan conceded a free kick near the sideline, though Julian Ryerson’s delivery was also dealt with by the defence.

The players are back out on the pitch after the half-time break.

Let’s see if the second half brings more goals.

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After conceding an early goal to Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund responded in impressive fashion to take a 2-1 lead into half-time, scoring twice within the space of three minutes.

Dortmund quickly settled into the game with strong teamwork and controlled possession, creating several dangerous opportunities through Marcel Sabitzer, Julian Brandt, and Jobe Bellingham, although goalkeeper Michael Zetterer produced a number of important saves to keep Frankfurt in the contest.

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Eintracht Frankfurt remained dangerous on the counterattack, with Ritsu Doan and Can Uzun both coming close to equalising before referee Patrick Ittrich blew the whistle to bring an entertaining first half to a close.

Luca Reggiani goes into the book for hauling down his opponent, leaving referee Patrick Ittrich with a straightforward decision.

Borussia Dortmund’s Marcel Sabitzer fired a left-footed effort from the left side of the box, but it drifted wide.

Dortmund are beginning to assert themselves now, creating several chances in quick succession.

We're underway here in Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park!

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Borussia Dortmund:

Kobel; Reggiani, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson, Sabitzer, Bellingham, Inácio; Brandt, Beier; Guirassy

Subs:

Adeyemi, Yan Couto, Chukwuemeka, Meyer, Nmecha, Fábio Silva, Svensson, Süle, Özcan

Eintracht Frankfurt:

Zetterer; Amenda, Theate, Koch, Brown; Skhiri; Chaibi, Dahoud; Uzun, Doan; Kalimuendo

Subs:

Amaimouni-Echghouyab, Bahoya, Burkardt, Chandler, Götze, Knauff, Larsson, Kauã Santos, Højlund

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