- Aug 11, 2008
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Fantastic result and what a way to start off our Champions League campaign.
We looked good on the break, which is somewhere I've occasionally felt we can be a bit lacking, Hugo and the boys in defence made some crucial interventions, and we managed to calm things down and look more settled in the 2nd half.
Dortmund looked frighteningly good at times, which makes the result even better in a way. The final 5 minutes felt a lot like the ref had realised there was a mistake with what should have been Dortmund's 2nd goal, and was trying to make up for it. It's a shame we'll have to do without Jan in the next game, but thankfully it's against relatively speaking the 'easiest' team in the group.
Also special mention to Aurier who had a cracking debut. He looked composed under pressure, and made some clever moves and good passes to get out from the back on a few occasions.
All in all, while the first half may have been nerve-wracking it felt like an accomplished performance overall, where we adapted to a difficult opponent and came away with all 3 well earned points.
We looked good on the break, which is somewhere I've occasionally felt we can be a bit lacking, Hugo and the boys in defence made some crucial interventions, and we managed to calm things down and look more settled in the 2nd half.
Dortmund looked frighteningly good at times, which makes the result even better in a way. The final 5 minutes felt a lot like the ref had realised there was a mistake with what should have been Dortmund's 2nd goal, and was trying to make up for it. It's a shame we'll have to do without Jan in the next game, but thankfully it's against relatively speaking the 'easiest' team in the group.
Also special mention to Aurier who had a cracking debut. He looked composed under pressure, and made some clever moves and good passes to get out from the back on a few occasions.
All in all, while the first half may have been nerve-wracking it felt like an accomplished performance overall, where we adapted to a difficult opponent and came away with all 3 well earned points.