Dortmund Down Sporting To Advance, Aubameyang Suspended
Muhammad Rameez Published November 03, 2016 | 01:00 PM
BERLIN, Nov 3 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Nov, 2016 ) - Borussia Dortmund booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday despite suspending striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
With two games still to play, Dortmund are guaranteed at least a top-two place in Group F. They now lead the group, two points ahead of defending champions Real Madrid, who drew 3-3 at Warsaw Legia on Wednesday.
Dortmund delivered a shock before kick-off at Signal Iduna Park. Coach Thomas Tuchel suspended star striker Aubameyang "for internal reasons" and his replacement Adrian Ramos hit the first-half winner.
"The coach has taken the decision and it is absolutely correct," Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke told Sky. The 27-year-old Aubameyang, who has scored 10 goals already this season, is suspended until Thursday and was cut from the match day squad.
"We completely accept there will be speculation, but internal means internal," added Tuchel. Ramos took Aubameyang's place in a 4-1-4-1 formation. The Colombia striker needed just 12 minutes to give Dortmund the lead with a looping header in his side's first real attack.
Germany internationals Julian Weigl and Mario Goetze combined in the box, then Matthias Ginter put in a cross from the right flank. Ramos placed a pinpoint header past Sporting's goalkeeper Rui Patricio into the top right corner.
Sporting exploited the acres of space Dortmund left at the back with Gelson Martins twice going close. With half an hour gone, only the crossbar denied Dortmund a two-goal cushion.
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