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Bellingham scored and set up as Borussia won Sevilla

 October 5, 2022

England midfielder Jude Bellingham scored one and set up another as Borussia Dortmund eased past Sevilla to tighten their grip on second place in Champions League Group G.

Bellingham, captaining Dortmund for the second time,

set up Raphael Guerreiro’s opener before scoring their second.

Karim Adeyemi and Julian Brandt goals, either side of Youssef En-Nesyri’s header,

sealed a big win for Dortmund.

Watch the many goals of Sevilla and Borussia today!!

Less than an hour after full-time, Sevilla sacked boss Julen Lopetegui.

It ends Lopetegui’s three-year spell in charge,

during which he led the club to the Europa League title in 2020.

The former Spain and Real Madrid manager has been linked with Wolves as a replacement for Bruno Lage, 

who was dismissed on Sunday.

At 19 years and 98 days old,

Bellingham became the third-youngest player to captain a side in the Champions League behind Ruben Neves (18 years, 221 days) for Porto and Matthijs de Ligt (19 years, 51 days) for Ajax in 2018.

Bellingham created Guerreiro’s opener with a superb crossfield pass before doubling the lead with a fine individual effort,

his third goal of the campaign.

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Sometimes you can meet the right team at the right time. For Borussia Dortmund,

four days after that loss to Cologne and three days before their home game against Bayern,

that opponent was Sevilla.What made Borussia Dortmund’s 4-1 win against Sevilla so much more timely for Edin Terzic’s side was that this was a victory far more hard-earned than the scoreline suggests.

Dortmund beat Copenhagen by the same scoreline they had at halftime in Sevilla (3-0),

but that opening game was merely a flexing of skill compared to what went down at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. This was a scrap,

overseen by an eager referee Maurizio Mariani.

Twenty-one minutes in,

Dortmund were ahead thanks to a superb goal by Raphael Guerreiro,

Alexander Meyer had made three great saves to deny Youssef En-Nesyri and Sevilla had a man sent off and then brought back on by VAR. It was wild,

and Edin Terzic proudly declared afterwards that the latter decision in particular “didn’t phase us.”

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By the break,

Dortmund looked to have proven all that was required of them. Youssoufa Moukoko, making his first Champions League start aged 17,

added energy and intent to Dortmund’s line. Having overcome his over-eagerness, a sumptuous first touch set up a Dortmund goal as the visitors led 3-0

at the end of the first 45 minutes.

A repeat of Cologne appeared out of the question. But this is Dortmund and when En-Nesyri headed in six minutes after the restart,

the worst loomed. Passes became harder to string together,

frustration harder to suppress, crosses harder to clear.

Jude Bellingham starred as Borussia Dortmund put one foot in the Champions League knockout stages with a 4-1 victory at Sevilla.

The 19-year-old stand-in skipper set up Raphael Guerreiro’s opener after six minutes,

albeit still requiring a classy clip over Yassine Bounou from the Dortmund full-back.

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Bellingham doubled the lead four minutes before the break when he turned a defender in the box before toe-poking home with impudent ease. Within two minutes it was three when Youssoufa Moukoko set up Karim Adeyemi to slot a third.

Five minutes into the second half Youssef En-Nesyri headed home a corner to give Sevilla hope and, just like when 1-0 down, had a number of chances but could not put them away as Moukoko got his second assist setting up Julian Brandt to head home with a delightful cross.

The win puts Dortmund clear in second place behind Manchester City with six points, five ahead of Sevilla, for which the game was an unhappy farewell for coach Julen Lopetegui, who was sacked following the game.

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Sevilla sacked coach Julen Lopetegui after a 4-1 home thrashing by Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday, the club announced in a statement.

Some fans applauded Lopetegui at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan and directed their anger at the board, with the club sinking to 17th in La Liga after a dire run of form.

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