Bundesliga: Mullen was not enough for Dortmund, unlikely turning point for Hoffenheim

Dortmund stumbled in the local Ruhr derby after staying in the 1-1 at his headquarters Bochum for the 2nd match day of the Bundesliga.

Bochum ensured from the 13th minute that Borussia scored in their 129th game in a row and broke the division record held by Schalke since 1975. Kevin Steger scored the opening goal in a 1st half where the hosts were significantly better and missed more goals. Borussia improved their image in the second half, equalized in the 56th minute through Mullen, but couldn’t do anything, even though they missed chances.

With their first goals in the Bundesliga, Heidenheim came close to her historic first win in the class but fell short. THE Hoffenheim came back from a deficit of two goals, managed a great turnaround and took three victory points 3-2. The leader of the center of the “newborns”, Jan Niklas Beste, had the chance to open the scoring in the 16th minute, but failed with a penalty kick. Ten minutes later he did better and finally went down in club history.

Marvin Piringer’s second-half goal seemed to have sealed victory for Frank Schmidt’s side, but two goals from Maximilian Bayer and Pavel Kaderbek within three minutes turned things around and led to a thrilling final. Hoffenheim won a penalty well taken by Andrej Kramaric, but it was retaken as it was scored before the referee’s whistle. The Croatian striker scored on his second try but the home side had one last chance for the division’s first point, but missed when Hoffenheim cleared the line.

The results of the 2nd round

• Leipzig-Stuttgart 5-1 (51′ Henrichs, 63′ Olmo, 66′ Openda, 74′ Campbell, 76′ Simmons / 35′ Girassi)
• Heidenheim-Hoffenheim 2-3 (26′ Best, 58′ Piringer / 77′ Bayer, 80′ Canterback, 90′ Penalty. Kramaric)
• Cologne – Wolfsburg 1-2 (55′ Waldschmidt / 62′, 72′ vid)
• Darmstadt-Union 1-4 (24′ Melem / 4′, 34′ Gozens, 39′ Behrens, 65′ Doecki)
• Bochum-Dortmund 1-1 (13′ Stegen / 56′ Mullen)
• Freiburg – Werder Bremen 1:0 (90+6′ Philip)
• 08/26 19:30 o’clock Gladbach vs Leverkusen
• 08/27 4:30 p.m Mainz – Eintracht
• 08/27 6:30 p.m Bavaria – Augsburg

The program of the 3rd game

• 01.09. 9:30 p.m Dortmund – Heidenheim
• 02/09 16:30 Augsburg-Bochum
• 02/09 16:30 Leverkusen – Darmstadt
• 02/09 16:30 Hoffenheim-Wolfsburg
• 02/09 16:30 Werder-Mainz
• 02/09 16:30 Stuttgart-Fribourg
• 02/09 19:30 Gladbach-Bavaria
• 03/09 16:30 Eintracht – Cologne
• 03/09 18:30 Union-Leipzig