Borussia Dortmund beat Hamburg, Elversberg defeated Bayer

Borussia Dortmund began the Bundesliga season with a 2-0 victory over Hamburg. Serhou Guirassy and new signing Yannis Konstantelias scored the goals, Channel NewsAsia reports.

Dortmund’s victory

Guirassy opened the scoring within the first nine minutes of the match. Later, Konstantelias took a shot after which the ball deflected off a defender and went into Hamburg’s net.

Borussia finished the match with 10 men: Samuele Inacio received a straight red card for a dangerous tackle three minutes after coming on as a substitute. Despite the sending-off, Dortmund held on to their lead.

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Elversberg’s debut

League newcomers Elversberg defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in their Bundesliga debut. The team from a town with a population of around 13,000 quickly took a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Lukas Petkov and Cole Campbell. In the 46th minute, David Mokwuah scored the third goal.

Bayer reduced the deficit 13 minutes before the end of the match through a goal from Patrik Schick. In stoppage time, Christian Kofane scored Leverkusen’s second goal, but the visitors were unable to equalize.

In other matches, RB Leipzig beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0. Ridle Baku, Antonio Nusa and Rocco Reitz scored, with Reitz finding the net against his former club. Mainz and Paderborn drew 0-0, while Union drew 3-3 with Eintracht. Cologne beat Hoffenheim 3-2 thanks to two goals from Thijs Dallinga in the final 18 minutes. On Friday, Bayern thrashed Stuttgart 5-1.