Haaland ran out of opportunities to shine in the Europa League

 Haaland ran out of opportunities to shine in the Europa League

Dortmund were eliminated in the play-off for tickets to the Europa League round of 16 after a 4-6 aggregate defeat to Rangers.

Dortmund shows a weak face in the European Cup every time Erling Haaland is absent. During the time when the Norwegian striker had to recover from an injury at the end of November 2021, coach Marco Rose's teachers and students lost consecutively in the Champions League group stage, leading to their elimination. The same thing happened when Haaland had to take a break right at the time of two play-offs to compete for tickets to the round of 16 Europa League teams.

Dortmund's next door was too narrow after a 2-4 defeat at home in the first leg. The Bundesliga representative brought to Glasgow determination, but that was not enough to beat the defending champion Scotland Rangers, who have confidence and sublime performance.

When his teammates were still struggling to find an attack, Julian Brandt made a mistake with a foul tackle in the penalty area that caused "Die Borussen" to receive a penalty in the 22nd minute. Captain James Tavernier took advantage of the opportunity from the distance. 11 m to open the scoring, and help Rangers increase the gap to 5-2 after 2 matches.

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Rangers have a convincing performance against one of the candidates for the Europa League title this season. Photo: Reuters.

In Haaland's absence, Jude Bellingham became the soul of Dortmund's play. The young talent born in 2003 took advantage of the mistake of Rangers' defense to equalize in the 31st minute, then continued to assist Donyell Malen to score to help the visitors lead 2-1 in the 42nd minute.

After the first half, the total score is 5-4, Dortmund still has the second half to create a surprise. However, the small hope of fans from Germany was soon extinguished in the 57th minute. Mats Hummels, the most experienced player in the yellow shirt defense, missed the ball and created conditions for Tavernier to score an equalizer. 2-2 for Rangers.

This moment has knocked down the fighting spirit of the Bundesliga representative. Coach Marco Rose's teachers and students played moderately for the rest of the second half and accepted to lose the ticket to continue to the host's hand.