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Monday, April 8, 2013

Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga 09-04-2013 UEFA Champions League

Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga
UEFA Champions League: quarter final second leg
Date: 09 April 2013 - 18:45 GMT
Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park - Dortmund
Referee: C. Thomson‎
 Borussia Dortmund v Malaga Football Match will be played on 09.04.2013 in the Signal-Iduna-Park (Dortmund) for a second leg UEFA Champions League match.
Borussia Dortmund hasn’t lost a match in all of their Champions League matches this season, including their first leg against Malaga, which ended in a 0-0 draw. They will now be hosting this match at their Stadium and will be looking to score.
Dortmund’s key players are: M. Götze, J. Błaszczykowski, M. Reus and R. Lewandowski. They will be the players to watch out for in this match.
Dortmund have the advantage after a goalless draw in the first leg in Malaga.  Both sides put defence first and were careful not to overextend themselves going forward, the match ended goalless with neither side having any kind of superiority.
In Dortmund the home side know they need to go out looking for goals as any away goal by Malaga will mean Dortmund need two goals due to the away goals rule.  Dortmund have been excellent at home winning 5 straight matches, scoring at least 3 goals each time so they are strong favourites.
Malaga has actually been playing well in the Champions League and a lot of people didn’t expect them to go this far in the competition. In all their Champions League matches this season they have only lost once against Porto. They will be heading to Dortmund to play the second leg of this Champions League match and it will be harder for them this time, as they are playing away.
 Malaga have struggled somewhat domestically recently and are down to 6 in la liga with 47 points from 30 matches which puts them 4 points outside the top 4.  They have won just once in their last 5 league matches and are coming off a 4-2 defeat at the weekend away at Real Sociedad.

 Possible line-ups:
 Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Weidenfeller – Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer – Gundogan, Bender – Grosskreutz, Gotze, Reus – Lewandowski.
Malaga (4-2-3-1): Caballero – Gamez, Lugano, Demichelis, Antunes – Camacho, Toulalan – Joaquin, Baptista, Isco – Saviola.


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