-- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice to give Borussia Dortmund a hard-fought 2-1 win at relegation-threatened Eintracht Braunschweig in the
Bundesliga on Friday.
Authentic NFL Jerseys Cheap . The visitors failed to create any chances of note until Nuri Sahin tested Braunschweig keeper
Daniel Davari with a well-placed free kick in the 28th minute. Aubameyang opened
the scoring three minutes later, when Robert Lewandowski played a one-two with
Marco Reus and lifted the ball over the outrushing goalkeeper for him to head
into the unguarded net. Braunschweig equalized in the 51st through Benjamin
Kessel, but Aubameyang scored the winner on a counterattack in the 65th, when
Reus found him on the left to shoot inside the far corner. "There were moments
when we played brilliantly but we have to be thankful we won here," said
Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, who called it a "dirty win." The visitors wasted
several chances to seal the result before Henrikh Mkhitaryan hit the post in the
89th. Then Braunschweig almost equalized in injury time only for defender Ermin
Bicakcics header to crash back off the post. "We played very well, we fought
hard, really took the game to Dortmund. Im disappointed we didnt take anything
from it," Kessel said. Third-place Dortmund remained 14 points behind leader
Bayern Munich ahead of the rest of the 19th round, while Braunschweig stays
bottom, five points from safety with its rivals yet to play. "It hurts to be
bottom of the table but if you look at the performance today you can see the
huge progression weve made," said Braunschweig coach Torsten Lieberknecht, a
former teammate of Klopps from their playing days at Mainz.
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hill into the stadium to reach the final straightaway in fourth spot, where he
reeled in two Norwegians to lock up second place.TORONTO - Jermain Defoe has
been where Gilberto is — under the microscope and unable to score goals. Defoe
insists its only a matter of time before his Toronto FC strike partner starts
finding the net. And hes told Gilberto the same thing several times. "Everyones
trying to talk to him, not just me. The manager and everyone. . . all the boys
are just trying to be positive," Defoe said. "Im sure hes experienced enough to
know its just a matter of time. Hes been unlucky. "Hopefully when he gets the
first one, hell score many more. Still got a long way to go, its a long season."
Toronto FC (4-4-1) hosts the Columbus Crew (4-4-4) at BMO Field on Saturday, a
game that coach Ryan Nelsen said, in the event of a victory, could "springboard
us forward for the rest of the season" Gilberto was part of Torontos
much-celebrated off-season makeover, acquired to boost the clubs underpowered
offence. The 24-year-old Brazilian has come oh so close numerous times, banging
shots off the post and sending balls just wide of the net. But he remains
without a goal in eight Major League Soccer appearances. And with his
near-misses comes increasing scrutiny, which Defoe said comes "part and parcel
with playing football." "I suppose at any level really where youve got to
perform, people will expect you to perform, and obviously if you dont people are
going to ask questions," Defoe said after Fridays practice at the clubs
sun-drenched training grounds just north of the city. "But on the flip side,
when youre playing well and youre scoring goals, everyone loves it and you get
all the praise. So if its not going well, I suppose you have to just take it on
the chin, as they say in England." Nelsen joked that hes played through
goal-scoring droughts that lasted years — he, of course, was a defender. But he
believes the scrutiny is a bit unfair. "Strikers, they get referred to as
goalscoring, with defenders its conceding, . . sometimes (playing) just feels
wrong. And its not just in football, its in your job," Nelsen told reporters.
"You have a couple of months where its just tough, things just dont seem to go
your way. Its life. "The only trouble in our job is everybody is watching you
when it happens. Everybody talks about it, everybody wants to know about it,
everybodys picking your brain about it. You all go through it, sometimes its
just more out front, its just right out there in the media." Gilberto scored 14
goals in 24 games for Portuguesa of Brazils top division last season. He signed
with Toronto as a Designated Player in December, and is set to earn US$1.2
million this season — 12th highest in MLS. One TFC official mused before the
season kicked off that the Brazilian may score even more goals than Defoe, but
the former Tottenham Hotspur striker leads the way with four goals in six games.
"I think every striker has been through speells where at some stage in the
season you might go a few games without scoring," Defoe said.
Wholesale NFL Jerseys. "But youve just got to keep working hard and getting into position where youre going to score. Youve got to remain positive and thats all
you can do really. "Obviously its difficult because your confidence gets really
low. But hes working hard. Im sure its just a matter of time before he scores."
Defoe missed Torontos previous game against Columbus with a hamstring injury — a
2-0 road victory on April 5 that boosted the teams record to 3-1. Both Defoe and
Nelsen said they like where the team is positioned right now. Theres a sense
that its turned the corner after a disappointing stretch. "Were starting to
strengthen ourselves and trust our squad and get a bit hardened," Nelsen said.
"Going to have our ups and downs of course, but were starting to become an MLS
squad which is literally competitive in every game. And considering what we
inherited here, its a good little evolution. "I know everybody wants to just
flip the switch and you go from nobodies to champions overnight and it doesnt
happen like that. If you just step back, you can look where we were and look
where we are, you kind of see an evolution or developments that other teams —
probably because they werent as low as us — are not making. Thats what I like
about our team, everybodys just getting a wee bit better, and the squads just
getting a wee bit better every day." Nelsen was happy to have midfielders
Jonathan Osorio (hamstring) and Jackson Goncalves (concussion) back practising
Friday. The two will be available to play against the Crew. "Im anxious to come
back. I hate missing games, obviously. I even hate missing practices," said the
Toronto-born Osorio. "Im more excited that Im healthy, Im feeling good, so Im
excited (Saturday) to just play without any worries, without any knocks on me,
and to be 100 per cent." The club will be missing captain and defender Steven
Caldwell, who will serve his suspension for a red-card he received in Torontos
last league game — a 2-2 draw at Kansas City. Coincidentally, Toronto was also
missing Caldwell in last months meeting. "Hopefully we can repeat that (win with
him)," Nelsen said. "But I think youve seen in Bradley Orr, and Doneil Henry and
Nick Hagglund weve got some pretty decent cover there, so hopefully whoever
plays at centre back will be right up for it." Toronto will also be without
recently-acquired midfielder Collen Warner. "His brother is getting married in
Denver, and hes the best man," Nelsen said. "On several levels, us guys may have
told him to tell his brother hes making a bad mistake," Nelsen added, laughing.
"(Warner) says hes batting well above his average, so he should do it as soon as
he can so. . . To tell you the truth, thats like me exactly."
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