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87th-minute winner against Ajax in Champions
League Group D. Robert Lewandowski scored a late goal to give Borussia Dortmund
a winning start to their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 victory over the
Dutch champions Ajax
on Tuesday. Borussia Poland striker wear mercurial vapor 8 turned in the
penalty area before hammering a shot beyond the goalkeeper, Kenneth Vermeer,
with three minutes remaining, rewarding the home side's late dominance of the
game. Mats Hummels had spurned the chance to give Dortmund the lead from the penalty spot in
the 57th minute, after Ricardo van Rhijn was adjudged to have brought down
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weak effort was easily saved by Vermeer. Ajax
created the game's best chances early on, with the Dortmund goalkeeper, Roman Weidenfeller,
forced to make several saves to keep the visitors at bay. "There are a few
things there that we could have done a lot better," said the relieved Dortmund coach, Jürgen
Klopp, who made a rare appearance in a double-breasted suit and tie. Ajax should have scored
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needlessly lost possession to Ryan Babel in the 12th minute, only for
Weidenfeller to block Christian Eriksen's shot. Another mistake in the Dortmund defence forced the goalkeeper into action 10
minutes before the interval, as he rushed out to deny Derk Boerrigter before
his defenders got back to block Babel's
follow-up effort on the unguarded net. Marcel Schmelzer wear nike mercurial vapor 8 went closest
for the home side early on after a great through-ball by Marco Reus but Vermeer
did well to save. Moments earlier Vermeer came out of his goal to put off
Lewandowski after a great long ball from Hummels. Ajax appeared happy to keep
the ball and build slowly from the back with the former Schalke player
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from midfield. Dortmund,
by contrast, employed a high-intensity game that some of its players struggled
to keep up with. Dortmund
began the second half as they did the first, on the attack. But again it was Ajax who nearly scored, first through Babel and then through Siem de Jong, whose
point-blank effort was brilliantly blocked by Weidenfeller. Lewandowski then
had a golden chance, sending two Ajax
defenders skidding before firing well over the crossbar with the goal at his
mercy. Hummels wear nike mercurial vapor superfly iii was
relieved that his penalty miss was not decisive when Lewandowski controlled
Lukasz Piszczek's headed-on ball, held off Toby Alderweireld's challenge and
then blasted past the helpless Vermeer.