Dortmund's German midfielder Marius Wolf (C) celebrates scoring his team's first goal during a pre-season friendly football match between Chelsea FC and Borussia Dortmund BVB at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, on August 2, 2023. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Borussia Dortmund round off USA tour with Chelsea draw

02.08.2023

Borussia Dortmund continued their unbeaten run of pre-season results with a 1-1 draw against Chelsea to conclude their summer tour of the USA.

Chelsea 1-1 Dortmund
Goals: 0-1 Wolf (80'), 1-1 Burstow (89')

Edin Terzic's side came into this game following a 6-0 win over San Diego Loyal and a 3-2 success against Manchester United in Las Vegas, but they were on the back foot for most of the first half here. Former RB Leipzig attacker Christopher Nkunku, who joined Chelsea over the summer, was lively down the left early on but had to be taken off midway through the half with an injury. Marcel Sabitzer impressed with his range of passing, including some stunning switches of play from right to left, but BVB didn't threaten the Chelsea goal before the interval. The Premier League outfit had a cluster of decent opportunities towards the end of the first 45, but a combination of good saves from Alexander Meyer and wayward finishing from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson left the game goalless at the midway stage.

The tempo increased considerably in the second half, perhaps helped by the inevitable swathe of substitutes eager to impress their bosses, and after Dortmund youngster Samuel Bamba flashed a shot wide of the post, Ramy Bensebaini was called to block a shot on the line when Carney Chukwuemeka seemed certain to score from eight yards. It remained end-to-end and Terzic's side looked to be on course for victory when Marius Wolf scored from close range late on, tapping in Bamba's shot from outide the box, but Chelsea equalised in the last minute through Mason Burstow's well-placed header.

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Match stats

Dortmund had won all five of their pre-season friendlies this summer prior to this fixture with an aggregate score of 21-5.
Julian Brandt was BVB's most productive attacking outlet last season with nine goals and eight assists from midfield. He is yet to open his account this summer, though.
New Chelsea man Nkunku had 16 goals and four assists in 25 Bundesliga games for RB Leipzig last season.
Chelsea parted company with two former Dortmund players this summer in Pulisic and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
USMNT star Pulisic, now of AC Milan, had 19 goals and 26 assists in 127 games in all competitions for Die Schwarzgelben between 2015 and 2019.
Dortmund and Chelsea have only met twice competitively, each winning at home in the last 16 of last year's UEFA Champions League. The Blues edged through 2-1 on aggregate.

Teams

Chelsea: Kepa - James (c) (Gusto 73'), Silva (Humphreys 73') Colwill, Chilwell (Cucurella 73') - Gallagher, Fernandez - Sterling (Hall 81'), Nkunku (Mudryk 22'), Chukwuemeka (Maatsen 73') - Jackson (Burstow 81')
Unused subs: Slonina, Bergstrom, Chalobah, Dos Santos, Ugochukwu, Casadei, Gabriel, Moreira
Out: Badiashile (thigh), Bettinelli (knock), Broja (knee), Fofana (knee), Madueke (thigh)
Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Dortmund: Meyer - Ryerson (Wolf 61'), Süle (c) (Papadopoulos 61'), Hummels (Blank 72'), Bensebaini (Bueno 72') - Sabitzer (Brandt 46'), Özcan (Can 72'), Reus (Nmecha 72') - Malen (Bamba 46'), Moukoko (Haller 61'), Adeyemi (Hazard 46')
Unused subs: Kirsch, Pohlmann
Out: Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder), Coulibaly (not included), Duranville (hamstring), Kobel (muscular), Meunier (muscular), Morey (muscular), Reyna (leg), Schlotterbeck (knee)
Coach: Edin Terzic

As it happened!