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Dortmund Turns Landmark Fixture Into Champions League Ticket
Champions League: Second-placed Borussia Dortmund celebrated its 1,000th Bundesliga home match in style, sweeping aside a rotated Freiburg side to secure qualification for next season's Champions League.
Needing a response after consecutive league defeats to Bayer Leverkusen and TSG Hoffenheim, Niko Kovac's team settled the contest early. Maximilian Beier opened the scoring in the eighth minute, running onto Ramy Bensebaini's long pass before beating Noah Atubolu in his 100th Bundesliga appearance.
Six minutes later, Dortmund struck again. Samuele Inacio, making his first start at the age of 18, carried the ball forward after a turnover and fed Julian Brandt, whose cross from the right found Serhou Guirassy unmarked in the center to make it 2-0 as Freiburg struggled to escape the pressure.
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