Dominant Dortmund kick off season with German Cup win over 1860 Munich

Munich, July 30 (BNA): Borussia Dortmund made a great start to its season, winning 3-0 at its host 1860 Munich in the first round of the German Cup on Friday, a week before the start of the German League.

First-half goals from Doniel Mallin, who fired a low shot off the post, quickly put Judd Bellingham and Karim Adeyemi the visitors in the driving seat against the third-tier club.

The Ruhr Valley club, which is striving to break Bayern Munich’s control of the league title a decade ago, lost new striker Sebastian Haller, who underwent surgery for a tumor in his testicle and will be out of action for several months.

Haller was brought in to fill the void left by striker Erling Haaland, who has joined Manchester City.

However, one-way traffic towards the Munich goal was in front of 12,000 fans at the Gruenwalder Stadium in the first half, with Dutchman Malin causing havoc down the left and forcing the hosts to an early substitution.

Dortmund, who face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in the opening game of the Bundesliga on August 6, ran away from the gas after the break but forced Munich goalkeeper Marco Heller to make a series of impressive saves to stop Mo David’s shots from Marco Reus. and Thomas Monier.

His German colleague Stuttgart also booked his place in the second round with a 1-0 victory over Dynamo Dresden, while Nuremberg and Karlsruhe joined them after defeating the fourth and fifth division rivals, respectively.

Bayern Munich will meet the German Cup-winning champions, RB Leipzig, in the German Super Cup on Saturday, before the start of the Bundesliga season next week.

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