Sevilla arrived in Germany tonight (Tuesday) with dreams of a comeback against Borussia Dortmund, but unfortunately Arling Holland took those dreams and shattered them as only he knows. The Spaniards, who had to erase a 2: 3 loss, came up with poison in their eyes and offensive approach and for the first half hour sat on Marvin Hitz’s goal and were unable to find the net.
Holland looked from the side quietly and waited for his moment, and it came in the 35th minute. A mistake in Sevilla’s defense allowed Dortmund a first attack in the game, and in the end Marco Royce passed wide and the Norwegian striker rolled in the 0-1 that forced Sevilla to score three goals.
But before the Spaniards’ first came, Arling Holland scored his second – twice. For the first time he ran over Fernando and kicked into the net, but the goal was disqualified for an offense. The referee was called to Lauer, where he identified an offense against the Norwegian in the box during the pre-goal – Pendel to Dortmund. Holland missed the kick, but again the Ware intervened and set up another penalty that Holland had already kicked in and closed out a particularly bizarre five minutes. With the duo, the 20-year-old striker reached 20 goals in 14 Champions League games.
The thing is there is Holland, and there is Dortmund. Only on Saturday he scored a double against Bayern and the team lost, and tonight it almost happened too. Yusuf a-Nasiri shrank from the penalty spot in the 69th minute, and in the 95th minute equalized 2: 2. Another goal would have sent the tackle to extra time, but Sevilla failed to score and Dortmund breathed a sigh of relief. She, and especially her monstrous striker, will be in the quarterfinals for the first time since the 2016/2017 season.