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The season so far: Borussia Dortmund’s mixed start to the new season raises old questions

By Brian Szlenk Straub

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 31: Mats Hummels, Marco Reus and Mahmoud Dahoud of Borussia Dortmund looks dejected during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei on August 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 31: Mats Hummels, Marco Reus and Mahmoud Dahoud of Borussia Dortmund looks dejected during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei on August 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images) /
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Borussia Dortmund head into the international break having come away with six points out of a potential nine in the first three games of the 2019/20 season, and it is very hard to draw a concrete consensus regarding their current form from the team’s erratic performances so far.

BERLIN, GERMANY – AUGUST 31: Borussia Dortmund players show their dejection during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund at Stadion An der Alten Foersterei on August 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY – AUGUST 31: Borussia Dortmund players show their dejection during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund at Stadion An der Alten Foersterei on August 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images) /

It’s only been three match days since the beginning of the Bundesliga season, but Borussia Dortmund, true to form, have given us a plethora to talk about in this brief window of time. Last year’s runner ups gave a good account of themselves in their first match at home against visitors Augsburg, thrashing the Bavarian based club 5-1 in what seemed to be a show of force and determination that would set the precedent for the rest of their season.

Despite this, their two following performances against 1. FC Köln and Union Berlin have breathed life into several questions and reservations about their current form. Its clear that something is not clicking in the defensive department from the off, and the team still seems to have trouble taking crucial chances against opposition that typically should be considered easy prey for a team of Dortmund’s quality. This, of course, is not something that is new to Dortmund fans – the team has chronically suffered from defensive frailty; a frailty that was seemingly supposed to be fixed with the signings that were brought in this summer.

While it would be ludicrous to say that these signings are proving ineffective early on, (on the contrary I feel there have been some serious positives fans can draw from our performances, even from our defensive reinforcements), the fact that there are still issues surrounding certain aspects of Dortmund’s play indicates that there are still minor tweaks that need to be made to make Die Schwarzgelben‘s title bid for the season water tight.

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