Key Takeaways from Borussia Dortmund's Pokal defeat to Werder Bremen

Key Takeaways from Borussia Dortmund’s Pokal defeat to Werder Bremen

04 February 2020, Bremen: Football: Werder Bremen - Borussia Dortmund Round of 16, Dortmund's Giovanni Reyna (M) against Werder's Marco Friedl (l) and Niklas Moisander (r). Photo: David Hecker/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to exploit or have exploited in the stadium and/or from the game taken photographs in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by David Hecker/picture alliance via Getty Images) /

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04 February 2020, Bremen: Football: Werder Bremen – Borussia Dortmund Round of 16, Dortmund’s Giovanni Reyna (M) against Werder’s Kevin Vogt (l) and Milos Veljkovic (r).Photo by David Hecker/picture alliance via Getty Images) /

Gio Reyna Scores first Borussia Dortmund goal

Gio Reyna scored his first professional first team goal with Borussia Dortmund against Werder Bremen and it was an absolutely stunning strike. Reyna has seen a nice bump in playing time since the winter break and his impact came to a climax in this one. His goal was unbelievable, tip toeing around three Bremen defenders before curling an outrageous shot past Pavlenka into the far top right corner.

This will be amazing for Reyna’s confidence as he gets more and more settled into the first team. This combined with the injury to Reus will likely have Gio Reyna making his first Borussia Dortmund start in the coming weeks. His rise is eerily similar to another American, Christian Pulisic, who burst into Dortmund’s first team after a January winter break as a 17 year old. Reyna’s potential is sky high and it will be very exciting to see him continue to improve.

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