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Borussia Dortmund: Highs and lows from the dramatic 2012/13 season

By Adam Bakr

(First row, from L) Dortmund's striker Marco Reus, Dortmund's midfielder Mario Goetze, Dortmund's defender Marcel Schmelzer, Dortmund's midfielder Ilkay Guendogan, Dortmund's Polish midfielder Jakub "Kuba" Blaszczykowski, (second row, from L) Dortmund's goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, Dortmund's Polish defender Lukasz Piszczek, Dortmund's midfielder Sven Bender, Dortmund's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Dortmund's Serbian defender Neven Subotic, Dortmund's defender Mats Hummels pose before the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match Real Madrid CF vs Borussia Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on April 30, 2013. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP via Getty Images)
(First row, from L) Dortmund's striker Marco Reus, Dortmund's midfielder Mario Goetze, Dortmund's defender Marcel Schmelzer, Dortmund's midfielder Ilkay Guendogan, Dortmund's Polish midfielder Jakub "Kuba" Blaszczykowski, (second row, from L) Dortmund's goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, Dortmund's Polish defender Lukasz Piszczek, Dortmund's midfielder Sven Bender, Dortmund's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Dortmund's Serbian defender Neven Subotic, Dortmund's defender Mats Hummels pose before the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match Real Madrid CF vs Borussia Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on April 30, 2013. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Pepe (L) and Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos (R) vie with Dortmund’s striker Marco Reus (R) during the UEFA Champions League semi final first leg football match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid on April 24, 2013 in Dortmund, western Germany. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Pepe (L) and Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos (R) vie with Dortmund’s striker Marco Reus (R) during the UEFA Champions League semi final first leg football match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid on April 24, 2013 in Dortmund, western Germany. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN /

High: Reus’ homecoming

The 2012-13 season was the debut season for Marco Reus, and a homecoming for the German international as he spent 10 years at Dortmund through his youth career. The signing itself took place in the January transfer window of the previous season, as Dortmund and Borussia Monchengladbach agreed to a 17.1 million euro deal that would see him join at the end of the season.

Reus scored his first senior goal for Dortmund in his first Bundesliga game back at the club, needing just 11 minutes in the home opener against Werder Bremen. It was the first of 19 goals reus would score in an impressive first season.

Some of his more memorable performances include his first game against his former-club Gladbach, where he scored a brace in Dortmund’s 5-0 win. He scored his first hat-trick for Dortmund in a 3-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. His final goals of the season came in the penultimate match of the league season, where he scored twice in the final six minutes against Wolfsburg to bring Dortmund level after trailing 3-1.

Reus also had a collection of big moments in the Champions League run. He scored in all of Dortmund’s road games in the group stage, including a great volley against Real Madrid. In the knockout rounds, he assisted Lewandowski to draw Dortmund level against Malaga and then scored the first of two stoppage time goals to save the side.

In the semifinal and final, Reus drew two crucial penalties for the side. Against Madrid, he was fouled for the fourth goal which ended up being the winning goal of the tie, and in the final he drew the penalty which brought the Black and Yellows back on level terms against their Bavarian rivals, and the foul probably should have earned Dante his second yellow card of the match. He’d be voted into the UEFA Team of the Year at the end of the year.

Together with Gotze and Lewandowski, Reus was part of one of Europe’s most dangerous attacking trios. They combined for 71 goals in all competitions, along with 33 assists.

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