BUNDESLIGA – Sokratis and Aubameyang arrive at Dortmund

New arrivals, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Credit: @DISC_Bandung)

Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were presented to the Dortmund fans on the weekend, 6 July, before the team faced Sat.1 Allstars at the Signal Iduna Park. The first home game of the season saw a massive 49,500 turn up even with the 25,000 capacity Südtribüne/South stand closed for maintenance. The Sat.1 side consisted of celebrities and amateurs, with goalkeepers Simon Jentzsch and Patrick Weigl.

Dortmund took the lead in the opening minute with a header from Schieber, but the Allstars pulled one back with a goal from amateur Saki to make it 1-1. It didn’t last long though and BVB went on to win the game 9-1, with the Allstars celebrating that it wasn’t double figures. It wasn’t all in vain though as more than €170,000 was raised for the flood victims who lost their homes.

 

(Highlights from Dortmund v Sat.1 Allstars – Credit: @Mein GELSENVIDEO – Full Match)

 

BVB line-up 1st half: Weidenfeller – Durm, Sobiech, Hummels, Schmelzer – Kehl, Bender – Hofmann, Bakalorz, Reus – Schieber
BVB line-up 2nd half: Bonmann – Durm, Subotic, Sarr, Bandowski – Kirch, Sahin – Großkreutz, Gündogan, Ducksch – Bajner
Goals: 1-0 Schieber (2), 1-1 Saki (7), 2-1 Hofmann (30), 3-1 Gensler (37, own goal), 4-1 Gündogan (54), 5-1 Ducksch (62), 6-1 Gündogan (66), 7-1 Ducksch (74), 8-1 Subotic (82), 9-1 Bajner (84) (Line-ups and goal information taken from BVB.de)

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Both of the new recruits expressed their delight and surprise at the BVB support. Aubameyang who wants to be known as ‘Aubame” (pronounced ‘Oh-ba-me’), said “Dortmund are a great team that made it to the Champions League final. I hope I will improve here.” He has already started to form a bond with the fans after actively tweeting about his arrival and re-tweeting fan photos of his introduction on Saturday.

The other new signing, and BVBs first of the season, Sokratis said, “I´m ready to give 100 percent for the club. Everything´s perfect here. The fans are something very special. I will start training tomorrow with two sessions.” He will most likely start the season at RB as Piszczek is still recovering from a hip operation.