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Guirassy Sends Dortmund Through as Late Foul on Couto Draws Only Yellow

Couto’s condition remains under evaluation, raising fresh concern over a defense already hit by injuries before the Bundesliga opener.

Yan Couto musste auf der Trage vom Platz getragen werden
Yan Couto wird vom Platz getragen, BVB-Trainer Niko Kovac ist bei seinem Verteidiger
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BVBs Filippo Mane (l.) und Essens Kaito Mizuta im Zweikampf

Overview

  • Borussia Dortmund advanced 1–0 at Rot-Weiss Essen, with Serhou Guirassy’s 79th-minute strike following a first half in which Gregor Kobel prevented a deficit.
  • In stoppage time, Kelsey Owusu fouled Yan Couto with a high, studs-up challenge that left the right back stretchered off, and referee Frank Willenborg showed only a yellow card.
  • With no video assistant referee in the DFB-Pokal first round, the caution could not be reviewed or upgraded during the match.
  • Head coach Niko Kovac called the tackle “actually an attack,” sporting director Sebastian Kehl said it was a clear red, and Essen coach Uwe Koschinat also criticized the challenge.
  • Koschinat condemned racist comments reported online after the incident, and Dortmund’s thin defense — already missing Nico Schlotterbeck, Emre Can and Niklas Süle — now awaits medical results on Couto before Saturday’s league opener.