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The Borussia player prevailed over Mohamed Amine Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg), Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahli), Amine Gouiri (Olympique Marseille) and Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City).<\/p>\n<p>Bensebaini joined BVB in the summer of 2023. In the current season, he has made a total of 14 appearances in the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League (two goals, one assist). The Algeria international recently helped his country qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/12/bensebaini-auszeichnung/Bensebaini-Auszeichnung.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Bensebaini-Auszeichnung-1762943117045\"><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p>The jury highlighted Bensebaini\u2019s \u201ctechnique, strength, elegance and consistency\u201d. 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The Englishman, who celebrated his 22nd birthday in October, is full of confidence: in his abilities \u2013 and in those of our photographer...<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"There has been a thin wedge between pure joy and utter despair in Carney Chukwuemeka's still young career. The Englishman, who celebrated his 22nd birthday in October, is full of confidence: in his abilities \u2013 and in those of our photographer...","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p>When <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/mannschaften/fussball/spieler/carney-chukwuemeka.html\">Carney Chukwuemeka<\/a> picks up his smartphone, it reminds him of what he has set out to achieve this season at Borussia Dortmund. Each time he looks at the screen. Without fail. He always reconfigures his mobile phone during pre-season training: the 22-year-old Englishman sits down in the summer, writes a note with a list of his personal goals for the season and saves a screenshot of it on his lock screen. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s just that I wake up every day and see it, and then I think: Okay, cool, that\u2019s what I have to achieve. That motivates me more than if I just had the list in my notes. Every time I open my phone, I see my goals. And every time I achieve one of those goals, I tick it off,\u201d Carney says in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZZvebvB7g\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know if \u201cscoring a goal in the Champions League\u201d is on his personal list. In any case, he achieved that milestone on 1 October 2025. In the match against Athletic Bilbao, Carney scored with his left foot in the 50th minute to make it 2-0. In front of the South Stand. \u201cIt was an incredible feeling. However, I only really realised it when I got home. After I scored the goal, I just thought, \u2018Okay, cool, I scored a goal.\u2019 But when I got home, I was totally overwhelmed. I scored my first goal in the Champions League! That was a real boost for me. The international break came at the wrong time after that,\u201d he says with a shrug. But the knowledge that he had achieved this milestone motivated the Englishman in the following games.<\/p>\n<p>The lanky yet assertive midfielder has settled in Dortmund. Not only because he went from being a loan player to a permanent member of Dortmund\u2019s first team before this season \u2013 with a <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/8/26/Chukwuemeka-unterschreibt-langfristigen-Vertrag.html\">contract until summer 2030<\/a>. But also on a personal level. He feels at home at BVB, trusts his teammates, the coaching team and also the club photographer Alexandre Simoes.<\/p>\n<p>When Carney is welcomed to his photo studio at the Dortmund training ground, two burly security guards are standing by. The photographer explains his daring plan: he wants to photograph the man with the number 17 for BORUSSIA upside down. Carney doesn\u2019t ask any questions. He immediately agrees. A minute later, he is hanging upside down in front of the camera. \u201cOh my God,\u201d he exclaims as the two security guards hold him by his legs and let him dangle in the air. \u201cDo you like it?\u201d Alexandre Simoes asks the professional footballer and shows him the result on the small screen of his camera as soon as he has solid ground under his feet again. \u201cOh, wow,\u201d beams the cover boy of this issue. His trust has paid off. The stunt was worth it.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/carney.png\" data-assetref=\"carney-1762440022137\"><\/p>\n<p>Moving abroad, to a new country and a new league, has also paid off for him. How does he look back on February 2025 today? On the moment when he decided to leave the club he had loved since childhood and join Dortmund on loan? \u201cI think for me it was simply a matter of getting away from everything and focusing entirely on myself. I had no doubts about going abroad. I\u2019m pretty independent anyway and just wanted to concentrate on football and block out everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>London remains his home. He makes that clear. But in Dortmund, he is learning to appreciate that the \u201cbuzz\u201d as the British say, is not nearly as loud as in England's metropolis of over 10-million people. His father and mother now take turns visiting him in the Ruhr area. At every home game, one of them sits in the stands at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK and keeps their fingers crossed. Carney once described his relationship with his father years ago: \u201cMy father always tells me that I can achieve more, that I can be better. That the world is at my feet. He says I just have to keep going, stay focused, keep my feet on the ground and not let my previous success distract me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Carney hears this quote today, he nods in agreement. \u201cI believe you should never rest on your laurels. You should never be satisfied with what you have. For me, with my background, I have never been satisfied with where I was. It\u2019s always been like this: I want more, I want more, I want more. My family is the same. That\u2019s why this quote has shaped me to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/Chukwuemeka-6.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Chukwuemeka-6-1762440117318\"><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, his still young career has also been marked by injuries, which have forced him to get back up again and again, to keep trying. When he scored his first goal for Chelsea in a league match against West Ham United in August 2023, Carney Chukwuemeka injured his knee in the same game and was sidelined for a long time afterwards. Pure joy and absolute despair \u2013 so close together. What helped him in such moments? His faith. \u201cI grew up in a Christian home, and when I entered my early teenage years, everything started to make more sense to me and I began to feel God more clearly. Yes, it\u2019s just something I started at a young age and it has grown more and more as I\u2019ve gotten older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added to this is his parents, who remind him not to get carried away. \u201cWhen I joined Chelsea at 18, it all came at me pretty quickly. And to be honest, I got a little carried away. But I would say that in the past two years, I\u2019ve matured in that regard. I would say I\u2019ve also grown as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Carney emphasises in the interview, he feels that BVB and he himself are growing at the same time. \u201cI\u2019m fit and feeling good physically. Personally, I feel that I\u2019m making good progress and can now show more and more of what I\u2019m capable of week after week,\u201d says Carney, praising the noticeable team spirit: \u201cAs a team, I think we\u2019re closer than ever since I\u2019ve been here. I can feel the team spirit. The results are good. It\u2019s definitely a good time to be playing for BVB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/Chukwuemeka-5.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Chukwuemeka-5-1762440358433\"><\/p>\n<p>He is in constant dialogue with head coach Niko Kovac: \u201cWe get on well.\u201d The topic of conversation is always the defensive side of things, Carney reveals. Because, despite all the appreciation he receives from the coaching team, growth at BVB will come in mastering all elements of midfield play. At least, that is the message Carney himself has received in his conversations with Kovac: \u201cAs an attacking player, you naturally want to focus on building up play, scoring goals and things like that. But there\u2019s also the aspect of defending. And this: \u2018For me, as an attacker, you are the first defender because you apply pressure.\u2019 I just have to incorporate that more into my game, run more and also focus on that part of the game. Because the coach knows what I can do with the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BVB fans know that too. At least since 5 April 2025. In Freiburg, the Englishman appeared in the starting line-up for the first time \u2013 <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/4/6/Das-starke-Startelf-Debuet-des-Strassenfussballers-Carney-Chukwuemeka.html\">and scored immediately<\/a>. His path leads him straight to the jubilant away fans. A life journey to Dortmund, on a rather convoluted route: it began in 2003 with his birth in Eisenstadt, Austria, then led to England: Northampton, Birmingham, London. And now: Dortmund. Unusual. But for Carney Chukwuemeka, the Ruhr region in autumn 2025 feels like both a blossoming and a homecoming.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/Chukwuemeka-3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Chukwuemeka-3-1762440219525\"><\/p>\n<p>His smartphone beeps briefly during the interview. \u201cSorry,\u201d apologises the 22-year-old, \u201cI\u2019ll put it on silent right away.\u201d He preferred not to show us the list of his goals for the season. Too personal. But he does reveal one of his plans at the end: \u201cI am convinced that we can win a trophy this season. And I believe we have the team to do it. At least, that\u2019s my attitude: I\u2019m convinced we can compete at the highest level. We have to go into every game with the feeling and the knowledge that we are on the level. So, yes: I want to win a trophy this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that his entire family and all his friends from London would come to Dortmund to watch. Could the Ruhr region become something of a \u201chome away from home\u201d for him? \u201cYes, definitely. I\u2019ve settled in well. I get on well with everyone. So, yes, the probability is quite high,\u201d he says, adding with a laugh: \u201cThe weather here is no different from England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Author: Christoph Bökamp<br>\n Photographer: Alexandre Simoes<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The text is taken from the members' magazine BORUSSIA. BVB members receive BORUSSIA free of charge every month. Click <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/Der-BVB/Mitgliedschaft/Mitglied-werden\">here<\/a> to apply for membership.<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p>When <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/mannschaften/fussball/spieler/carney-chukwuemeka.html\">Carney Chukwuemeka<\/a> picks up his smartphone, it reminds him of what he has set out to achieve this season at Borussia Dortmund. Each time he looks at the screen. Without fail. He always reconfigures his mobile phone during pre-season training: the 22-year-old Englishman sits down in the summer, writes a note with a list of his personal goals for the season and saves a screenshot of it on his lock screen. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s just that I wake up every day and see it, and then I think: Okay, cool, that\u2019s what I have to achieve. That motivates me more than if I just had the list in my notes. Every time I open my phone, I see my goals. And every time I achieve one of those goals, I tick it off,\u201d Carney says in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZZvebvB7g\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know if \u201cscoring a goal in the Champions League\u201d is on his personal list. In any case, he achieved that milestone on 1 October 2025. In the match against Athletic Bilbao, Carney scored with his left foot in the 50th minute to make it 2-0. In front of the South Stand. \u201cIt was an incredible feeling. However, I only really realised it when I got home. After I scored the goal, I just thought, \u2018Okay, cool, I scored a goal.\u2019 But when I got home, I was totally overwhelmed. I scored my first goal in the Champions League! That was a real boost for me. The international break came at the wrong time after that,\u201d he says with a shrug. But the knowledge that he had achieved this milestone motivated the Englishman in the following games.<\/p>\n<p>The lanky yet assertive midfielder has settled in Dortmund. Not only because he went from being a loan player to a permanent member of Dortmund\u2019s first team before this season \u2013 with a <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/8/26/Chukwuemeka-unterschreibt-langfristigen-Vertrag.html\">contract until summer 2030<\/a>. But also on a personal level. He feels at home at BVB, trusts his teammates, the coaching team and also the club photographer Alexandre Simoes.<\/p>\n<p>When Carney is welcomed to his photo studio at the Dortmund training ground, two burly security guards are standing by. The photographer explains his daring plan: he wants to photograph the man with the number 17 for BORUSSIA upside down. Carney doesn\u2019t ask any questions. He immediately agrees. A minute later, he is hanging upside down in front of the camera. \u201cOh my God,\u201d he exclaims as the two security guards hold him by his legs and let him dangle in the air. \u201cDo you like it?\u201d Alexandre Simoes asks the professional footballer and shows him the result on the small screen of his camera as soon as he has solid ground under his feet again. \u201cOh, wow,\u201d beams the cover boy of this issue. His trust has paid off. The stunt was worth it.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/carney.png\" data-assetref=\"carney-1762440022137\"><\/p>\n<p>Moving abroad, to a new country and a new league, has also paid off for him. How does he look back on February 2025 today? On the moment when he decided to leave the club he had loved since childhood and join Dortmund on loan? \u201cI think for me it was simply a matter of getting away from everything and focusing entirely on myself. I had no doubts about going abroad. I\u2019m pretty independent anyway and just wanted to concentrate on football and block out everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>London remains his home. He makes that clear. But in Dortmund, he is learning to appreciate that the \u201cbuzz\u201d as the British say, is not nearly as loud as in England's metropolis of over 10-million people. His father and mother now take turns visiting him in the Ruhr area. At every home game, one of them sits in the stands at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK and keeps their fingers crossed. Carney once described his relationship with his father years ago: \u201cMy father always tells me that I can achieve more, that I can be better. That the world is at my feet. He says I just have to keep going, stay focused, keep my feet on the ground and not let my previous success distract me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Carney hears this quote today, he nods in agreement. \u201cI believe you should never rest on your laurels. You should never be satisfied with what you have. For me, with my background, I have never been satisfied with where I was. It\u2019s always been like this: I want more, I want more, I want more. My family is the same. That\u2019s why this quote has shaped me to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/Chukwuemeka-6.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Chukwuemeka-6-1762440117318\"><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, his still young career has also been marked by injuries, which have forced him to get back up again and again, to keep trying. When he scored his first goal for Chelsea in a league match against West Ham United in August 2023, Carney Chukwuemeka injured his knee in the same game and was sidelined for a long time afterwards. Pure joy and absolute despair \u2013 so close together. What helped him in such moments? His faith. \u201cI grew up in a Christian home, and when I entered my early teenage years, everything started to make more sense to me and I began to feel God more clearly. Yes, it\u2019s just something I started at a young age and it has grown more and more as I\u2019ve gotten older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added to this is his parents, who remind him not to get carried away. \u201cWhen I joined Chelsea at 18, it all came at me pretty quickly. And to be honest, I got a little carried away. But I would say that in the past two years, I\u2019ve matured in that regard. I would say I\u2019ve also grown as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Carney emphasises in the interview, he feels that BVB and he himself are growing at the same time. \u201cI\u2019m fit and feeling good physically. Personally, I feel that I\u2019m making good progress and can now show more and more of what I\u2019m capable of week after week,\u201d says Carney, praising the noticeable team spirit: \u201cAs a team, I think we\u2019re closer than ever since I\u2019ve been here. I can feel the team spirit. The results are good. It\u2019s definitely a good time to be playing for BVB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/Chukwuemeka-5.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Chukwuemeka-5-1762440358433\"><\/p>\n<p>He is in constant dialogue with head coach Niko Kovac: \u201cWe get on well.\u201d The topic of conversation is always the defensive side of things, Carney reveals. Because, despite all the appreciation he receives from the coaching team, growth at BVB will come in mastering all elements of midfield play. At least, that is the message Carney himself has received in his conversations with Kovac: \u201cAs an attacking player, you naturally want to focus on building up play, scoring goals and things like that. But there\u2019s also the aspect of defending. And this: \u2018For me, as an attacker, you are the first defender because you apply pressure.\u2019 I just have to incorporate that more into my game, run more and also focus on that part of the game. Because the coach knows what I can do with the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BVB fans know that too. At least since 5 April 2025. In Freiburg, the Englishman appeared in the starting line-up for the first time \u2013 <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/4/6/Das-starke-Startelf-Debuet-des-Strassenfussballers-Carney-Chukwuemeka.html\">and scored immediately<\/a>. His path leads him straight to the jubilant away fans. A life journey to Dortmund, on a rather convoluted route: it began in 2003 with his birth in Eisenstadt, Austria, then led to England: Northampton, Birmingham, London. And now: Dortmund. Unusual. But for Carney Chukwuemeka, the Ruhr region in autumn 2025 feels like both a blossoming and a homecoming.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/13/carney-borussia/Chukwuemeka-3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Chukwuemeka-3-1762440219525\"><\/p>\n<p>His smartphone beeps briefly during the interview. \u201cSorry,\u201d apologises the 22-year-old, \u201cI\u2019ll put it on silent right away.\u201d He preferred not to show us the list of his goals for the season. Too personal. But he does reveal one of his plans at the end: \u201cI am convinced that we can win a trophy this season. And I believe we have the team to do it. At least, that\u2019s my attitude: I\u2019m convinced we can compete at the highest level. We have to go into every game with the feeling and the knowledge that we are on the level. So, yes: I want to win a trophy this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that his entire family and all his friends from London would come to Dortmund to watch. Could the Ruhr region become something of a \u201chome away from home\u201d for him? \u201cYes, definitely. I\u2019ve settled in well. I get on well with everyone. So, yes, the probability is quite high,\u201d he says, adding with a laugh: \u201cThe weather here is no different from England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Author: Christoph Bökamp<br>\n Photographer: Alexandre Simoes<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The text is taken from the members' magazine BORUSSIA. BVB members receive BORUSSIA free of charge every month. Click <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/Der-BVB/Mitgliedschaft/Mitglied-werden\">here<\/a> to apply for membership.<\/p>\n","exportedType":"text/html"},"id":"editable-4b59ce1f46","prio":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"prio","title":"Prio (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"headline":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"headline","title":"Headline","multiValue":false,"value":"Eyes on the prize: the character of Carney Chukwuemeka","exportedType":"text/plain"},"author":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"author","title":"Author","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"teaserType":"relatedContent","match":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"content-fragment","name":"match","title":"Related Match","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"externalId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"externalId","title":"External ID (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":"736455918","exportedType":"text/plain"},"displayOnHome":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"displayOnHome","title":"Display in news wall on homepage","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"url":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"url","title":"Vanity URL (LEAVE EMPTY FOR AUTOMATIC VANITY URL. 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The match between Switzerland and Sweden will see a clash of two BVB players, <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/10/11/Kobel-gewinnt-BVB-Duell-Deutschland-souveraen.html\">as was the case in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n","xdm:linkURL":"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2025/11/9/International-football-13-BVB-players-on-international-duty.html","@type":"/apps/bvbweb/components/newssliderelements/editable","dc:title":"International football: 13 BVB players on international duty","repo:modifyDate":"2025-11-09T16:25:00Z"}},"displayTag":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"displayTag","title":"Display Department","multiValue":true,"value":[""],"exportedType":"text/plain"},"metadescription":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"metadescription","title":"Meta Description","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"linkTarget":"_self","link":"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2025/11/9/International-football-13-BVB-players-on-international-duty.html","stageImages":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"stageImages","title":"Image (Stage Image)","multiValue":true,"value":["/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/09/01/nominierungen-laenderspiele/Adeyemi-Natio.jpg"],"exportedType":"text/plain"},"experience":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"experience","title":"Experience Fragment","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"appExport":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"appExport","title":"App Export (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"showDate":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"calendar","name":"showDate","title":"Show Date and Time (CET)","multiValue":false,"value":"09.11.25 16:25 Z","exportedType":"calendar"},"teaserText":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"teaserText","html":"<p>A total of 13 Borussia players will travel to join their national teams during the upcoming international break. Four BVB professionals have been <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2025/11/6/Four-BVB-players-called-up-for-Germany.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">selected for the Germany national team<\/a>. The match between Switzerland and Sweden will see a clash of two BVB players, <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2025/10/11/Kobel-gewinnt-BVB-Duell-Deutschland-souveraen.html\">as was the case in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"A total of 13 Borussia players will travel to join their national teams during the upcoming international break. Four BVB professionals have been selected for the Germany national team. The match between Switzerland and Sweden will see a clash of two BVB players, as was the case in October.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<h3><b>The call-ups at a glance<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Karim Adeyemi (Germany)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>14 November: Luxembourg \u2013 Germany (World Cup qualifier)<\/li>\n<li>17 November: Germany \u2013 Slovakia (World Cup qualifier)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Waldemar Anton (Germany)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>14 November: Luxembourg \u2013 Germany (World Cup qualifier)<\/li>\n<li>17 November: Germany \u2013 Slovakia (World Cup 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The team allowed \u201ca few too many crosses,\u201d complained their captain, adding: \u201cThey seemed to get ten men in the penalty area in the last minute \u2013 it was very, very hard to take and very, very disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can himself was right in the thick of it when Königsdörffer headed in to make it 1-1. \u201cI couldn't get there,\u201d he lamented. Yet after a long five-month absence, he had put in a strong performance at the centre of the back three. His lack of match practice was not noticeable. The BVB captain played almost flawlessly and won an outstanding 90% of his tackles. He said he felt \u201ca few aches and pains\u201d in his first 90-minute appearance after the long break: \u201cNevertheless, it\u2019s a great feeling to be back after the long rehab. I\u2019ve never been out for so long in my career, so I wish every injured player all the best. I hope everyone gets well again and that I stay healthy now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/09/bl-nachbericht/49-Chukwuemeka.jpg\" data-assetref=\"49-Chukwuemeka-1762633458156\"><\/p>\n<p>Carney Chukwuemeka also made a positive impression. The young Englishman was the player with the most shots on goal (four) and thus it made sense he was the goalscorer for BVB. After scoring once last season in Freiburg, it was the 22-year-old\u2019s second Bundesliga goal. He also won 56% of his challenges at the Volksparkstadion. \u201cSchlotti controlled the ball well with his head and I saw the chance to shoot. Thank God the ball went in. I was very happy,\u201d he told BVB-TV. It could have been the winning goal, the third 1-0 win in a row for BVB in the league. But after Königsdörffer\u2019s last-minute equaliser, Chukwuemeka was also left disappointed: \u201cSuper frustrating! I think it\u2019s down to us. We stopped playing after the first goal. That wasn\u2019t good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not good enough as a team. But two individuals stood out in particular: Emre Can and Carney Chukwuemeka.<br>\n<i>Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p>For the first time since 26 April, and thus for the first time in 196 days, Emre Can led his team onto the pitch as captain. Back then, BVB picked up a 3-2 away win in Hoffenheim thanks to a goal from Waldemar Anton in the fifth minute of stoppage time. In Hamburg, there was an even later goal \u2013 in the 97th minute \u2013 to make it 1-1 for HSV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we didn\u2019t manage to hold on to the win,\u201d said the 31-year-old in an interview with BVB-TV, adding: \u201cWe had a decent game. But it wasn\u2019t all good. We need to be more clinical. After going 1-0 up, we didn\u2019t play such good football and hardly had any periods of possession. We definitely need to improve in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Much of this can be explained. Nevertheless, it remains frustrating when, in the most intense phase of the season, in the last of almost 700 minutes played in just 22 days, including extra time and a penalty shoot-out in the victorious cup match in Frankfurt and six away trips, you end up dropping two points. The team allowed \u201ca few too many crosses,\u201d complained their captain, adding: \u201cThey seemed to get ten men in the penalty area in the last minute \u2013 it was very, very hard to take and very, very disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can himself was right in the thick of it when Königsdörffer headed in to make it 1-1. \u201cI couldn't get there,\u201d he lamented. Yet after a long five-month absence, he had put in a strong performance at the centre of the back three. His lack of match practice was not noticeable. The BVB captain played almost flawlessly and won an outstanding 90% of his tackles. He said he felt \u201ca few aches and pains\u201d in his first 90-minute appearance after the long break: \u201cNevertheless, it\u2019s a great feeling to be back after the long rehab. I\u2019ve never been out for so long in my career, so I wish every injured player all the best. I hope everyone gets well again and that I stay healthy now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/09/bl-nachbericht/49-Chukwuemeka.jpg\" data-assetref=\"49-Chukwuemeka-1762633458156\"><\/p>\n<p>Carney Chukwuemeka also made a positive impression. The young Englishman was the player with the most shots on goal (four) and thus it made sense he was the goalscorer for BVB. After scoring once last season in Freiburg, it was the 22-year-old\u2019s second Bundesliga goal. He also won 56% of his challenges at the Volksparkstadion. \u201cSchlotti controlled the ball well with his head and I saw the chance to shoot. Thank God the ball went in. I was very happy,\u201d he told BVB-TV. 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Here are the match reactions.<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Sporting director Sebastian Kehl, team captain Emre Can, defender Nico Schlotterbeck and goalkeeper Gregor Kobel spoke after the 1-1 draw at Hamburger SV. Here are the match reactions.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>Sebastian Kehl<\/b> (in the mixed zone): \u201cAdditional time is part and parcel of football. And it\u2019s also part and parcel of the game to defend until the last second and try to prevent crosses. HSV threw everything at us until the end and were then rewarded for their efforts. After going 1-0 up, we stopped playing possession football, became far too passive and allowed HSV back into the game. That was completely unnecessary because we had controlled the game very well, especially in the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Emre Can<\/b> (in the mixed zone): \u201cPersonally, it was nice to be back on the pitch. I felt fit, but I would have preferred to get the win. It was very, very unfortunate and hard to swallow. We had to play much better football in the minutes leading up to that. We only had short periods of possession, we weren\u2019t precise enough and we have to do better at keeping the ball. We're allowing too many crosses. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to the ball. It's unfortunate and hard to take because we had a decent game. And you have to remember: we\u2019ve had a lot of games. The lads aren\u2019t machines, they\u2019re human beings who are tired. And yet we still had a good game in midfield, conceded little and deserved to be in the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-stimmen/51-Schlotterbeck.jpg\" data-assetref=\"51-Schlotterbeck-1762625774309\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Nico Schlotterbeck<\/b> (on Sky): &quot;We had everything under control until the opening goal, we didn't really let them have anything, but after scoring we lost control a bit. We have to learn to play more football, we didn't manage to do that at the end. If you send in 15 crosses, maybe one will go in. That's what happened at the end. In the end, we became too sloppy and let HSV take control. And that's what happens when you become too passive. The opening goal should have been a release for us. It's a flesh wound (referring to his injury, ed.). The doc stapled it up. I don't blame him (the opponent).&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Gregor Kobel<\/b> (in the mixed zone): &quot;We can't let them cross so often. 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And yet we still had a good game in midfield, conceded little and deserved to be in the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-stimmen/51-Schlotterbeck.jpg\" data-assetref=\"51-Schlotterbeck-1762625774309\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Nico Schlotterbeck<\/b> (on Sky): &quot;We had everything under control until the opening goal, we didn't really let them have anything, but after scoring we lost control a bit. We have to learn to play more football, we didn't manage to do that at the end. If you send in 15 crosses, maybe one will go in. That's what happened at the end. In the end, we became too sloppy and let HSV take control. And that's what happens when you become too passive. The opening goal should have been a release for us. It's a flesh wound (referring to his injury, ed.). The doc stapled it up. I don't blame him (the opponent).&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Gregor Kobel<\/b> (in the mixed zone): &quot;We can't let them cross so often. 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Carney Chukwuemeka put BVB ahead in the 64th minute, but Königsdörffer scored the equaliser to make it 1-1 in extra time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\nThird-placed facing the 13th-placed opponent. Historically, Borussia Dortmund have won more points at HSV (27) then lost there (24), and despite an eight year absence, they had still scored the most away goals (81) at Volksparkstadion.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-spielbericht/52-Hamburg3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"52-Hamburg3-1762615278057\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n <\/b>Three days after the Champions League match in Manchester (4-1), head coach Niko Kovac came up with four changes in the team. Captain Emre Can, the central midfield axis of Jobe Bellingham and Pascal Gross, and striker Carney Chukwuemeka came into the starting 11 for Ramy Bensebaini, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha and Karim Adeyemi (who were all on the bench).<\/p>\n<p><b>Tactics:<br>\n <\/b>Both teams started in identical formations (3-4-3). HSV pressed Borussia, who were in possession, on their own half and defended in a 5-4-1 formation. Hamburg relied on a deep block and counter-attacks after taking possessesion. They then launched attacks at high speed with a great number of players.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-spielbericht/52-Hamburg.jpg\" data-assetref=\"52-Hamburg-1762615258498\"><\/p>\n<p><b>The match &amp; analysis:<br>\n <\/b>Borussia Dortmund started the match with determination, pressing high and looking for scoring opportunities. After five minutes, Svensson, coming from left side of the box, aimed for the right corner but Torunarigha skidded in to intercept and likely prevented what would have been the 1-0. Hamburg subsequently defended with increasing intensity, conceding several free kicks and causing the previously controlled game to become rather chaotic around the 20th minute. A foul on Chukwuemeka, on or near the edge of the penalty area, went unpunished.<\/p>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund had 7-1 shots on goal and 60% possession. But against an aggressively playing Hamburg side, they only managed to create another scoring opportunity after about half an hour: the very active Chukwuemeka fired Beier's cross well wide (36). On the other side, a counter-attack led to a great chance for HSV, but Capaldo headed the ball against the crossbar (39).<\/p>\n<p>The second half began with a painful incident: after a Hamburger corner ball was cleared, Schlotterbeck pressed forward and just as he attempted to clear the ball near the touch line, Torunarigha put his foot in. After a long treatment, the defender of the German national team was able to continue. The game went on much as before with Dortmund being the dominant team and the hosts fiercely defending and keeping the spaces tight. There were no surprises at this point. Instead, it was a set piece that led to a goal: after a corner was cleared, Ryerson launched a shot into the box, the shot was blocked at the five meter line and rebounced to Groß, who crossed the ball into the penalty area on the right. Schlotterbeck crossed it inside and Dortmund's most dangerous attacking player Chukwuemeka was perfectly placed to take the shot and score from about 13 meters (64).<\/p>\n<p>Hamburg switched to more offensive play and, after a wrong pass by Gross, Glatzel had a chance to equalise but Kobel got down in time to save his shot from 15 meters (77). Dortmund continued to press high but failed to make use of the gaps against the now more offensively playing HSV. Seven minutes were added to the game and HSV pressed forward. Dompé's shot was blocked (90+6), but Königsdörffer headed the ball into the corner making it 1-1.<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n <\/b>The next match is a home game on Saturday 22 November (15:30 CET, live on Sky), against VfB Stuttgart.<br>\n<i>Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-spielbericht/52-Grafik.jpg\" data-assetref=\"52-Grafik-1762615221943\"><\/p>\n<h2>Teams &amp; Goals<\/h2>\n<p><b>Bundesliga, Matchday 10&nbsp;<br>\n <\/b>Saturday, 8 November 2025, 15:30 CET<br>\n<b>HAMBURGER SV 1\u20131 (0-0) BORUSSIA DORTMUND<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hamburger SV:<\/b> Heuer Fernandes \u2013 Capaldo (89, Baldé), Vuskovic, Torunarigha (89, Ramos) \u2013 Gocholeishvili (74, Mikelbrencis), Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim \u2013 Philippe (74 Glatzel), Poulsen (62 Königsdörffer), Dompé<br>\n<b>Bor. 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Carney Chukwuemeka put BVB ahead in the 64th minute, but Königsdörffer scored the equaliser to make it 1-1 in extra time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Scenario:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\nThird-placed facing the 13th-placed opponent. Historically, Borussia Dortmund have won more points at HSV (27) then lost there (24), and despite an eight year absence, they had still scored the most away goals (81) at Volksparkstadion.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-spielbericht/52-Hamburg3.jpg\" data-assetref=\"52-Hamburg3-1762615278057\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Personnel matters:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n <\/b>Three days after the Champions League match in Manchester (4-1), head coach Niko Kovac came up with four changes in the team. Captain Emre Can, the central midfield axis of Jobe Bellingham and Pascal Gross, and striker Carney Chukwuemeka came into the starting 11 for Ramy Bensebaini, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha and Karim Adeyemi (who were all on the bench).<\/p>\n<p><b>Tactics:<br>\n <\/b>Both teams started in identical formations (3-4-3). HSV pressed Borussia, who were in possession, on their own half and defended in a 5-4-1 formation. Hamburg relied on a deep block and counter-attacks after taking possessesion. They then launched attacks at high speed with a great number of players.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-spielbericht/52-Hamburg.jpg\" data-assetref=\"52-Hamburg-1762615258498\"><\/p>\n<p><b>The match &amp; analysis:<br>\n <\/b>Borussia Dortmund started the match with determination, pressing high and looking for scoring opportunities. After five minutes, Svensson, coming from left side of the box, aimed for the right corner but Torunarigha skidded in to intercept and likely prevented what would have been the 1-0. Hamburg subsequently defended with increasing intensity, conceding several free kicks and causing the previously controlled game to become rather chaotic around the 20th minute. A foul on Chukwuemeka, on or near the edge of the penalty area, went unpunished.<\/p>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund had 7-1 shots on goal and 60% possession. But against an aggressively playing Hamburg side, they only managed to create another scoring opportunity after about half an hour: the very active Chukwuemeka fired Beier's cross well wide (36). On the other side, a counter-attack led to a great chance for HSV, but Capaldo headed the ball against the crossbar (39).<\/p>\n<p>The second half began with a painful incident: after a Hamburger corner ball was cleared, Schlotterbeck pressed forward and just as he attempted to clear the ball near the touch line, Torunarigha put his foot in. After a long treatment, the defender of the German national team was able to continue. The game went on much as before with Dortmund being the dominant team and the hosts fiercely defending and keeping the spaces tight. There were no surprises at this point. Instead, it was a set piece that led to a goal: after a corner was cleared, Ryerson launched a shot into the box, the shot was blocked at the five meter line and rebounced to Groß, who crossed the ball into the penalty area on the right. Schlotterbeck crossed it inside and Dortmund's most dangerous attacking player Chukwuemeka was perfectly placed to take the shot and score from about 13 meters (64).<\/p>\n<p>Hamburg switched to more offensive play and, after a wrong pass by Gross, Glatzel had a chance to equalise but Kobel got down in time to save his shot from 15 meters (77). Dortmund continued to press high but failed to make use of the gaps against the now more offensively playing HSV. Seven minutes were added to the game and HSV pressed forward. Dompé's shot was blocked (90+6), but Königsdörffer headed the ball into the corner making it 1-1.<\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n <\/b>The next match is a home game on Saturday 22 November (15:30 CET, live on Sky), against VfB Stuttgart.<br>\n<i>Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/11/08/bl-spielbericht/52-Grafik.jpg\" data-assetref=\"52-Grafik-1762615221943\"><\/p>\n<h2>Teams &amp; Goals<\/h2>\n<p><b>Bundesliga, Matchday 10&nbsp;<br>\n <\/b>Saturday, 8 November 2025, 15:30 CET<br>\n<b>HAMBURGER SV 1\u20131 (0-0) BORUSSIA DORTMUND<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hamburger SV:<\/b> Heuer Fernandes \u2013 Capaldo (89, Baldé), Vuskovic, Torunarigha (89, Ramos) \u2013 Gocholeishvili (74, Mikelbrencis), Lokonga, Remberg, Muheim \u2013 Philippe (74 Glatzel), Poulsen (62 Königsdörffer), Dompé<br>\n<b>Bor. 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