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Dortmund success is mad, says coach after winning Manchester City
Man City dealt final blow in Dortmund receiving a bitter 1-0 defeat
Published in Ahram Online on 05 - 12 - 2012

Manchester City's European season ended in ignominy when they lost their final Champions League group match 1-0 to a below-strength Borussia Dortmund and a goal from reserve striker Julian Schieber on Tuesday.
Schieber, starting only his second game for the club, slid home Jakub Blaszczykowski's cross as the English champions again looked out of their depth at European level.
Big-spending City, eliminated before kickoff and out in the group stage for the second season running, finished bottom of Group D with only three points and missed out on the consolation of qualifying for the much-maligned Europa League.
Bundesliga champions Dortmund rested Polish trio Robert Lewandowski, Blaszczykowski and Lukasz Piszczek, while Mario Goetze was ruled out along with Neven Subotic, Sebastian Kehl and Sven Bender.
Mario Balotelli, booed incessantly after coming on as a second-half substitute, summed up City's evening when he was booked in stoppage-time for petulantly throwing the ball to the ground when a decision went against him.
"Was it the same old story? Yes. I don't know why," Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart told Sky Sports. "I'd love to answer it. We need to address it though.
"The intensity was there but once they scored it disappeared which is a shame as we have showed we are a side that can come from behind. Of course we have let ourselves down, because we haven't even got in the Europa League.
"There was a hunger to win tonight and if that meant Europa League than great. But we have got bigger issues than that. We were up against a weakened team and we had to win."
Schieber's only previous goal for Dortmund had come against lower league opposition in the German Cup.
Dortmund, who had already secured top spot, completed their impressive campaign with four wins and two draws and must be considered contenders to win the title for the second time.
Like City, the Germans were eliminated at the group stage last season but unlike their opponents have clearly learned from that experience.
"I'm glad the coach gave me the chance, that I repaid his trust in me and that it worked out," said 23-year-old Schieber after scoring his first Champions League goal. "We played well and won against a good team."
Dortmund's philosophy is a complete contrast to City with CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke telling Reuters that the club would not exchange its freedom and independence to have an outside investor.
"That is our culture and the culture of our 75,000 members. Being free and independent is German heritage," he said.
The English champions started with Carlos Tevez partnering Edin Dzeko in attack and Sergio Aguero on the bench.
Dortmund had the best chance of an uninspiring first half when Marco Reus cut inside his marker and scraped the outside of the post with a low left-foot shot.
Mats Hummels just failed to make contact with Marcel Schmelzer's free kick, then Joe Hart tipped away an Ivan Perisic volley and saved Kevin Grosskreutz's shot at the foot of the post as Dortmund made an electrifying start to the second half.
The goal duly arrived when halftime substitute Blaszczykowski burst down the right and sent over an inviting low cross which Schieber turned in from six metres.
"What we have achieved is mad," said Dortmund's charismatic coach Juergen Klopp, with his customary three days' growth of stubble on his chin. "I think we've earned ourselves a bit of respect."
Tevez slipped through three defenders but his shot was parried by goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller in a rare moment of City inspiration.
The Argentine forced another stop from Weidenfeller with a shot on the run from the left but it was a poor effort from a club which has spent so lavishly on players over the last few years.
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