Basel have concluded their pre-season with a 3-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund at St. Jakob Park. With Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Elneny featuring in the first 45 minutes, the Swiss champions couldn't overcome their high-profile visitors. Star midfielder Marco Reus opened the scoring for Dortmund before Fabien Schar equalized but a goal by new signing Henrik Mkhitaryan and a late strike from Jonas Hofmann lifted the Germans. Basel open their Swiss league title defense at the weekend with a home clash against Aarau.