Borussia Dormtund squandered a two-goal lead against Heidenheim, modest promoted and novice in the Bundesliga, to concede the draw (2-2) on their lawn at the Westfalenstadion on Friday evening at the start of the 3rd day of the German championship. Sluggish winner of Cologne on the first day (1-0) and held in check last week in Bochum (1-1), Dortmund stagnates with this second consecutive draw. With five points on the clock, he is already losing ground to Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, two of the five teams that have won their first two games of the season, and play on Saturday.
Edin Terzic’s men started the game perfectly with two goals in the first quarter of an hour by Julian Brandt, BVB’s best player on Friday, in the 4th minute and Emre Can from the penalty spot in the 15th minute. Dominating without taking cover, Can’s teammates saw Heidenheim come back to score in the second half, with Borussia’s defense again showing huge gaps. Eren Dinkci in the 62nd minute and Tim Kleindienst twenty minutes later (82nd) snatched the first two points in Heidenheim’s history in the Bundesliga. In the tenth of twelve minutes of added time, Felix Nmecha missed the winning ball for Dortmund, his shot hitting the crossbar of the Heidenheim goalkeeper. At the final whistle, the 81,000 spectators at the Westfalenstadion loudly whistled their players.