Bundesliga spotlight: Reyna stars for Dortmund

Jason Hamburger
October 8, 2020

The Playbook @genius_playbook

💫 Roger Schmidt’s #Benfica have been electric this season. Their form at the Estádio da Luz was the key:

🔴 45 goals
🔴 47.3 xG
🔴 6.7 shots on goal per game
🔴 34.5 touches in opp. box per game
🔴 33.9 line-breaking passes per game

#SLB38 | #EuAmoOBenfica twitter.com/slbenfica_en/s…

SL Benfica

@slbenfica_en

W FOR 𝑹𝑶𝑮𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑨𝑳𝑳 🔥🔥🔥

The Playbook @genius_playbook

🔴 @SLBenfica: campeões 🏆

A 3-0 win over Santa Clara sealed the deal for #Benfica, who claimed their record-extending 38th league title. It’s their first #LigaPortugal championship victory in four years. 🔥

#SLB38 | #EuAmoOBenfica

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📊 The game that lost @FCNordsjaelland the title.

@FCKobenhavn were handed the title by #fcn‘s loss to rivals @BrondbyIF. Nordsjaelland had more shots, more corners, and OVER 300 MORE completed passes (397-700).

But #Brøndby won where it matters most. ⚽️

#fcklive | #sldk

Reyna, the American Dream

This time it was Giovanni Reyna, son of Claudio, the former Sunderland and Man City midfielder. Reyna, who is 17-years-old, assisted three goals, two of those were scored by striker Erling Haaland.

Reyna is the first American to record three assists in a match in the top 5 European leagues since Steve Cherundolo for Hannover in March 2008. He is now joint top of the assist charts, level with Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller and Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Jonas Hofmann.

The 🅰️🅰️🅰️merican Dream 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iauUfgSpxv

— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) October 6, 2020

Kramaric can’t stop scoring

Andrej Kramarić is the leading goal-scorer after three weeks of the Bundesliga. The former Leicester forward has scored eight goals for Hoffenheim this season, including two in the DFB Pokal cup.

Kramarić has scored 11 goals in his last five Bundesliga matches. He scored four goals on the final day of last season in a 4-0 win, and has continued his form with a hat-trick on the opening day against FC Koln and a brace against Bayern Munich in a famous 4-1 victory.

The Croat was on the scoresheet again for the fifth Bundesliga game running when he scored in a 2-1 defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Andrej Kramaric and Erling Haaland boasting some impressive tallies after three #BLMatchdays 😏 pic.twitter.com/mtUCwxHhL7

— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) October 3, 2020

Robert Lewandowski, top-scorer last season in the Bundesliga with 34 goals, is second in the goal-charts with five goals while Haaland is third with four goals.