Borussia Dortmund Survives

Marco Reus and then Felipe Santana struck for the German side,
although the winning goal - poked home from a matter of inches
- looked offside.
After a goalless first leg in Spain, Joaquin scored from 20 yards
for Malaga before Robert Lewandowski equalised.
Substitute Eliseu looked to have scored Malaga's winner before
the late goals.
Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp had talked before the match about
his desire to see his team's "wonderful story" continue but it
looked as though they would pay for wasting several good
chances during the first leg.
Eliseu had finished from close range eight minutes from time -
another goal allowed to stand despite a strong hint of offside - to
leave Dortmund needing to score twice.
But the vociferous home crowd were sent into raptures as first
Reus slotted home into an empty net from eight yards after the
ball ran fortuitously into his path and then Santana pounced
after a huge scramble inside the penalty box.
Several Dortmund players looked to be offside as the initial ball
was played into the Malaga area and, seconds later, Santana was
also in an offside position when he scored the winner, touching
home a goal-bound effort from substitute Julian Schieber.
Dortmund's obvious joy was in stark contrast to the emotions of
the defeated Malaga players, with a cruel end especially harsh on
coach Manuel Pellegrini, who had only arrived in Dortmund on
Tuesday after flying back from his native Chile, where he had
attended the funeral of his father on Monday.
This was Malaga's first outing in the Champions League and there
will be no possibility of a repeat next season as a series of off-
the-field financial problems means they are banned from
European competition for one campaign when they next qualify.
Dortmund remain the only undefeated team in the competition -
but after a disjointed performance that required an ending
reminiscent of Manchester United's victory over Bayern Munich
in the 1999 Champions League final to seal their progress.
There was no hint of the drama to come during an uninspired
and largely chanceless opening period that ended when Joaquin
left Marcel Schmelzer reeling with a deft turn before drilling his
low left-foot strike through the legs of Neven Subotic from 20
yards.
Dortmund equalised shortly before the break, punishing Malaga
for squandering possession close to the halfway line, with a
sublime touch from Reus sending Lewandowski free at the end of
a brisk counter attack.
The Polish striker still had work to do but skipped past visiting
goalkeeper Willy with a decisive first touch before placing the ball
into an empty net.
It did not dent Malaga's endeavour and they twice went close
through headers from Joaquin either side of the break.
The first lacked power and was easily stopped but the second
drew an athletic, stunning left-handed save from home keeper
Roman Weidenfeller.
Dortmund occasionally threatened - Lewandowski had a shot
saved and Mario Gotze blazed rashly wide - but coach Klopp
became increasingly animated on the sidelines and by the hour
mark his side had started to look ragged and short of inspiration
against disciplined opponents.
Weidenfeller saved a ferocious long-range strike from Jeremy
Toulalan that would surely have killed the tie before Willy made
two stunning saves to maintain his team's advantage.
First Reus seemed certain to score after connecting with a low
cross from Lukasz Piszczek and then a low strike from Gotze
appeared to be heading into the bottom corner, but both times
Willy saved with his legs.
However, Willy was powerless to prevent the late goals that saw
Dortmund eliminate his team.