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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22950546" data-attributes="member: 158020">Borussia Dortmund 1 Red Bull Salzburg 2: Berisha's brace puts Austrians in control<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/08/19/4A03854E00000578-5479149-Berisha_gave_the_Austrian_side_the_lead_from_the_penalty_spot_on-m-10_1520536710726.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Valon Berisha scored twice as away specialists Red Bull Salzburg  upset Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the first leg of their last-16 Europa  League tie. The Austrian side stretched their unbeaten record on the road in  Europe to 10 matches, handing Dortmund coach Peter Stoger his first home  defeat since taking charge in the process. After  being the better of the two sides in a scoreless first half, Salzburg  struck first when Berisha converted a penalty following Omer Toprak's  foul on Hwang Hee-chan.The  midfielder struck again to double his side's lead in the 56th minute,  a vicious first-time strike from Stefan Lainer's cross putting the  visitors in control.Andre Schurrle bundled in from close range to  halve the deficit just after the hour, and Dortmund piled on the  pressure in search of an equaliser.However, they paid the price  for a sluggish first hour that has left the Bundesliga club needing to  score at least twice in the return fixture if they are to progress to  the quarter-finals.Marc Bartra's presence lifted the home crowd prior to kick-off, with  the Spanish defender – who joined Real Betis in January after requesting  a move back to his homeland – given a rousing reception on his return.His old team-mates struggled in his presence, though, mustering  just one on-target attempt – and that was a speculative 30-yard drive  from Mahmoud Dahoud easily saved by Alexander Walke – before the break.Salzburg,  in contrast, were bright and busy and they were denied a deserved  half-time lead by the woodwork, Hwang rattling the post with a  right-footed effort from the edge of the penalty area in the final  minute.Yet the visitors were handed the chance to break the deadlock in the early stages of the second half.Hwang managed to wriggle his way beyond marker Toprak wide on  Salzburg's right, forcing the defender to desperately grab hold of his  shirt and gift Berisha the chance to score from the spot.   If  conceding first did not wake up a drowsy Dortmund, they were finally  stunned into life when Berisha ran onto Lainer's clever pass from the  right flank to thunder home via the underside of the bar.Stoger  sent on Christian Pulisic in response and the substitute wasted little  time in making an impact, his low cross from the right allowing the  onrushing Schurrle to force the ball over the line.The goal gave  Dortmund's comeback bid wings, yet the away side valiantly held firm in  the heavy rain to make sure they will have a lead heading into the  reverse fixture at the Red Bull Arena Salzburg.</blockquote>

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