Borussia Dortmund Advances in Club World Cup With a 1-0 Win Over Ulsan
After a giveaway by Ulsan on a poor pass near its own goal, Jobe Bellingham centered to Svensson, who took a touch and beat goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo from about 10 yards. Dortmund won Group F with seven points, two more than Fluminense, which finished second following a 0–0 draw with Mamelodi Sundowns. Ulsan was last, going 0–3. The match, on a 93-degree (33 Celsius) day with a heat advisory, drew 8,239 at 26,000-capacity TQL Stadium, where the crowd included US Vice President JD Vance. Dortmund outshot Ulsan 28–3. American midfielder Gio Reyna made his first appearance of the tournament, entering for Dortmund in the 78th minute. FIFA gave player priority to the Club World Cup, preventing Reyna from being with the US at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Key Moment: Svensson, a 23-year-old midfielder loaned to Dortmund by Denmark's Nordsjælland last winter, scored his second goal for the German club after scoring in a 3–2 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach on April 20.
Takeaways: Dortmund plays on July 1 at Atlanta against the second-place team from Group E: Inter Milan, River Plate, or Monterrey. Ulsan was eliminated with a 4–2 loss to Fluminense.
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