Borussia Dortmund secured qualification for subsequent season’s Champions League with a 4-0 rout of Freiburg at Sign Iduna Park.
Serhou Guirassy scored his twentieth aim of the season in all competitions, whereas Maximilian Beier, Ramy Bensebaini and Fabio Silva had been additionally on course for Niko Kovac’s aspect, who moved 5 factors away from RB Leipzig within the Bundesliga, and decisively, 10 away from fifth-place Hoffenheim with three matches left to play.
Dortmund broke the impasse after simply eight minutes, with Beier latching onto Bensebaini’s lengthy ball earlier than beating Noah Atubolu within the Freiburg aim.
Julian Brandt’s lofted go teed up Guirassy for the second aim within the 14th minute, whereas Bensebaini headed residence Julian Ryerson’s nook to make it 3-0 simply after the half-hour mark.
Freiburg thought they’d pulled a aim again within the 54th minute by Lukas Kubler, however the midfielder was dominated offside following a VAR assessment.
Dortmund put the outcome past any doubt when Silva added a fourth with three minutes remaining, and their followers will be positive of Champions League soccer in 2026-27.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 26/27: HERE WE GO!pic.twitter.com/p5baPFMIb4
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) April 26, 2026
Information Debrief: Three is the magic quantity
Again to successful methods after successive defeats, Dortmund have now scored three or extra targets in every of their final six Bundesliga residence conferences with Freiburg.
Guirassy’s fifteenth league aim of the season made him the third African participant to attain the feat in three Bundesliga campaigns, after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Tony Yeboah.
As for Freiburg, they’re now with no win in any of their final 20 top-flight matches in opposition to sides beginning the day within the prime three, whereas successful simply one in every of their final 46 such away video games.
