Julian Brandt walks off the field after suffering a head injury: BVB coach Marco Rose gives the score clear

In the 65th minute, suddenly silence fell in Signal Iduna Park, players from both teams waved urgent hand movements to the doctors of both teams on the field. A head-to-head duel between Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano and Serie A top scorer Julian Brandt ended with a 1-0 scoreline – especially for Dortmund. In the first match between BVB and FC Bayern (2:3), the German had to be taken off the field injured and clearly dazed. After the match and moments of anxiety after nearly five minutes of treatment on the field, coach Marco Rose was present sky All caution is given after the final whistle.

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The coach said after the heated game, which also suffered 10 minutes of injury time due to Brandt, that Rose “just found out that Julie Brandt is already doing well”. “I saw a picture where he raised his thumb and he’s already written to the set”Rose said. A little later, BVB wrote on Twitter that the midfielder, who had to be taken to hospital, was doing well “under the circumstances”.

Brandt was recently an asset in BVB. The 25-year-old showed an impressive performance against Bayern Munich. “He had a good game,” Bayern’s Thomas Muller said after the final whistle. This season Brandt is one of the permanent employees of the BVB: in 17 competitive matches, so far he has participated in seven goals (three goals, four assists).