Overview
- Protecting a 2-0 first-leg lead, Dortmund fell 4-1 in Bergamo as Lazar Samardzic buried a stoppage-time penalty to seal their elimination.
- The late penalty followed a Gregor Kobel mispass and Ramy Bensebaini’s failed clearance that cut Nikola Krstović, prompting a VAR check, a spot kick and Bensebaini’s yellow-red.
- Defender Nico Schlotterbeck was sent off from the bench and later said the referee could not explain the red card to him.
- Coach Niko Kovač and captain Emre Can condemned the team’s defensive lapses and individual errors, with a fast turnaround needed before Saturday’s match against Bayern.
- Sporting director Sebastian Kehl said about €11 million budgeted for the last 16 will not arrive and the club now projects a €12–22 million consolidated loss this year, as separate reports link Real Madrid with interest in Schlotterbeck.