Bundesliga
Mats Hummels bid farewell to Borussia Dortmund in an emotional pre-season friendly defeat against Juventus at Signal Iduna Park.
Dortmund 1-2 Juventus
Goals: 0-1 Cambiaso (16'), 0-2 Cambiaso (53'), 1-2 Beier (89')
Hummels was named in the starting line-up for his swansong and rolled back the years with a couple of his trademark outside-of-the-boot passes to the wings in the early stages, much to the delight of the home crowd.
However, Juventus poured cold water on the occasion by opening the scoring through Andrea Cambiaso, taking the lead with their first attack of the game.
Hummels was substituted off after that goal and was given a standing ovation from the Dortmund faithful in recognition of his service to the club over the years.
Cambiaso struck again for the Italian side in the second half, rounding off a swift counter-attack before both sides made wholesale changes. One of which was Maximilian Beier, who grabbed a consolation goal late on for BVB.
It wasn’t enough, however, as Dortmund ultimately tasted their first defeat of pre-season. The team's first competitive fixture of 2025/26 is a DFB Cup clash with Rot-Weiss Essen on 18 August, before they travel to St. Pauli for their Bundesliga opener the following Saturday.
As it happened!