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Bravery fails to favour Fortuna after Haaland's sickening late blow

Uwe Rösler’s side are well organised but fragile and defeat to Dortmund means Wednesday’s trip to RB Leipzig could be crucial to their Bundesliga survivalIn another context and another time, this would have been a day of celebration at the Merkur-Spiel Arena, with hosts Fortuna Düsseldorf wearing all-white shirts in commemoration of the club’s 125th birthday. With the now-familiar sounds of cries and exhortations from the bench echoing around the empty stadium, growing increasingly anxious as the afternoon ticked by and the stakes rose, it certainly wasn’t the occasion they once dreamed of.And in another context this would have been a creditable fighting display – a typical, brave-but-doomed Fortuna hard luck story, as they flirted with victory against vaunted Borussia...

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