Dortmund 2-2 Roma Player Ratings: Paulo Dybala 9.0/10 Early Brace Can't Stop Dortmund's Comeback in Thrilling Pre-Season Draw

Signal Iduna Park hosted one of the summer's most entertaining and genuinely competitive pre-season contests as Gasperini's Roma, carrying the creative momentum and attacking philosophy that the former Atalanta manager has been implementing since his appointment, stunned Kovac's Dortmund with two goals inside nine breathtaking opening minutes before the Bundesliga side's collective pride and attacking quality produced a remarkable and thoroughly deserved comeback.

Paulo Dybala's 5th-minute opener, the Argentine's intelligent drift inside the Borussia Dortmund defensive line creating the pocket of space his precise curling finish exploited with the kind of individual brilliance that confirms his status as Gasperini's most important and irreplaceable creative individual, was followed almost immediately by Cristante's composed 9th-minute second, Roma's ruthless early efficiency suggesting a comfortable victory that Kovac's side comprehensively and emphatically refused to accept.

Ryerson's composed 12th-minute header from a precisely delivered delivery reduced the deficit at precisely the moment Dortmund's collective urgency and pressing intensity began to genuinely threaten AS Roma's early two-goal advantage, before Guirassy's clinical 28th-minute equaliser, the Guinean striker's intelligent near-post movement and composed first-time finish from Ryerson's driven cross confirming his extraordinary pre-season finishing sharpness, restored complete parity and confirmed that Kovac's tactical system carries exactly the attacking depth and individual quality their Bundesliga campaign demands.

The final hour settled into a genuinely competitive and entertaining tactical exchange. Dortmund's pressing system and Roma's creative counter-attacking philosophy produced the kind of high-quality pre-season contest that gives both Kovac and Gasperini real confidence heading into their respective campaigns with genuine collective momentum, individual form, and the tactical clarity that the Bundesliga and Serie A's most demanding opening fixtures will immediately and consistently test. Check out the Dortmund vs Roma player ratings.

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