Guirassy feels he should have scored more in Dortmund’s FIFA Club World Cup win

Guinea international Serhou Guirassy explained that he should have scored three goals instead of two as Borussia Dortmund eased past a determined Monterrey outfit to book a FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final showdown with Real Madrid.

In the Round of 16 fixture at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, two clinical first half strikes from Guirassy were enough to hand the Bundesliga giants a 2-1 victory against Monterrey. Dortmund took the lead in the 14th minute when Karim Adeyemi set up Guirassy, who easily slotted his strike inside the left post for a 1-0 lead.

Ten minutes later, Adeyemi set up Guirassy again on a quick counter-attack sparked by Julian Ryerson. Adeyemi broke free and ended his run by sliding a square ball to Guirassy, whose first-time finish made it 2-0 Dortmund.

Monterrey pulled a goal back three minutes after the break through German Berterame, but it was not enough to deny Dortmund passage to the last eight of the global showpiece.

“It was a difficult game against a very good team, with a great atmosphere, I think we had a very good first half, the second half was a little bit harder, but we kept pushing and won the game, and we are all happy tonight,” Guirassy told DAZN after the game.

On scoring the two goals, he said: “It is a good feeling, I think I should have scored three goals, at least, but I am happy I helped the team and the most important thing is to win the game.”

Asked how he felt coming up face to face against Monterrey defender Sergio Ramos, Guirassy explained: “It was a good experience (playing against tough players), I like to play against this kind of big players like Sergio (Ramos), he is a great man, he was a top a player, still good player, and we spoke on the pitch, he is a very good guy.”

Looking ahead to their last eight clash against Real Madrid, Guirassy said; “I anticipate a very tough game, I know Real Madrid will want to go through, we also want to qualify, so I think it will be a tough game, but we will be prepared.”

The German giants will face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals on July 5 at MetLife Stadium in New York City.

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