With a goal from the American Giovanni Reyna twelve minutes before the end, Borussia Dortmund cemented a crazy seven-goal duel against Augsburg (4-3), in the return on the field in an official game by Sebastian from Ivory Coast Haller, six months after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The striker’s return to the league, in Borussia Dortmund’s first game of 2023, was the best of a two-way battle, full of alternatives and goals. Haller, who has undergone arduous treatment for six months, including two surgeries to overcome the tumour, took to the field to a standing ovation from his fans at Houssoufa Moukoko’s post as the score was tied at two goals.
Jude Bellingham was exposed in the beginning. He set the pace of the game and after half an hour caused a stir after a ball on the edge of Karim Adeyemi’s penalty area. With a low shot he defeated Rafal Gikiewicz.
He was aiming for a comfortable victory for Edin Terzic’s Croatian team, who left the Bundesliga ahead of the World Cup with the doubts caused by two consecutive defeats. But his rival, on the brink of relegation, had gone seven games without winning. Still, Augsburg, forced by necessity, balanced the game, which came into an accelerated swing at the end of the first half.
In the 40th minute, Enrico Maassen’s team equalized as Arne Maier completed an individual play and, two minutes later, Nico Schlotterbeck headed in a Julian Brandt free kick that put Borussia back in the lead.
Still, Augsburg managed to reach half-time with a draw, because in the added time of the first half, a counter-attack led by Arne Engels was perfectly defined by the Bosnian Ermedin Demirovic, who took stock at half-time.
In the last piece, the party recovered the acceleration. All with Haller in the field. Dortmund scored the third on minute 75 when Englishman Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, who had entered the field a few minutes earlier, received the ball, revealing Robert Gummy, Ermedin Demirovic and Arne Maier, and an impossible shot from outside the box solved. big shot for Gikiewicz.
But Borussia’s advantage lasted just two minutes as their rival’s reaction was rewarded with another goal. Croatian David Colina scored.
And then Borusia Dortmund finally equalized the game. He scored 4-3. It was Giovanni Reina. He received the ball from Jude Bellingham at the top of the penalty area and fired the ball into the net with a beautiful volley to give Terzic’s team victory and keep the team in Europe. With a goal from the American Giovanni Reyna twelve minutes from time , Borussia Dortmund made a madcap seven-goal of their own against Augsburg (4-3), returning to the field in an official match from Ivory Coast’s Sebastian Haller, six months after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The striker’s return to the league, in Borussia Dortmund’s first game of 2023, was the best of a two-way battle, full of alternatives and goals. Haller, who has undergone arduous treatment for six months, including two surgeries to overcome the tumour, took to the field to a standing ovation from his fans at Houssoufa Moukoko’s post as the score was tied at two goals.
Jude Bellingham was exposed in the beginning. He set the pace of the game and after half an hour caused a stir after a ball on the edge of Karim Adeyemi’s penalty area. With a low shot he defeated Rafal Gikiewicz.
He was aiming for a comfortable victory for Edin Terzic’s Croatian team, who left the Bundesliga ahead of the World Cup with the doubts caused by two consecutive defeats. But his rival, on the brink of relegation, had gone seven games without winning. Still, Augsburg, forced by necessity, balanced the game, which came into an accelerated swing at the end of the first half.
In the 40th minute, Enrico Maassen’s team equalized as Arne Maier completed an individual play and, two minutes later, Nico Schlotterbeck headed in a Julian Brandt free kick that put Borussia back in the lead.
Still, Augsburg managed to reach half-time with a draw, because in the added time of the first half, a counter-attack led by Arne Engels was perfectly defined by the Bosnian Ermedin Demirovic, who took stock at half-time.
In the last piece, the party recovered the acceleration. All with Haller in the field. Dortmund scored the third on minute 75 when Englishman Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, who had entered the field a few minutes earlier, received the ball, revealing Robert Gummy, Ermedin Demirovic and Arne Maier, and an impossible shot from outside the box solved. big shot for Gikiewicz.
But Borussia’s advantage lasted just two minutes as their rival’s reaction was rewarded with another goal. Croatian David Colina scored.
And then Borusia Dortmund finally equalized the game. He scored 4-3. It was Giovanni Reina. He received the ball from Jude Bellingham at the top of the penalty area and with a beautiful volley he put the ball into the net to give Terzic’s team victory and keep the team in Europe.
Source: El heraldo
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