Sebastien Haller has lastly made an emotional Borussia Dortmund debut after his therapy for a testicular tumor as his facet beat Augsburg 4-Three at dwelling to renew their Bundesliga marketing campaign on a excessive.
Striker Haller was signed from Ajax in pre-season, shortly earlier than his shock prognosis in July.
Chemotherapy and two surgical procedures adopted for the 28-year-old, who began on the bench earlier than being launched to very large cheers simply after the hour.
The Ivory Coast worldwide couldn’t vogue a dream objective on Sunday although as his fellow substitutes made the distinction.
The wild win lifted Dortmund again as much as sixth of their first aggressive recreation for 2 months due to the World Cup and Bundesliga mid-season break.
“The welcome I acquired was simply unforgettable. Everybody loved this second. I hope this second was one thing to take with the group,” Haller instructed DAZN.
“It was actually noisy, it was loopy to have the ability to reside that second. I’ve bought just a few issues to do to succeed in my full health. I am simply completely happy to be right here and to have the ability to play.”
Jude Bellingham and Nico Schlotterbeck netted both facet of Arne Maier’s strike for Augsburg, who leveled by way of Ermedin Demirovic in stoppage time on the finish of a manic first half.
English winger Jamie Bynoe-Gittens gave Dortmund the lead off the bench with a superb strike just for David Colina to quickly hit again. However Giovanni Reyna grabbed the winner on 78 minutes with a intelligent end.
Augsburg, who might simply have made it 4-Four given Dortmund’s acquainted defensive frailties, slipped to fourth from backside.
Bayer Leverkusen gained 3-2 at Borussia Monchengladbach in Sunday’s late recreation between mid-table underachievers.
Wingback Mitchel Bakker and ahead Amine Adli arrange the win within the first half earlier than Nadiem Amiri added the decider and Lars Stindl a quickfire Gladbach double after the break.
On Friday, leaders Bayern Munich drew 1-1 at RB Leipzig and at the moment are seven factors forward of previous rivals Dortmund, sealing the normal ‘winter championship’ in Germany.
Eintracht Frankfurt took over second on Saturday after a 3-Zero win over backside facet Schalke and Freiburg’s shock 6-Zero loss at Wolfsburg.
