As befits his status, Erling Haaland made a comeback from his injury break against Mainz with a brace. Afterwards he gave a BVB supporter an unforgettable moment.
For a brief moment, the boundaries between player and fan blurred. Haaland celebrated wildly with a BVB supporter in front of Dortmund’s south stand, the two men virtually outdid each other in exuberance. After all, both had a double to celebrate: one had just scored two goals against Mainz on his comeback from injury, the other received a jersey and a selfie of the BVB star.
The fan was apparently a streaker who had run across the pitch to the Norwegian. After wildly cheering together with Haaland, he even did the LaOla with the South Stand before he was finally taken away by the stewards. They had not intervened at all beforehand.
For the man certainly an unforgettable day – for Haaland, however, only conditionally. The Norwegian simply continued where he had left off. Before his injury break he had scored twice in a row – and now immediately again. First the 21-year-old made it 2-0 with a powerful shot from the penalty spot, then in the last second he scored the 3-1 final goal.
The fact that Haaland was still on the pitch was not a matter of course after his injury lay-off – and just three days before the Champions League match at Ajax Amsterdam, it was not actually his coach’s plan. “It would have been very good if we could have taken him out earlier,” said Marco Rose. “But he also scores again in the 95th minute, which can help you. Also, we need him at the back as a free man on standards. “
You can tell immediately that he’s there.
MARCO REUS ON ERLING HAALAND
“Of course we missed him,” captain Marco Reus said of the attacker on “Sky”. “You notice immediately that he is there. He is important because he ties up two to three players.” And also scores two to three goals. In the sixth Bundesliga game this season, it was already the fourth brace for the Norwegian. “That’s why,” said Reus with a grin, “we signed him. “
