Borussia Dortmund wins 1-0 against Arminia Bielefeld. But the result is not the most important news of the day.
Because after 51 days he is back: Erling Haaland (21)!
Dortmund’s goalkeeper injured his thigh on January 21 in the 3-2 win over Hoffenheim.
The fact that he was keen on his comeback was evident in training. Coach Marco Rose had to tell the Norwegian before kick-off at “DAZN”: “It’s like that again that we had to tell him: It’s not going to come hell or high water.”
5:56 p.m.: Haaland is warming up in front of the south stand, showing the fans a thumbs up.
6:51 p.m.: Haaland came on in the 63rd minute for the hapless Malen (two aluminum hits). There are “Erling Haaland chants” for minutes.
The TORweger is wanted several times, but he doesn’t get a chance to score. However, his team-mates also showed that it is possible without him.
► 21. Minute: Bellingham prances on the sixteen, picks up the ball on the right for Hazard. He immediately plays flat inwards for Wolf, who only has to push in from four meters. 1:0!
Without Mats Hummels and Raphael Guerreiro (both Corona), the Dortmund defense is shaking. Bielefeld has several counter chances, but plays them negligently.
Through the win, Dortmund reduced the gap to Bayern to seven points – with one game less.
Emre Can (28) bei DAZN: “We have to try to step on the gas in the Bundesliga. You never know what it will end up being good for. We always dream, hope dies last.”
Rose: “We’ve seen a lot of neat things. But there were also many things that we could have done differently. It wasn’t a spectacle, it was a work win.”
Bielefeld defender and ex-BVB player Amos Pieper: “The defeat pisses me off!”
The Haaland comeback was almost delayed: Bielefeld was missing six players and coach Frank Kramer (49) because of Corona, so the game was on the brink for a moment. Assistant coach Ilia Gruev (52/trained MSV Duisburg from 2015 to 2018) took over, and there were also six A youth players on the bench.
