Borussia Dortmund beat Schalke 04 in one of the five matches in Bundesliga, which signalled restart of 2019-20 campaign of top German league after it was halted by Coronavirus outbreak.
The host beat 4-0 at empty black-and-yellow Signal Aduna park as Erling Haaland, Raphaël Guerreiro (2) and Thorgan Hazard scored for Borussia Dortmund.
The match had its elements as football restarts in Europe and Germany as all footballers and staff abide by social distancing norms. It has been a massive success for German Football Authorities as they lead a come back of football for keeping the fans entertained and get the business of football going as the nations to try to ease lockdown and bring back normalcy in a phased manner.
Dortmund vs Schalke – Goals
Erling Haaland opened the scoring for Dortmund in the match at 29th minute of the game, and he was the one, first to score in Bundesliga as the league make a comeback. Thorgan Hazard made an excellent 20 metres run through right flank from a nick flick from Brandt, which opened the space for him. Haaland had to place the ball accurately from Hazard cross from seven metres from the goal line.
Raphael Guerreiro added two more goals at 45′ and 63′ respectively. And Thorgan Hazard scored the third goal for Dortmund in between Guerreiro hit the back of the net twice.
Jadon Sancho was introduced very late in the game, at 79′ and replaced seemingly uncomfortable Thorgan Hazard.
Dortmund vs Schalke – Reactions
Borussia Dortmund
1-Bürki, 26-Piszczek, 15-Hummels, 16-Akanji, 5-Hakimi, 6-Delaney (Balerdi), 8-Dahoud, 13-Guerreiro, 23-T Hazard, 19-Brandt, 17-Haaland
Substitution
7-Sancho, 10-Götze, 18-Balerdi, 22-Morey, 29-Schmelzer, 32-Reyna, 33-Führich, 35-Hitz, 37-Raschl
Schalke 04
23-Schubert, 21-Todibo (Burgstallerat 45’minutes), 26-Sané Booked at 49′, 5-Nastasic, 20-Kenny, 2-McKennie, 8-Serdar, 24-Oczipka, 18-Caligiuri, 9-Raman (Matondoat 45′), 25-Harit
Substitution
3-Miranda, 11-Gregoritsch, 14-Matondo, 15-Kutucu, 19-Burgstaller, 28-Schöpf, 31-Becker, 35-Nübel, 37-Mercan
