Paderborn (Germany) (AFP)
Sancho hat-trick and 6-1 victory against the Paderborn red lantern: five days after his 1-0 defeat in the Klassiker against Bayern, Dortmund revived on Sunday for the 29th day of the Bundesliga behind closed doors due to coronavirus .
These three points allow Borussia to remain seven units behind the leader Munich five days from the end, and above all to keep his pursuers at bay.
Mönchengladbach and Leverkusen are 4 points behind, and Leipzig at 5. But the RB can get closer if they win Monday evening in Cologne (8:30 p.m. / 6.30 p.m. GMT) in the closing match of this 29th day.
Sancho, the 20-year-old English striker, star of Borussia this season, had been handicapped by an injury and had only entered the break against Munich, without succeeding in reversing the match.
Against Paderborn, he was titular and made his class speak. He scored three times (57th, 74th and 90th + 1). Thorgan Hazard opened the scoring (54th). Achraf Hakimi (4-1, 85th) and Marcel Schmelzer (5-1, 89th) participated in the celebration. Paderborn saved the honor by Uwe Hünemeier (72nd).
After his first goal, Sancho took off his shirt and unveiled a T-shirt with the inscription "Justice for George Floyd", in tribute to a 46-year-old African American, who died after his arrest on Monday in Minneapolis, whose death was sparked protests in the United States and elsewhere.
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