The Norwegian recording machine Erling Halland kept his habits and led Borussia Dortmund to skip his neighbor and arch-rival Schalke 4-0 today, Saturday, in the first matches of the German Football League after stopping for about two months due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
Dortmund raised its score to 54 points from 26 games, achieving its eighth victory in nine games, a point behind leaders Bayern Munich and holders of the title in the last 7 seasons, which defeats Rising Onion and eleventh-place Berlin tomorrow, Sunday.
Halland shook the net about half an hour after the start of the match, which was held without fans at the "Signal Idona Park" stadium, raising his score to 10 goals in 9 games, after moving from Salzburg, Austria, in winter for 20 million euros.
Dortmund distributed his quartet between the two halves, translating his control over a guest who was unable to embarrass him, and Portuguese winger Rafael Guerrero added a double.
The return of the Bundesliga, stalled since mid-March, was a significant boost for football fans around the world, who have been thirsting to watch the outstanding games since last March.
The matches were held behind closed doors in the face of the fans and under strict health control. The replaceable players, photographers and security personnel wore masks and rare press interviews took place with a clear spacing.
For the first time in the history of the Ruhr derby, the Dortmund's Signal Idona Park stadium lost the clamor of about 80,000 fans crowded with its stands, especially the southern "Yellow Wall".
The first Saturday matches were not played without an audience, as Borussia Monchengladbach and Colin played under similar circumstances last March.
Dortmund was at the top of its levels before the league stopped, especially since last January after his contract with Halland, but he narrowly emerged from the price of the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, the French champion. Schalke, in contrast, was living a real nightmare by failing to win seven consecutive games before falling again on Saturday.
The young English winger Jaidon Sancho (14 goals and 15 assists) remained on the bench for Dortmund, before entering in the last ten minutes.
The injured captain Marco-Royce missed some time ago, Belgian midfielders Axel Witsel, Emery Jean and French defender Dan Axel Zagado due to the injury.
While the young American midfielder Giovanni Rina was part of the Dortmund squad, he was absent in the last moments due to muscle strain and the Belgian Torgan Hazar was replaced.
In light of the many absences, Swiss coach Lucien Favre pushed the Syrian-born fulcrum player Mahmoud Dahoud and Julian Brandt.
Daniel Caligiuri hit the ball from a close distance, fending off with difficulty Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burke (26).
But Halland responded to his method after a peeled cross from Hazar, followed by the nineteen-year-old left at close range in front of the young guard Marcus Schubert (29).
Halland celebrated with his comrades without shaking hands in the midst of joy on their faces, and a music interval broadcast by the club on the field.
Before entering the dressing rooms, Schubert dispersed a weak ball, so Dahoud and Brandt, who passed to the impulsive Portuguese winger Guerrero, took advantage of it, and he fired a strong ground from inside the area to the left of the goalkeeper, recording his sixth goal this season and the second for his team (45).
Schalke coach David Wagner tried to take advantage of the increase in the number of substitutions to five, pushing the young Welsh winger Rabbi Mattondo and Austrian striker Guido Burgsthaler between the two halves.
But Dortmund took advantage of a quick rebound and a pass from Brandt to Hazar hit it off with a powerful target as a third target (48).
After Hat and taken between Guerrero and Halland, the first one and Jamila hit her on the outside of his left foot, a fourth goal for his team and a second for him personally (63).
After warning of the comeback surprises, Leipzig, who led the league for a long time, fell by a 1-1 draw at home to Freiburg.
This is the third time in a row that Leipzig, who is following his career in the Champions League, cannot win. He might drop his third position if Borussia Monchengladbach later wins over his guest, Eintracht Frankfurt.
Contrary to the course of the game, Freiburg opened the scoring after a corner that struck the heels of Manuel Goldie, who celebrated elbows with his colleagues (34).
In light of Leipzig's great dominance, he was late, with a beautiful header, by the Danish captain Joseph Poulsen, who rose high and sowed the ball in the visitors' net, recording his fourth goal of the season (77).
As Leipzig international striker Timo Werner, with 21 goals and 7 assists, was unable to reach the net, Freiburg scored a goal in the third minute of the substitution time for a lost referee after consulting the video arbitration technique.

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