Sancho’s first hat-trick, Shakhtar’s victory over Dynamo Kyiv, BATE’s leadership: the main events of the day in European football

Shares in memory of George Floyd and ten goals from Borussia

As part of the 29th round of the Bundesliga, the Dortmund Borussia confidently beat the outsider of the Paderborn tournament on the road - 6: 1. The hosts kept their goal intact for almost an hour, but in the 54th minute they conceded after a mistake by goalkeeper Leopold Zingerle.

The main character of the meeting was Jadon Sancho. The English midfielder of Borussia made his debut hat-trick in his career at an adult level, and after the first goal he honored the memory of George Floyd who died in the USA.

The player took off a T-shirt, under which another was put on - with the inscription "Justice for George Floyd." For this, the athlete according to the rules received a yellow card.

Three goals scored helped Jadon take first place in the current Bundesliga season in terms of points for performance (17 goals and 16 assists).

It is also worth noting the successful exit to replace the Dortmund defender Marcel Schmelzer. 32-year-old team resident appeared on the field ten minutes before the end of regular time and managed not only to give an assist, but also to distinguish himself.

The score for performance was also scored by the 20-year-old debutant of Borussia Mateu Morey. The Spaniard already in stoppage time helped Sancho make a hat-trick. After the transfer of the partner, the British fled to another's gates along with Torgan Hazard, but instead of passing to the Belgian, he just shot into the near corner.

The big victory on Sunday was won by the Mönchengladbach Borussia. Wards Marco Rose at home beat the “Union” with a score of 4: 1.

A significant contribution to the success of the hosts was made by forward Mark Thuram. The son of the world and European champion Lilian Thuram scored twice and became the 15th player in the 2019/20 season of the German championship, who managed to score ten goals. The striker scored in three of four matches after the resumption of the tournament and caught up with Alassan Plea in the team race.

After one of the goals in a duel with Union, Thuram, like Sancho, paid tribute to George Floyd, standing on one knee.

It is interesting that in both cases Marka was assisted just by Plea, and in the 81st minute he distinguished himself on the touch, closing the transfer of a partner from the flank. This allowed Alassan to become the first player of the Mönchengladbach, who scored 20 points for the performance in the current season of the Bundesliga.

Footballers of Borussia celebrated their first victory in three matches with cardboard figures of their fans placed in the stands.

The controversial decision of the judge and the failure of Kiev Dynamo

At the weekend, the football season in Ukraine resumed. True, one of the matches in which Karpaty were to be hosted by Mariupol had to be postponed due to the positive tests for COVID-19 among football players and team personnel from Lviv.

But on Sunday there was a duel between Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar. Despite the lack of people in the stands, the game turned out to be bright and eventful. Not without controversial decisions of the judge.

In the middle of the first half, the chief referee of the match Ekaterina Monuzl canceled the goal of Dynamo midfielder Sergei Sidorchuk. The judge, after watching the replay, considered that the defender of the blue and white Denis Popov hit the opponent’s face before the exact shot of the partner.

True, the people of Kiev soon opened an account. Vitaliy Buyalsky competently opened on the verge of an offside position and closed the transfer of Georgy Tsitaishvili from the depth of field.

Shakhtar almost instantly recouped by the efforts of Marlos, and after the break the Brazilian scored twice. Finally, 15 minutes before the end of the meeting, all the other questions about the outcome of the match were addressed by another Latino Marcos Antonio. Substitute midfielder at close range finished off the ball into the goal.

The Pitmen almost secured another championship for themselves. For eight rounds to the finish, their advantage over the closest pursuers is 16 points. Dynamo runs the risk of being left without medals. Kievans dropped to fourth place and are fighting for a ticket to the Champions League with Desna and Zorya (all three teams have 46 points each).

The first Brest derby and scoring "shootout" in Molodechno

In Belarus, the national championship, which started in March, was not interrupted, and 11 rounds of the Premier League were left behind. After the first third of the season, BATE managed to take the lead. Last year, Borisovites were left without gold for the first time in 14 years and this year they are aiming to regain all their internal trophies.

Last week, they won the Cup of the country, and on Sunday the wards of Kirill Alshevsky beat Isloch for the first time in more than two years. The only ball from the penalty spot was spent by Nemanja Milic. This victory was the sixth consecutive in the Major League for the Borisovites.

The misfire of the main pursuer of the yellow-blue “Energy-BSU” helped BATE to increase the gap from second place to three points. The former team of Ilya Shkurin lost points in a dramatic match with Vitebsk. Already in the first half, the opponents scored five goals, and three of them went into a five-minute interval.

“Energetik-BSU” was the first to miss, but went on a break with a minimum advantage in the long run - 3: 2. However, at the beginning of the second half, Minsk residents were in the minority. Defender Yevgeny Yudchits received a controversial red card.

With ten of them, Energetik-BSU defended its gates with the last effort, but shortly before the final whistle, still missed. Vitebsk escaped defeat in the fourth minute added thanks to an accurate hit by Julio Cesar. The Brazilian head sent the ball into the near corner after the filing of a partner from outside the penalty area.

The reigning Dynamo Brest champion is far from fighting for gold. The backlog of the team from BATE is already nine points, but in the reporting round Dynamo interrupted the unbeaten streak and beat Rukh in the first Brest derby in the history of the championships of Belarus - 4: 1.

Dynamo missed already in the 14th minute, but quickly recouped by the efforts of Sergei Kislyak. After the break, Pavel Savitsky, who made the double, helped to get the most important victory for the team.