Marvel at Haaland at BVB: "It's fantastic that he's doing that on his comeback"

Even after the final whistle, Erling Haaland maintained its reputation as a guarantor for great cinema.

Inspired by two goals to 3: 1 (1: 0) over FSV Mainz, the Dortmund striker delighted a fan who ran onto the lawn with his jersey and a selfie.

The Norwegian’s fun was less well received by the police - but all the more so by the fans. They celebrated Haaland's successful return with loud chants. BVB captain Marco Reus was equally impressed by the bizarre events: “Erling is extremely important to us. It's fantastic that he scores two goals on his comeback. That's why we signed him up. "

After a compulsory three-week break, Haaland reported back as befitted.

In contrast to the video he presented last week, in which he hits the same target three times with three balls on top of each other and provides plenty of talking point on the Internet, this time he didn't need any tricks.

With a penalty goal (54th) and hit in stoppage time (90th + 4), he stole the show even from his congenial teammate Reus (3rd), who previously made the interim 1-0 with a magic goal from 15 meters into the corner of the goal would have.

"Ajax, Bundesliga, Cup"

Haaland, who has recovered from a bruised thigh, has only been back in training for a few days. Therefore, Marco Rose would have loved to replace him early with a view to the difficult Champions League game on Tuesday (9 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Champions League and Prime Video) at Ajax Amsterdam, but left him until the end play through. "He always scores a goal in the 95th minute that can help you," the Dortmund coach commented on his decision, "we also need him back as a free man for standards."

Once again, Haaland demonstrated how important he is to the Revierklub. Thanks to his goals, BVB is still on course in the title race. Rose rated the win over Mainz as a "good start to the exciting phase before the next international break" with seven games in 22 days. "The coming weeks will be really demanding," warned the soccer teacher, "Ajax, Bundesliga, Cup, Bundesliga, again Ajax, Bundesliga."

Despite all the satisfaction with the good start to the season so far, Rose had another reason to complain.

Even in the eighth game of the season, his team was not without conceding a goal.

After the goal from Mainz substitute Jonathan Burkardt in the 87th minute, uncertainty spread, which only drove Haaland away with his ninth goal of the season.

"In between we shook a bit, because we gave up a bit of control," said sports director Michael Zorc.

Rose hopes that his team will get rid of this weakness in the coming weeks that point the way: “At the back, we're making it difficult for us again.

It is unnecessary that we have to keep discussing this topic. "

This time, the Dortmund recklessness went unpunished because the Mainz crowd gave up their respect for the favorite too late in front of 63,812 spectators and therefore deservedly left the place for the third time in a row without a point.

“We only dared to do something after the break,” complained sports director Martin Schmidt at Sky.

Coach Bo Svensson saw it similarly: “We don't put on the pitch for more than 90 minutes what we need to play successfully in the Bundesliga.

We're trying to learn from this game and to put a better performance on the pitch against Augsburg. "