For the fight for the title to flare up, Dortmund's goal-seeking comes too late.

At least as a fun brake at the planned championship celebration of FC Bayern, BVB could still be good.

After the 6:1 (5:0) against VfL Wolfsburg, coach Marco Rose is hoping for a season finale with a lot of spectacle, not only with a view to the following league hit with the series champions.

"Today was really fun and felt great," said Rose after the Tor Festival. "There was a great atmosphere.

It should become a kind of drug to always be in that mood.”

For the first time since taking office in the summer, Rose saw almost 80,000 BVB fans celebrating exuberantly in Dortmund's football temple.

“We should turn this stadium into a fortress with fans again,” demanded the coach: “We managed quite well without fans.

And then we really messed up the first party.

So it's all the better that people are going home happy this time.” Two weeks earlier, BVB suffered a 4-1 home defeat against RB Leipzig in front of full ranks for the first time.

Suddenly everything went smoothly for the second-placed team on Saturday, and there were numerous positive stories: five goals in less than 14 minutes, for example, gave Dortmund the highest lead at half-time in their own stadium.

The end of Erling Haaland's goal drought after what felt like five games for him.

And last but not least, the fantastic debut of the only 17-year-old Tom Rothe.

"I'm looking forward to collecting eggs"

The teenager had scored 1-0 on his Bundesliga debut (24th minute) and the furious quarter of an hour with goals from Axel Witsel (26th), Manuel Akanji (28th), Emre Can (35th) and Haaland (38th minute). ) initiated.

Haaland made it 6-0 (54th).

"Talking about individual players doesn't make any sense today," said Rose after the collectively strong performance: "Except for Tom Rothe.

And he doesn't want that."

However, when Rose was asked about his assessment of Rothe's performance, he frowned.

"That's a rhetorical question, isn't it?" the coach asked back.

Rothe's Bundesliga debut required no comments.

The facts spoke for themselves.

When the line-up was read out around 3:20 p.m., the teenager was noticeably unknown to many BVB fans, half an hour later he had made his way into some leaderboards, and during the game he received the previously non-existent Wikipedia entry.

He is the youngest defender in Borussia and his goal made him the fourth youngest goalscorer in league history.

"Not too bad," Rothe said, laughing as he saw his hit on screen during the interview.

He no longer needs Easter presents: "I'm happy with the game.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to collecting eggs with my family." The U-19 international, who had never been in the Bundesliga squad before, was "very mellow for his age," Rose stated: "He showed us that we rightly threw him in.

I hope that's an incentive for more." Rothe assured him that he would continue to work hard: "And keep the ball flat."

With a twelve-point lead, only four games left and a goal difference that is 18 goals better than fifth-placed Freiburg, BVB have almost already booked the Champions League.

And before the league hit next Saturday (6.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky) after a season with early failure in three cup competitions, at least the core goal was easily achieved.

From this point of view, Dortmund are now driving to their eternal rivals in Munich with significantly less pressure.

And Haaland, Dortmund's greatest weapon, seems to have overcome the worst health problems on the ankle before the summit in addition to the lack of goals.

"He's not pain free, but you could see he's tolerant of the pain very well," Rose said.

The Norwegian only got into goal production when the game was already decided, but Rose recognized even more: "He played very well, gave us a lot of depth, was very present as a wall player and played the second goal great."

And while Rose was so reveling in his team and his players, his colleague Florian Kohfeldt sat dejected on the podium.

"In the first half it was a desolate performance in all respects that a football game requires," he said: "It's not possible, it was catastrophic.

A blow to the neck was enough to throw us off track.

And the problem is unfortunately not new.”

That's exactly why Kohfeldt - who has been in office for 21 Bundesliga games - has to collect plus points for himself in addition to the two wins to ensure he stays in the league before the season analysis is due.

"Everything after the 1-0 was not suitable for the Bundesliga," said sports director Marcel Schäfer: "Such a performance is not worthy of VfL Wolfsburg."