Dortmund dazzle, Wolfsburg win and Frankfurt fumble in BundesLiga return

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Germany attacker Julian Brandt inspired Dortmund to a 4-0 victory over Schalke on their BundesLiga return.




Portuguese left-back Raphael Guerrero's brace, Haaland and Hazard goals completed the dismantling of Schalke at the Signa Iduna park.


Braut Erlin Haaland scored the first goal of the BundesLiga game week 26 as he gave Dortmund the lead in the 29th minutes, connecting with Thorgan Hazard Low cross from the right flank.



Julian Julian Brandt assisted Raphael Guerrero to double their lead just before half time and Hazard gets on the score sheet early in the second half with Julian Brandt second assist of the game.

Guerrero completed his brace in the 63rd minute after a one-two passes exchange with Haaland.

It was a dream start to action for Dortmund who are missing two of their best players, Jadon Sancho and Marco Reus.



Yussuf Poulsen strikes in the 77th minutes to cancel out Manuel Gulde's first half goal as Leipzig laboured to a to a one all draw at the Red Bull Arena.

Robin Koch scored an injury time winner for the away side but was correctly ruled out for offside by the VAR as both sides share the spoilt in the BundesLiga restart.



Kevin Akpoguma scored in his own goal before Ibisevic and Cunha both found the back of the next as Hertha Berlin thrashed TSG Hoffenheim 3-0 away from home.


Second half substitute Daniel Ginczek scored an injury time winner for Wolfsburg as they beat Augsburg 2-1at the WWK Arena.


Renato Steffen gave Oliver Glasner side the lead in the closing moments of the first half but Croatian defender Tin Jedvaj strikes back for Augusburg nine minutes into the restart.

Felix Uduokhai look to have completed the turnaround only for the VAR to cancel out his 67th minutes effort before Mbabu assisted Ginczek for a Wolfsburg winner in the 91st minutes.


Fortuna Düsseldorf and Paderborn played out an unadventurous goalless draw in an evenly contested clash.

Frankfurt lost 3-1 at home to Borussia Monchengladbach un the last match of the day.

Alassane Pléa, Marcos Thuram and and a Ramy Bensebaini's second half penalty gave Marco Rose side a three goals lead while substitute Andre Silva grab a consolation for the home side in the 81st minutes.



It was an entertaining round of fixtures who produces 16 goals in six matches, which is not at all bad given the influence of the long term break.

However, players find it difficulty coping with social distancing rule during matches which is evident when marking free-kicks and other set paces.




Dortmund closes in within a point on leaders, Bayern Munich while they also move further away from Leipzig who dropped to fourth after Gladbach's win over Frankfurt.

Bayern travel to Union Berlin tomorrow after Koln host Mainz. Werder Bremen host Bayer Leverkusen in the last match of the round on Monday.


Afolabi Kehinde Hassan

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