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Champions League
Borussia Dortmund are in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2017. The German runners-up was also able to count on Erling Haaland in the second leg against Sevilla FC on Tuesday. As in the 3-2 first leg win in Spain, the ex-Salzburg also scored 2-2 at home in a double (35th, 54th / 11th) and thus entered the record books on several occasions. .
In Seville, numerous big names, including Ivan Rakitic, were only on the bench. The Europa League winner started out dominatingly, restricting Dortmund in their own half. Haaland was a bit up in the air at first, until the Andalusians lost the ball in their own half. Mahmoud Dahoud served Marco Reus, the BVB captain found Haaland in the six-yard box and the goalkeeper scored with dreamlike safety.
Another blow from the Norwegian shortly after the break did not count. Turkish referee Cüneyt Cakir whistled the assumption and probably after the offensive foul he scored 2-0 and instead gave BVB a penalty for a foul almost a minute earlier. Yassine Bounou saved Haaland’s penalty and also a margin (52.). Because the Sevilla goalkeeper had stepped off the line too early, the penalty was repeated and Haaland scored.
Solitary at the top with 20 goals in 14 CL matches
For the former Salzburg player, who last scored twice in the league field at Bayern Munich (2: 4), it was the 10th goal in CL’s sixth appearance of the season. No player had achieved four double packs in a row in the premier class.
Still, Haaland’s 20 goals in the first 14 matches of his career in the Champions League are unrivaled. The second most successful shooter is Englishman Harry Kane, who needed 24 games. At the age of 20 he is now Norway’s top scorer in the most important European Cup competition. The second most successful scorer is current Manchester United manager Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer, with 19 goals in the premier class.
Seville is exciting again
Sevilla found hope again through Youssef En-Nesyri. The Moroccan cut first with a penalty (68th) and headed 2-2 at the goal after a cross from substitute Rakitic (96th). Although the Andalusians avoided the fourth consecutive competitive defeat, it was no longer enough for them. Thanks to Haaland’s scoring machine, the Dortmund side, often fickle in performance recently, are back in the group of eight after four years.
