Borussia Dortmund beat Sevilla at home and set foot in the quarterfinals of the Champions League

Norwegian international striker Erling Haaland put his German team Borussia Dortmund on the brink of the quarterfinals of the European Champions League soccer competition when he led them to a precious 3-2 victory over Spanish host Seville, Spain , on Wednesday at Ramón Sánchez. Pischwan, in the first leg of the semifinal.

Haaland turned the Andalusian team, which was the first to score for Jesús Fernandes “Soso” (7), for which he made a draw for Mahmoud Daoud (19), and scored a double in the 27th and 43rd minutes, before del Dutch substitute Luc de Jong reduced the gap (84).

Haaland raised his goalscoring result in the prestigious continental competition with Dortmund to 10 goals in just seven games, and became the fastest player to reach the 10-goal barrier with a team in the competition.

Haaland also raised his goal tally in 13 Champions League games to 18 goals (8 goals with Salzburg, Austria).

The two teams will meet again on March 9.

Borussia Dortmund are going through a bad stage in the league, having only won once in the last six matches, and today they have achieved only their third victory in their last eight matches in various competitions.

Haaland’s breathtaking brilliance

The German team entered the game two days after announcing the appointment of Borussia Monchengladbach coach Marco Rosse as head of its technical department next summer, replacing interim Eden Terzic, whose results did not improve under his supervision following the succession of the Swiss Lucien Favre. , who was removed from office.

And the Andalusian team began to score through Soso with a powerful shot from outside the area that hit the foot of Mats Hummels and deceived his Swiss goalkeeper Marvin Hitz, who played in the absence of his injured compatriot Roman Burke (7).

Dortmund managed to equalize through Daoud when he received a ball from Haaland, which was kicked by a strong right hand from outside the area, which lodged on the left end of Moroccan international goalkeeper Yassin Bono (19).

Haaland managed to give the German team the lead when he launched a counterattack and exchanged the ball with the English international, Jadeon Sancho on the edge of the area, and the latter prepared it for him, a fall inside him, with his left. footer between Bono’s legs (27).

Haaland continued his brilliance and fired a powerful ball from outside the area, which Bono sent for a corner (33), to which Sevilla responded with a weak header from Brazilian defender Diego Carlos in the hands of goalkeeper Hitz (37).

Haaland added his second and third personal goals for his team when he received a gold plate ball that was snatched by captain Marco Reus from Croatian Ivan Rakitic in the middle of the stadium, and followed it with his left hand to the right of Bono ( 43).

Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui tried to correct the suffering in midfield when he removed Rakitic and pushed Serbian international Nemanja Godelli at the start of the second half, before pushing for three players at once: the Dutchman Luc de Jong, the Moroccan Mounir El-Haddadi and Oliver Torres in the place of Soso, the other Moroccan Yusef al-Nusiri and the Argentine veteran Alejandro Gomes. Babu ”(60), then shared his last billboard with Oscar Rodrigues instead of Joan Dordan (72).

And right post Oscar Rodrigues was deprived of narrowing the gap when he responded with a wonderful shot from the right from a direct free kick from outside the area (74).

Jong’s substitute shortened the difference with a right-hand shot from point-blank range, after a free kick, which the other substitute, Rodrigues, chased him from the right of goalkeeper Fitz (84).