BERLIN (AP) – Young Gio Reyna and Erling Haaland scored when Borussia Dortmund began their Bundesliga crusade with a 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
Some 9,300 enthusiasts were allowed to see the attack on the Wesfalenstadion in Dortmund, making it the busiest place in Germany since the coronavirus restrictions came into force in March.
The opening week of the league saw a limited number of fans return for the first time, helping to end the silence, damaged by the screams of the players, in the empty stadiums.
However, matches in Cologne and Munich took place without the long-awaited setback of enthusiasts due to an uptick in new infections in both cities.
Reyna, 17, scored a milestone by scoring her first league goal to break Dortmund’s impasse in the 35th minute and then received a penalty for the home team.
Reyna played a double with 17-year-old Jude Bellingham and Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer hit for the first goal.
He is the first target of the offensive midfielder in his 16th Bundesliga game since making his debut as a substitute against Augsburg on 18 January, becoming the youngest American to play in the Bundesliga, over 17 years, 2 months, five days. .
Reyna again worried when she fell into penalty dominance under a decy challenge from Ramy Bensebaini. Referee Felix Brych waved the game but then replaced his brain after the video referee advised him to review the replays.
Haaland, 20, scored in the kick at 54.
Jadon Sancho scored Haaland’s goal in a counterattack at 78.
FAR BLUES
Dortmund enthusiasts have seen their team win in the first circular so far.
No outdoor enthusiasts are allowed in the league as strict coronavirus measures have been maintained.
This meant that Arminia Bielefeld faced 6500 Eintracht Frankfurt enthusiasts and achieved a 1–1 draw on his return to first place in Germany after an 11-year absence. Midfielder Cebio Soukou scored for Bielefeld in the 51st minute, before André Silva. matched in ’62.
A total of 8,000 enthusiasts saw Stuttgart’s comeback against Freiburg, but the team lost 3-2 despite a past response.
Union Berlin lost 3–1 at home to Augsburg, Cologne were 3-2 home through Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin beat Werder Bremen 4–1.
Former Union goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz helped Augsburg win against 5,000 Kopenick enthusiasts with a brilliant reflex stop to save Cedric Teuchert from the overdue draw before André Hahn sealed the visitors’ victory.
Gikiewicz had won a welcome before kick-off and enthusiasts applauded his new goalkeeper, Andreas Luthe, who made the substitution in the opposite direction.
Rubén Vargas scored with Augsburg’s first at 41.
Former German forward Max Kruse reached 71 in his Union deyet, but it was another striker, Marius Belter, who nevertheless tied in ’74, completing a christopher Lenz level center.
He almost returned to his position a few minutes later and then won a corner when the look of the house advanced for more.
But Michael Gregoritsch scored against Augsburg’s streak at 82, and Gikiewicz’s stop denied his former team.
Bayern Munich, an eight-time league champion, lost 8-0 against Schalke on Friday without fans.
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