The attacking midfielder, who turns 18 on 13 November, led BVB to a 4-0 win over Freiburg on matchday three, scoring his team’s first three goals and becoming the youngest player to do so since the in-depth knowledge gathering began in 1992.
With illness forcing Jadon Sancho to miss a Bundesliga game for the first time in 2020, and captain Marco Reus still working his way back to full fitness following a long-term injury, Reyna rose to the occasion at the Signal Iduna Park as Dortmund looked to bounce back from defeats to Augsburg on Matchday 2 and against Bayern Munich in the Supercup on Wednesday.
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Lucien Favre’s side initially struggled to break down their hard-running visitors, as the head coach acknowledged at full time.
“We’re learning,” the 62-year-old said. We were patient and didn’t lose our cool. The first 20 minutes were very difficult. Almost each and every team urges you now, it’s the same as you go. But we stayed calm and knew we would find gaps. “
Reyna certainly did that, paving the way for the opener with a moment of brilliance just past the half-hour mark.
Reus stole the ball from Lucas Höfler in midfield and it fell to the feet of Reyna, who stepped forward before laying a perfectly weighted ball into the path of Erling Haaland to finish in the first game.
He showed his ability from set-pieces for Dortmund’s second, curling in a pinpoint corner from the right for Emre Can to head home.
About 20 minutes later put the outcome beyond all doubt by stealing the ball off Kevin Schlotterbech just outside the centre circle, striding forward and again teeing up Haaland to smash in for 3-0.
“The American Dream. . . In the end he passed the ball to me and then he became dangerous,” Haaland later told bundesliga. com. “It was two goals. “
Watch: Haaland: “Those were two goals”
Reyna deservedly received a raucous standing ovation from the 11,500 fans in attendance when he was substituted off on 80 minutes, having become the first Dortmund player since Reus in December 2016 to chip in with three assists in on game.
In addition, the teenager now sits at the top of the Bundesliga assists chart, ahead of Thomas Müller, Joshua Kimmich and Sancho.
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