BERLIN (AP) – Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho scored two goals for Borussia Dortmund to resist a counterattack in the second half in a torrential rain to beat Leipzig 4-1 in Thursday’s German Cup final.
Captain Marco Reus worried about all four goals as Dortmund won the cup for the fifth time and denied his sour rival Leipzig a first title.
“When we feel like we have our backs against the wall, we show our quality,” Reus said. “We want to do it often over the next few years. “
Haaland returned after almost 3 weeks out with a muscle injury, but it was Sancho who sent Dortmund back in the 5th minute with a hit the later moment after Reus beat Kevin Kampl in the middle of the field.
Haaland beat Dayot Upamecano for Dortmund’s goal at 28, and Reus and Sancho combined to take the score to 3-0 before halftime.
Leipzig emerged with intent for the time being of half, hitting the bar and Roman Boerki twice in Dortmund’s goal.
Leipzig hit the pole before Dani Olmo rewarded his team with a good shot from the area in the 71st minute.
Sancho missed a good shot in one hand-in-hand with Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi, before Haaland nevertheless sealed Dortmund 87’s victory.
Dortmund had won the name in the past in 1965, 1989, 2012 and 2017. Leipzig, which was formed in 2009, was going for the first time but could not cope with Dortmund’s compromised functionality in the first half. I was hoping to score a trophy before leaving for Bayern Munich next season.
“We’re here for the moment in three years and we’re hiding for the moment. Of course it’s bitter,” said Leipzig executive leader Oliver Mintzlaff, whose team lost 3-0 to Bayern in the 2019 final.
Last cup last year was the first to be played in Germany without the presence of fans, and on Thursday they were ruled again due to ongoing precautions against the coronavirus. Anyone running in the stadium had to produce a negative control result for COVID-19 from a close proximity to the contextual verification center.
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A small number of Dortmund enthusiasts gathered outdoors to drink beer and sing songs under the watchful eye of the police before the start of the match. The fanatics dispersed, notoriously involved in the measures of social estating.
The environment did not help through a persistent gray drizzle that had taken over from a past storm. Usually the streets around the stadium were full of enthusiastic enthusiasts before the start, their excitement was fueled by beer and sausages.
The cup final has historically been the highest date of the German football season, a centerpiece between two of the country’s most productive teams, but this year has gone from its same Saturday night schedule during high-peak hours to a less glamorous start to a less glamorous start that expires on Thursday. .
Despite the lack of fans, Dortmund players celebrated with the trophy against where their fans would have been, lifting the definer Oukasz Piszczek in the air while covering his tears, the 35-year-old retiring at the end of the season.
“I have no words. I know my career is slowly coming to an end and I’ve never dreamed of a moment like this,” said Piszczek, who won a double in the cup and league with Dortmund in 2012.
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