The Norwegian became the Bundesliga’s second-youngest hat-trick scorer, and the first substitute to score three times
It felt like a regular, gentle Sunday morning in Brackel, the district to the east of the centre where Borussia Dortmund train. The reserve team trained and senior squad strikers Paco Alcácer and Erling Braut Haaland joined them, to get an extra few miles in their legs. Midfielder Julian Weigl, who recently joined Benfica, dropped in to say hello, bringing a gift of his shirt from his new club for his friend Axel Witsel, with the former now wearing the No 28 that the latter also wore in his own spell at Estádio da Luz nine years back.
Just as Weigl had gone from tempest to tranquillity, stepping out of his first Lisbon derby on Friday night, so had his old teammates. Their Sunday morning might have felt like a slightly jarring change of gear, but then again very little about Dortmund’s first game back after the Winterpause made sense.
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Erling Braut Håland is a real talent
The 19-year-old scored a stunning 23-minute hat-trick on his Borussia Dortmund debut pic.twitter.com/ItNuFtRk0U
How good is this from Timo Werner?!
A special player having a special season
What a strike! pic.twitter.com/Dc8DNTZI13
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