Erling Haaland hits hattrick as Dortmund start DFB Pokal defence

Erling Haaland scored a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund started its German Cup title protection with a 3-0 win over third-division Wehen Wiesbaden.
The holders attacked from the off and went shut via American ahead Gio Reyna, however needed to wait till the twenty seventh minute for captain Marco Reus to arrange Haaland for his first.
The Norwegian dusted himself off after he was fouled by the goalkeeper to attain Dortmund’s second purpose from the penalty spot within the thirty first. He accomplished his hat trick early within the second half.

Picking up the place he left off 🔥
An Erling Haaland hat-trick places @BlackYellow comfortably via to the subsequent spherical 📽️#DFBPokal #WIEBVB pic.twitter.com/MgS8gYfU6e
— The DFB-Pokal (@DFBPokal_EN) August 7, 2021
Dortmund was with out the coronavirus-infected Julian Brandt and Thomas Meunier, whereas Mats Hummels, Raphael Guerreiro and Emre Can weren’t but match sufficient to play. It was Dortmund’s first aggressive sport with Marco Rose as coach and with out Jadon Sancho, who switched to Manchester United within the offseason.
Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel made his first begin.
LEIPZIG MARSCH ON
American coach Jesse Marsch loved a flying begin in command of Leipzig with a 4-0 win at second-division Sandhausen.
Old acquaintance Dominik Szoboszlai scored the fourth purpose three minutes after approaching as an alternative to his Leipzig debut. The highly-rated 20-year-old Hungarian ahead joined Leipzig from sister membership Red Bull Salzburg in January however hadn’t performed on account of harm.
Marsch additionally arrived from Salzburg, to take over from Julian Nagelsmann, who left for Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.
Szoboszlai arrange fellow substitute Hee-Chan Hwang shortly after scoring, however the South Korean missed when he had solely the Sandhausen goalkeeper to beat.
Willi Orban, Amadou Haidara and Christopher Nkunku scored the guests’ different objectives. Portugal striker Andr? Silva began however failed to attain on his Leipzig debut.
Marsch’s workforce subsequent faces Mainz in its Bundesliga opener subsequent weekend.

Rounding up right this moment’s outcomes 📋#DFBPokal pic.twitter.com/OUL3PaGis7
— The DFB-Pokal (@DFBPokal_EN) August 7, 2021
BABELSBERG’S MOVIE SCRIPT UPSET
Babelsberg is a district outdoors Berlin well-known for its central function in Germany’s movie business. Its soccer workforce performs at fourth-tier degree and was beforehand recognized for its political actions in help of refugees.
Freshly promoted Bundesliga workforce Greuther Furth was anticipated to progress, however the customer was surprised as Babelsberg gained a penalty shootout 5-4 after their sport ended 2-2 with additional time.
American winger Julian Green scored Furth’s late equalizer to ship the sport to additional time, however two gamers missed within the shootout and David Danko scored the decisive spot-kick to set off a celebration among the many majority of the three,000 followers attending.
BIG GUNS WIN
Bundesliga groups Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Arminia Bielefeld and Bochum all beat fourth-tier opposition to progress. Leverkusen gained at Lokomotiv Leipzig 3-0, Stuttgart loved routing Dynamo Berli 6-0n, and Bielefeld acquired the higher of Bayreuth 6-3. Bochum wanted additional time to beat Wuppertaler SV 2-1.
Augsburg defeated fifth-tier Greifswalder 4-2, third-division Osnabr?ck upset Werder Bremen, which was relegated from the Bundesliga final season, and second-division Hannover defeated fourth-tier Eintracht Norderstedt.Holstein Kiel, Nuremberg and St. Pauli additionally progressed.