Life’s not a fairytale. In Sebastian Haller’s case, it’s much more and than that.The Ivorian striker missed most of the season due to severe illness, testicular cancer. Still, he managed to return miraculously to football and become one of the critical factors in Borussia Dortmund’s title quest, the first one for BVB after more than a decade (the last time they won the Bundesliga was back in 2011/12 under Jurgen Klopp).July 2022: Sébastien Haller diagnosed with testicular cancer 🚑 May 2023: Sébastien Haller scores the goal to put Dortmund within one game of the Bundesliga title 🟡What a comeback story 💛🖤 pic.twitter.com/lii0CPlZ02— Midnite Football (@MidniteFtbl) May 21, 2023 The 28-year-old went against all the odds and now confidently leads his side to glory. On Sunday afternoon, he netted two in a vital 3-0 away win at Augsburg, which puts BVB on the brink of the title.Bayern are paying two coaches, but they stand to win zero trophies this seasonNow, they ‘only’ need to win against Mainz at home in the ultimate game to clinch the trophy ahead of their archrival Bayern Munich, who have been at the top for the last ten years.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/aKhF8ChbtW— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) May 21, 2023 Despite the final result, Augsburg proved to be a formidable rival, not allowing Dortmund to storm to a win. Instead, they had to dig deep, but the revelation finally came in the 58th minute, as Haller placed it behind the keeper with a bit of help from the right post.A sign of relief and a prelude for another one of his 25 minutes later, which killed the game, definitely.GOAL | Augsburg 0-2 Dortmund | Sebastien Haller pic.twitter.com/xOL0LPjisj— VAR Tático (@vartatico) May 21, 2023 Brandt added another one in the stoppage time, and the celebration began. Sure, there are still 90 minutes of football left, but in front of the unbreakable Yellow Wall at Signal Iduna Park, anything but a home win would be a shocking outcome.BUNDESLIGA – MATCHDAY 33FridayFreiburg – Wolfsburg 2-0 (0-0)/Gunter 71, Petersen 75/SaturdayHertha Berlin – Bochum 1-1 (0-0)/Tousart 63 – Schlotterbeck 90+4/Hoffenheim – Union Berlin 4-2 (2-1)/Bebou 22, Kramaric 36 pen, 90, Dabbur 90+9 – Doekhi 45+4, Laidouni 90+5/Schalke – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 (1-1)/Terodde 1, Polter 85 – Kamada 21, Tuta 59/Werder – Koln 1-1 (0-1)/Schmid 73 – Tigges 36/Bayern – Koln 1-3 (1-0)/Gnabry 25 – Laimer 65, Nkunku 76 pen, Szoboszlai 86 pen/SundayMainz – Stuttgart 1-4 (1-1)/Ingvartsen 23 – Endo 41, Guirassy 64, Fuhrich 78, Coulibaly 90+1/Augsburg – Dortmund 0-3 (0-0)/Haller 58, 84, Brandt 90+3/20:30: (1.55) Leverkusen (4.40) M’ gladbach (6.50)***odds are subject to change***
