After a scoreless first half, Borussia Dortmund shifted through the gears in the second 45 to overwhelm Paderborn 6-1 on Sunday. The match featured a couple of historic firsts for Dortmund: 20-year-old English phenom Jadon Sancho notched his first professional hat-trick, and 17-year-old American prodigy Giovanni Reyna registered his first Bundesliga assist.
Paderborn — last-place in the division and an almost certainty for relegation — somehow managed to keep it 0-0 at Benteler-Arena for 53 minutes, but Thorgan Hazard opened the scoring for the visitors before Sancho scored his first in the 57th minute. Sancho celebrated his goal by revealing a T-shirt with a “Justice for George Floyd” message. This continued the Bundesliga’s show of solidarity with the protests that’ve engulfed the U.S. — earlier in the day, Gladbach’s Marcus Thuram took a knee following his goal.
54' Thorgan Hazard
57' Jadon Sancho @BlackYellow are up and running at Paderborn pic.twitter.com/jr8JLxcseh— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) May 31, 2020
Sancho’s second restored Dortmund’s two-goal cushion in the 74th minute.
Jadon Sancho AGAIN pic.twitter.com/ELg9VpqLtB
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) May 31, 2020
From there, Dortmund ran riot in the closing stages with Achraf Hakimi scoring in the 85th, Marcel Schmelzer in the 89th and Sancho with his hat-trick at 90+2’.
The counter was started by Reyna, who released Sancho with a well-weighted ball and no Paderborn defenders in sight.
Jadon Sancho put the cherry on top with his first career hat trick pic.twitter.com/DFLHaSUbzg
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) May 31, 2020
The young Englishman now has 17 goals and 17 assists in 27 Bundesliga appearances.
