Haller, ole! Ivorian scores decisive goals to take Dortmund to verge of Bundesliga title

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).

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 season

Now, 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.

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.

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 33

Friday

Freiburg - Wolfsburg 2-0 (0-0)

/Gunter 71, Petersen 75/

Saturday

Hertha 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/

Sunday

Mainz - 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***