Donyell Malen is currently in top form. Everyone in Germany agrees on that. The 24-year-old attacker scored twice for Borussia Dortmund in the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt (4-0) on Saturday evening and thus made an important contribution to the lead in the Bundesliga.
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With this, Malen once again underlined that he is currently hard to stop. Since the home game against 1. FC Köln (6-1) just over a month ago, the former PSV player has scored in five league matches in a row, following in the footsteps of Erling Haaland . Since the winter break, it has already been hit seven times for the 21-time international, who also added two assists.
That while Malen did not score once before the winter break and even lost his basic place for a while in January. Everything and everyone at Dortmund is now running away with him, according to the club’s various statements on social media. For example, BVB posted an image of Malen on the English-language Twitter account with the characteristic haircut that Ronaldo adopted during the 2002 World Cup with the caption ‘Ronyell Malen’.
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The comparison with the Brazilian legend makes it clear how good Malen is at the moment in Dortmund. “I’m playing pretty well at the moment,” the man in shape admitted in conversation with the club channel. “As an attacker you want to score goals, that gives you the best feeling. Last week was quite emotional, and not the best of emotions. It feels very good that we are at the top of the Bundesliga a week later.”
Last week, Dortmund failed to take the lead by giving away a lead against ten men in the away game with VfB Stuttgart (3-3). It resulted in the necessary criticism of trainer Edin Terzic. A week later, the atmosphere has completely changed in a positive sense and the BVB supporters are gripped by championship fever . With five games to go, the first national title since 2012 is up for grabs.
Striker Karim Adeyemi enjoyed the great atmosphere in the Westfalenstadion, which bears the sponsor name Signal Iduna Park to the dissatisfaction of the fans. This led to protests from the fans before the game against Frankfurt. “The atmosphere was very intense. Marco (Reus) Already told me on the bus that it would be a madhouse in the stadium. It always gives me goosebumps, it was really great. The best stadium in the world!” Adeyemi said.
