Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic said the return of striker Sebastien Haller from cancer was the season’s “biggest miracle” as his side moved to the brink of the Bundesliga title.
Haller scored twice in Dortmund’s 3-0 win at Augsburg on Sunday, which took them two points clear of Bayern Munich with just one game to play.
The Ivory Coast striker missed the first half of the season as he battled testicular cancer, returning in January. Dortmund sat in sixth place in January, but have lost just one of their 18 matches in the league since he returned.
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Haller said his side were achieving “something beautiful.”
“It’s just unbelievable. If someone told me I would be in this situation six months ago, I wouldn’t have believed them,” he told DAZN.
“That he’s back with us is a pure miracle” Terzic said after the game, praising the forward’s “important” presence “in the dressing room.”
Dortmund can seal their first title in a decade with a win at home against FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday, and will also lift the trophy if they equal or better Bayern’s result away at Cologne.
Terzic said the 28-year-old Haller scores “important goals,” but “also lets the others next to him shine.”
Terzic said he hoped Haller would replicate his success next week “then he’ll be the hero of the season.”
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