Staff Reporter.
Erling Braut Haaland scored a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund began their German Cup title defense with a 3-0 win over third-division Wehen Wiesbaden on Saturday.
Dortmund ruled out selling the Norway striker – who scored 27 Bundesliga goals last season – this summer amid interest from Chelsea.
England midfielder Jude Bellingham also featured in the win.
Dortmund, who finished third last season, launch their Bundesliga campaign next Saturday at home to Eintracht Frankfurt (17:30 BST).
Match stats:
- Dortmund beat Wiesbaden 1-0 in their only previous meeting in the second round of the DFB Cup in 2000, with Heiko Herrlich netting an extra-time winner.
- Haaland now has six goals in five DFB Cup games for BVB, including two in last season’s final.
- Reyna also has three DFB Cup goals, including a brace in last season’s semi-final win over Holstein Kiel.
- The cup holders have lifted the DFB Cup five times and appeared in 10 finals.
- Wiesbaden’s best performance in the competition came in 2008/09, when they were beaten by Hamburg in the quarter-finals.
Line-ups
Wiesbaden: Stritzel – Mockenhaupt (c), Carstens (Jacobsen 46′), Gürleyen – Fechner, Kurt, Taffertshofer, Rieble (Kempe 30′) – Goppel (Thiel 46′), Wurtz (Lankford 46′), Nilsson (Prokop 46′)
Unused subs: Boss, Stanic, Hollerbach, Farouk
Out: Bischoff (knee), Korte (knee), Mrowca (ankle), Stangl (muscular)
Doubtful:
Coach: Rüdiger Rehm
Dortmund: Kobel – Passlack, Akanji, Papadopoulos, Schulz – Reyna (Moukoko 85′), Bellingham (Witsel 55′), Dahoud (Delaney 85′) – Reus (c) (Hazard 66′) – Haaland, Tigges (Malen 66′)
Unused subs: Hitz, Raschl, Gürpüz, Maloney
Out: Bynoe-Gittens (ankle), Coulibaly (knee), Hummels (knee), Morey (knee), Schmelzer (knee), Wolf (ankle), Zagadou (knee)
Coach: Marco Rose.