Sebastien Haller scored an eight-minute hat-trick as he continued his comeback following his battle with cancer, helping Borussia Dortmund to a 6-0 friendly victory over Basel on Friday.

Borussia Dortmund 6-0 Basel
Goals: 1-0 Hazard (39'), 2-0 Malen (49'), 3-0 Bellingham (pen. 54'), 4-0 Haller (pen. 81'), 5-0 Haller (86'), 6-0 Haller (88')

Haller began on the bench for Edin Terzic's side in Marbella as they rounded off their winter training camp against the Swiss top-flight side, but captain Marco Reus was in the starting line-up after recovering from an ankle complaint that forced him to miss the World Cup last year. The match, played in four 30-minute quarters, was a close affair initially, even if BVB were the better team. Niklas Süle had the first chance of the opening half hour when he curled wide of the post, before Zeki Amdouni fired wide at the other end of the pitch with just Gregor Kobel to beat. Dortmund were able to make their superiority count in the second quarter though, with Thorgan Hazard deflecting in Reus' shot for the opener, with Donyell Malen and a Jude Bellingham penalty giving them a comfortable lead.

Both teams made wholesale changes ahead of the third quarter, with Haller taking to the field for just the second time since July last year. He didn't need long to make an impact, converting from the penalty spot after Gio Reyna had been fouled. The 28-year-old's next goal was even easier, a close-range tap-in following good work down the right from Karim Adeyemi and Julian Brandt, with his hat-trick completed by a lovely back-heeled flick from a corner. Teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens also made his return to action after sustaining a serious shoulder injury in September in what was an all-round successful friendly for Dortmund.

Watch: Haller: "The best feeling ever"

Match stats

• Bellingham has won more challenges than any other player in this season's Bundesliga (245).
• After Bellingham (seven), Youssoufa Moukoko is Dortmund's next best scorer in 2022/23 with six goals (all in the Bundesliga).
• BVB have won 12 of 23 competitive games so far this season (D4, L7).
• Marco Reus scored the opening goal as Jürgen Klopp's Dortmund beat Basel 3-1 in a summer 2013 friendly.
• Hitz made 181 Bundesliga appearances for Augsburg and Dortmund, before moving to Basel in summer 2022.
• Haller scored 24 Bundesliga goals in 60 appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt between 2017 and 2019.

Teams

Dortmund: Kobel (Meyer 91') – Süle (Can 74'), Hummels (Wolf 61'), Schlotterbeck (Coulibaly 91') – Malen (Reyna 61'), Bellingham (Bynoe-Gittens 81'), Özcan (Dahour 74'), Hazard (Rothe 61') – Adeyemi (Passlack 91'), Reus (Brandt 61') – Moukoko (Haller 61', Modeste 91')
Unused subs: Unbehaun
Out: Kamara (knee), Morey (knee)
Coach: Edin Terzic

Basel: Hitz (Salvi 61') – Lopez (Novoa 91'), Adams (Adjetey 61'), Frei (Dundas 61'), Calafiori (Vogel 61') - Burger (Onyegbule 61'), Diouf (Essiam 61') - Novoa (Xhaka 61'), Amdouni (Kade 61'), Millar (Akale, 61') – Fink (Zeqiri, 61')
Unused subs: -
Out: Augustin (muscle injury), Comas (muscle injury)
Coach: Alexander Frei

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