Haller, first goal after cancer in Borussia Dortmund-Fribourg- Corriere.it

He scored with a header, 269 days after his last time, his first ever for Borussia Dortmund. The ball goes into the net and he screams happily, his teammates hug him, the fans stand up. Sebastian Haller writes another beautiful page after difficult months: testicular cancer, the two operations, the long rehabilitation. He hadn’t scored since 11 May 2022, he was still at Ajax, he converted a penalty in a 5-0 win against Heerenveen. He does it again today, February 4, on World Cancer Day. Goal and date symbolic.

He returned to the field a few days ago, on 22 January, in the match won by the gialloneri 4-3 against Augusta, greeted by the roar of the crowd and a very long applause. He wore custom booties on his feet, with a message to the disease: F ** k Cancer.

In the six months stopped Haller underwent two surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy: The worst part after chemo — told a The Team
—. Chemo broke my body from the inside, surgery from the outside. So, I had to pick it up little by little. And after chemo, even if you feel quite well, you really look like a sick person, you have sunken eyes, less hair, black lips…. Only in January did you get the green light from the doctors to be able to return to training with the first team and play. Today the first as owner, in Dortmund’s 5-1 win against Freiburg, and the return to scoring. And just the beginning.