Dortmund dominate in August
With just three competitive fixtures to play in the month of August, following the end of pre-season, Borussia Dortmund would have the joys of facing Villingen away from home, a side who play their football in the sixth tier of German football in an amateur league.
In the league they face Wolfsburg and Leverkusen.
Villingen VS Borussia Dortmund 0-11
Joshua Bean almost apologeticly announced on the eve of the match that he would be playing his full strength side. Not because he relished the idea of humiliating a bunch of amateur players, or ruining the fans big day out.
But because he recognised that the game was the perfect way to give his preferred starting eleven, an easy match, but still in a real competitive fixture. Practice he thought, would be stupid to miss out on, especially with his new look defence and goalkeeper.
Aubameyang took all the plaudits from this game, scoring a staggering nine times, as Dortmund truly annihilated their opposition.
It was in fact the youngster Julian Weigl who opened up the rout after 10 minutes, curling the ball home, from the edge of the area, following a half cleared corner.
Aubameyang then scored his first of the night, quickly followed by the third of the game courtesy of Mario Fernandes and after 19 minutes it was 3-0.
Aubameyang scored his second, a perfect low volley from just inside the box, just 37 seconds after the Mario Fernandes goal. There were two more goals before half-time, thanks to Aubameyang securing his hat-trick and Shane Long heading home his first ever goal for the club on his debut.
The second half was all Aubameyang as the strike put in a performance of truly breathtaking standards, scoring six goals in 45 minutes.
The first three of the six were near identical, all close range volleys, after latching onto drilled crosses from the wings. His seventh, eighth and ninth goals however, took the beating to lows for the home side.
The first of the three, saw the Dortmund star man, collect the ball from the halfway line, beat four men, round the keeper and tap home as cool as you would like. His eighth of the night, was a Rooney like overhead kick, from slightly closer range, after a Marco Reus cross was deflected high into the air.
The final goal for Aubameyang and the eleventh goal of the night, came from a horrendous mistake from the Villingen goalkeeper. A back pass to the keeper rolled slowly to him, with the score being 10-0 Dortmund were in no rush to press him. Yet somehow the keeper managed to slice the kick directly to an unmarked Aubameyang who just passed it into the gaping net.
The full time whistle was met by polite applause from the travelling Dortmund fans, as Bean almost apologetically shook his opposing number hand.
Dortmund VS Wolfsburg 3-0
The first league game of the season, was a fairly average one in terms of difficulty. Any side worth their weight in the Bundesliga, would expect to win these kind of games at home and that is exactly what Dortmund did.
Marco Reus scored directly from a free-kick, 25 yards out, after just 23 minutes. The ball cannoned off the right post and managed to squeeze its way over the line despite the best attempts by the keeper to clear it.
Reus doubled his goal tally and Dortmund's lead, several minutes into the second half, when he headed home, following a looping Mkhitaryan cross.
Substitute Mehmet Topal added the icing on the cake, scoring the third goal of the game, heading home, following yet another inch perfect cross from Mkhitaryan.
It was an odd game, purely because Dortmund went about their business so casually yet still trumped the visitors 3-0.
Leverkusen VS Dortmund 1-4
A boring opening 45 minutes, did not prepare the neutrals watching at home, for the five goals that followed in the second half.
Two goals in the opening three minutes of the second half near enough ended any chances of Leverkusen getting anything from this game.
Aubameyang opened the scoring, connecting perfectly with young midfielder Weigl, who eventually played the striker through on goal and African Footballer of the Year, did not disappoint, curling the ball over a diving keeper.
New signing Jorge, scored two minutes later, with a potential goal of the season contender already, volleying home from 30 yards out, following an odd looped pass from Reus. The ball was lofted high in the air to the left back who was in acres of space on the left hand side and first time the young Brazilian rocketed the ball into the back of the net.
Former Manchester United man, Javier Hernadez was able to claw one back, scoring from the penalty spot on 68 minutes. But two more goals from Aubameyang, securing his hat-trick, ended the match.
Aubameyang was known for scoring his goals in bunches during games and his two goals on the 66th and 69th minute, proved that.
He headed home his second of the match, directly from a Mario Fernandes cross on the right hand side, thanks to some wonderful build up play by Reus, who escaped not one but two tackles, freeing up the overlapping fullback.
The fourth goal of the night for Dortmund and the clincher of the hat-trick, was a superb solo goal by Aubameyang. Just like he manages to do so often for Joshua Bean, the striker beat several Leverkusen players, rounded the keeper and passed the ball into the empty net.
Competition Review
Thanks to some stunning goals from Aubameyang and some simply brilliant team play by the likes of Mkhitaryan, Reus and Weigl, Dortmund sat comfortably atop the table and were into the next round of the DFB-Pokal.
I am especially happy with the fact that, after the big time departure of Shinji Kagawa one of the main reasons that I let him go was because I believed Mkhitaryan could be more influential for my side and so far I am being proven right! So I have no complaints after a near perfect month.