It was as if he had never been away.
Luka Jovic has endured a dismal start to his Real Madrid career but was quickly back among the goals at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Having failed to impress in a season and a half in La Liga following a €60 million (£53.5m/$73m) transfer from Eintracht to Madrid, Jovic headed back to Frankfurt on loan this week.
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And a second debut swiftly followed, with Jovic called from the bench after 62 minutes at home to Schalke.
The game was all square at 1-1 at the time, with Andre Silva's first-half opener immediately cancelled out by Matthew Hoppe, the teenager whose hat-trick last week had secured Schalke's first win in 31 Bundesliga matches.