3-0 win at Manchester City: BVB U19 stay on track in the Youth League | OneFootball

Before the professionals take the field at Etihad Stadium, Borussia Dortmund's U19 team set the stage on Wednesday afternoon in the Youth League by defeating Manchester City 3-0. With three wins in the first four matchdays, BVB is well on its way to the round of sixteen.

With a quick double strike just before the break, BVB, who had to manage without Samuele Inacio, Luca Reggiani, Miguel Adje, and Mathis Albert due to their participation in the U17 World Cup, as well as the injured or ill Jan Luca Riedl, Enzo Duarte dos Santos, Romeo Ritter, and Ousmane Diallo, got on the winning track. First, Taycan Etcibasi (40th minute) put Borussia ahead with a penalty he earned himself, and just four minutes later, Thierry Tazemeta scored to make it 2-0 at halftime.

Zarqelain seals the deal in stoppage time

Because BVB missed several opportunities to decide the game in the second half and only secured the 3-0 victory in the second minute of stoppage time through Fadi Zarqelain, the hosts remained hopeful for a turnaround for a long time. However, Aaron Held in Dortmund's goal repeatedly stopped the Skyblues.

Coach Felix Hirschnagl made no secret of being "brutally proud of the boys" after the match via the club's website, especially given the less than ideal personnel conditions: "For me as a coach, these are the most challenging games when I have to bring together players from the U17, U19, and U23 in a short time and form a unit. That's what leaves me positively speechless. It's not a given that we win 3-0 here."

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