All hands on deck at BVB: Kobel and Ryerson end World Cup break | OneFootball

The FIFA World Cup has cast a long shadow. Almost three weeks ago, the final between Spain and Argentina (1-0) took place. But only now are the last BVB World Cup participants returning to Dortmund.

A total of eleven Black-and-Yellows took part in the mammoth tournament featuring 48 teams. Waldemar Anton (30), Maximilian Beier (23), Nico Schlotterbeck (26), and Felix Nmecha (25) were unable to prevent Germany’s embarrassing exit in the round of 32.

The tournament ended just as early for Ramy Bensebaini (31) and Algeria, as well as the Austrian duo of Carney Chukwuemeka (22) and Marcel Sabitzer (32). Sweden, with Daniel Svensson (24), also failed to get past the last 32. By that point, Turkey, with Salih Özcan (28), who is now doing the midfield dirty work for Besiktas Istanbul, had long since gone home.

At least two Dortmund players made it to the quarter-finals, which meant they were only able to begin their well-earned holidays quite late. Gregor Kobel (28) was knocked out with Switzerland after extra time against Argentina. Even the goalkeeper’s strong performance once again could not prevent the 3-1 defeat.

England brought dark horses Norway to a halt with a 2-1 win in extra time. Even the goalscoring qualities of Erling Haaland (26) were not enough for the Scandinavians, alongside Julian Ryerson (28), to reach the semi-finals.

Back in the squad against AS Roma

As the last BVB World Cup travellers, Kobel and Ryerson have now arrived in Dortmund. After completing the obligatory performance tests, the duo will shortly resume team training with BVB. The club announced this on Friday (7 August).

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They will be back in front of the fans live for the first time at the big season opener on 15 August at Signal Iduna Park. In the match against AS Roma, they are also expected to get some minutes on the pitch.

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