BVB internationals unbeaten: Veerman starts, Karetsas off the bench | OneFootball

While Waldemar Anton, with the German national team in Greece (0-0), missed out on avenging the 1-0 home defeat a week earlier, he was at least part of a defense that, after the 2-0 win over Serbia, once again kept a clean sheet, three other Borussia Dortmund professionals were also in action in the Nations League.

Joey Veerman was once again in the starting lineup for the Netherlands against Serbia, but was no longer on the pitch when Joshua Zirkzee scored the 2-1 winner for the Oranje in the 72nd minute. After coming off the bench in the 1-1 against Germany and playing the full 90 minutes in Serbia (2-1) and in Greece (2-2), the central midfielder was taken off this time by coach Xavi after 58 minutes.

Chukwuemeka stays on the bench for 90 minutes

Konstantinos Karetsas came off the bench in Greece’s match against the DFB team, after there had been some confusion beforehand about his involvement and a possible rest, which coach Ivan Jovanovic commented on. Brought on at halftime, the BVB youngster worked hard, but mostly found himself up against two German opponents and was therefore unable to make any major impact.

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At least Karetsas was on the pitch for 45 minutes, whereas Carney Chukwuemeka had to watch Austria’s 1-1 draw in Kosovo entirely from the bench. After an underwhelming display and being substituted at halftime in the previous 2-2 draw in Ireland, it was already foreseeable that coach Ralf Rangnick would look for a different solution in attacking midfield.

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