BVB new signing frustrated despite dream debut: ‘Not satisfied’ | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund celebrate a successful Bundesliga debut for Konstantinos Karetsas. Despite his strong performance, the new BVB signing is frustrated about one crucial point.

An assist, numerous dangerous actions, and in the end the Man of the Match award: Konstantinos Karetsas’ first Bundesliga evening could hardly have gone much better. Even so, after Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Hamburger SV, joy was not the only feeling for the 18-year-old. The Greek was mainly annoyed about the chances that went to waste.

“I should have scored at least one more goal myself, so I’m not satisfied with that,” Karetsas said after the match on Sky. And he was by no means directing that criticism only at himself. In his view, BVB could have made the scoreline much more emphatic early on. “We could have scored four or five goals in the first half. That’s something we have to work on.”

How involved Karetsas was on his Bundesliga debut is also shown by the numbers. In his 74 minutes on the pitch, the new signing recorded a total of nine direct shot involvements, according to Opta. He had six shots himself and set up three more. No Dortmund player had ever reached such a figure on his Bundesliga debut.

Konstantinos Karetsas raves about the BVB fans

Karetsas registered his first goal contribution after just nine minutes, when he set up Serhou Guirassy for the opener. Later, Giannis Konstantelias made it 2-0. For the other Greek new signing, however, the evening ended painfully: after a challenge, he had to leave the field injured. At BVB, there are even fears that he may have suffered a torn ACL.

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Coach Niko Kovac still liked what his two new attacking players showed. “These are two boys who can bring us a different dimension here, and will bring it as well,” the Dortmund coach explained. For Karetsas, there was also a special experience on top of the successful sporting start: for the first time, he stood on the pitch in front of the Yellow Wall as a BVB professional.

“With every attacking move we had, we could hear the entire stadium. That’s something new for me, and I’m very grateful.” The youngster, signed from KRC Genk for €30 million, certainly has big ambitions. Asked about his title hopes with Dortmund, his answer was unmistakable: “As many as possible.”

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