BVB U23 on a roll after 2-1 win over Gütersloh, can the run continue? | OneFootball

Daniel Rios, who was promoted from the second to the first row after Mike Tullberg's departure to FC Midtjylland, certainly imagined his debut as head coach of Borussia Dortmund II differently than with a 2-1 defeat at Rot-Weiß Oberhausen last weekend. On Tuesday, however, BVB's U23 did better with a 2-1 home win against FC Gütersloh and now hopes for a longer-lasting upswing.

With eleven points from the first eight games, the record since relegation from the 3rd division has been mixed. Three wins, two draws, and two defeats amount to nothing more than average, which is also reflected in their tenth place in the table.

Individual mistakes remain a problem

The victory against FC Gütersloh, who are still in second place, serves as encouragement and gives hope that the current position can be significantly improved in the coming weeks. In any case, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bonner SC do not present insurmountable challenges before the away match at promotion contender Fortuna Köln at the beginning of October.

Borussia still needs to eliminate the recurring individual errors in their own half. Against Gütersloh, it was Marcel Johnen, who stood in for Silas Ostrzinski—who had traveled to Turin with the first team—in goal, who gifted the visitors the equalizer with a misplaced pass after 70 minutes. The lead scored 20 minutes earlier by Ben Hüning was thus squandered, but Babis Drakas responded just three minutes later with a spectacular 2-1, which would hold until the final whistle.

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