Derby debacle: BVB U23 lose 4-0 at Schalke | OneFootball

After the past few weeks had been largely successful, Borussia Dortmund II suffered an equally emphatic and painful 4-0 defeat on Matchday 32 of the Regionalliga West — of all places in the little derby against FC Schalke 04’s reserve team, which may have two points fewer than BVB’s U23 side, but had to give up third place to Borussia Mönchengladbach II.

With Danylo Krevsun and Tony Reitz replacing Mario Pejazic and Ousmane Diallo, BVB made just two changes compared to the 1-1 draw at 1. FC Bocholt the previous week, but got off to the worst possible start. After only two minutes, Almugera Kabar made a costly misplaced pass, which Schalke capitalized on through Jean Paul Ndiaye to take an early lead.

Michael Eberwein and Babis Drakas then had chances to quickly equalize, but instead Schalke doubled their lead through Edion Gashi in the 21st minute — and that during what was actually a good spell for BVB. Eberwein then missed the chance to pull one back, and Gashi made it 3-0 for the hosts in the 35th minute, which was also the score at halftime.

The opening phase the key factor for Daniel Rios

At the start of the second half, BVB’s determination to fight their way back into the match was clear to see, but with Ingyom Jung making it 4-0, the contest was decided and it was ultimately only a matter of limiting the damage.

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At least they managed to avoid conceding another goal, but of course no one in the black-and-yellow camp was satisfied with that. In his statement on the club website, coach Daniel Rios saw the opening phase in particular — including the missed chances to equalize — as decisive: “We started the game badly. Then we got into it better and had two huge chances to maybe turn the game in our favor. We didn’t take those opportunities to maybe shift the momentum.”

All in all, though, Rios also proved to be a gracious loser: “Especially in the first half, we didn’t pick up the runs, and Schalke did it well. That’s why it was a deserved 3-0 lead. In the second half, we tried everything again. In the end, we can only congratulate Schalke on the win.”

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