Only 1-1 at SC Paderborn II – BVB U23 miss out on second place | OneFootball

After FC Gütersloh were held to a 1–1 draw at SV Rödinghausen on Friday, Borussia Dortmund II had the chance on Monday evening to climb to second place at the end of the ninth matchday in the Regionalliga West. However, with a 1–1 draw at SC Paderborn, BVB’s U23 side missed out on making that jump.

Compared to the 2–1 win last Wednesday against Westfalia Rhynern, coach Daniel Rios made three changes to his starting lineup. Jesper Verlaat, Finn Fuchs and Mussa Kaba came into the side in place of Ayman Azhil, Mario Pejazic and Ismael Idriss Mansaray, and they were involved in an evenly balanced opening phase against their East Westphalian rivals, with big chances at both ends.

In the 32nd minute, though, Borussia capitalized on a lapse in Paderborn’s defense. A misplaced square pass in front of the penalty area from Tristan Zobel fell to Arne Wessels, who wasted no time in putting Dortmund ahead. The joy did not last long, however, as Paderborn equalized just two minutes later through Neo Stacziwa.

With a man advantage at the end

After Kevin Mutove missed two chances to restore BVB’s lead before the break, the second half also began largely without incident. While Ruben Müller had SCP’s best opportunity following a corner, BVB first threatened through long-range efforts from Tim Degener before Wessels missed the biggest chance of the second half in the 79th minute when he was through one-on-one with SCP goalkeeper Florian Pruhs. The two faced off again five minutes later, when Pruhs brought him down outside the penalty area as the last man and was sent off with a red card.

But BVB were unable to use their brief numerical advantage to score a winner, which meant coach Daniel Rios could not draw an entirely positive conclusion this time on the club website: “We allowed one scoring chance in the entire game, and that led to the goal. We had enough chances ourselves to decide the game in our favor and did a lot to take the three points home. Of course, we’re disappointed that after a performance like that, we’re not going home with three points.”

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