U17 celebrate derby win and go top on their own | OneFootball

Squad

BVB coach Karsten Gorges had to do without Dimitrios Grammozis, who was suspended after his yellow-red card in Duisburg, and the injured Jonas Chowaniec. In return, striker Hamzath Mohamadou was available again.

Match report

BVB made an energetic start to the derby and threatened with their very first attack: centre-forward Adriano Bejta was played in superbly, but was denied by Schalke goalkeeper Burak Uzun, who reacted well (2'). The next chance was not long in coming either: Emre Kirar narrowly missed the Schalke goal with a long-range effort following a corner (11').

Schalke then grew into the game as well and forced BVB keeper Benett Henry Birtner into making several saves. However, the Black and Yellows remained the team in control and deservedly took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute. Hamzath Mohamadou gave Uzun no chance with a shot from a tight angle. Shortly before half-time, the lively Dortmund winger even had the 2-0 at his feet, but Uzun prevented the second goal with a strong save.

The second half was much quieter. Both teams started at a high tempo, but clear-cut chances were largely absent. Unlike the games in Bochum and Duisburg, in which the Black and Yellows had conceded five goals in total, BVB now defended with concentration and commitment. Schalke may have enjoyed more of the play, but they found no solutions to seriously trouble Dortmund’s defence. In fact, the biggest chance for the next goal fell to Borussia: substitute Adam Braham was denied by Uzun (80').

Karsten Gorges: “That was a good team performance, full of determination and very compact in defence. The team has improved on defending set pieces. Unfortunately, we are still giving the ball away too often when transitioning into attack. That’s something we need to work on. But of course we’re delighted with an ideal start to the season.”

Outlook

BVB’s next away game is next Saturday (1 pm) at RW Essen.

U17: Birtner – Arzini, Zisopoulos, Owusu, Kirar – Bojang – Goldberg, Jekic – Tunkel (90+2 Qetinaj), Bejta (74 Braham), Mohamadou (73 Schwarzer)

U19 lose friendly against Viktoria Köln

Borussia Dortmund’s U19 lost their friendly against Viktoria Köln 4-3. After taking a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to two goals from new signing Amine Lettifi, BVB let the game slip away after several personnel changes. The 17-year-old Frenchman, who joined Dortmund from US Lesquin, still enjoyed a successful debut in a BVB shirt. Keron Hagemann made it 3-3 in the meantime, before the visitors scored the winner in the closing stages.

“Conceding four goals in 15 minutes is very annoying. Not every player put forward a strong case for the upcoming tasks,” commented Felix Hirschnagl with an eye on the matches against RW Essen on Saturday (5 September, 11 am) in the DFB Youth League and against Villarreal CF on Tuesday (8 September) at the start of the UEFA Youth League.

Froese (46 Wehrbein) – König, Strößner, Ritter (46 Kante), Adje – Vogt, Kajmak, Faust (46 Alaze) – Lettifi (46 Mirza), Burkhardt, Hoy (46 Hagemann).

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