U19 stay top after 1-1 draw at Fortuna Düsseldorf | OneFootball

Personnel

Following the 3:2 opening defeat to Villarreal CF in the UEFA Youth League, Felix Hirschnagl made seven changes to his team. Goalkeeper Jan-Mattis Wehrbein and outfield players Levin Vogt, Lenni Strößner, Liam Kante, Keron Hagemann, Luis Alaze and Till Burkhardt came into the starting lineup. Aaron Held, Jan-Luca Riedl, Tim Degener and Fadi Zarqelain moved to the U23 squad. Niklas König, Tom Faust, Miguel Adje and Romeo Ritter were initially on the bench. After a lengthy illness, striker Bjarki Gardarsson was included in the squad again for the first time and came on for Hagemann in the 65th minute.

Match proceedings

The newly formed team started the match well at the Paul Janes Stadium, took control early on and repeatedly put the opposition under pressure with their attacking moves. Keron Hagemann scored the deserved 1:0 lead in the 39th minute. It came after a fine move, finished off by a square pass from Ahmad Najdi.

As the match went on, Dortmund’s play became increasingly sloppy. With numerous turnovers, the Black and Yellows allowed Fortuna back into the game. One lapse in concentration ultimately led to a foul penalty that was debatable from BVB’s point of view, which Luis Sinkiewicz converted in the 78th minute to make it 1:1. In the closing stages, the young Borussians did enjoy a slight territorial advantage, but they hardly created any clear chances to finish the match with all three points.

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Outlook

The U19 competitive schedule is on hold until October 14 due to the international break. Then the first away game in the UEFA Youth League is on the agenda at Bodø/Glimt. The second half of the DFB youth league season begins on Saturday, October 17. BVB will then host Rot-Weiß Oberhausen at the Brackel Youth Performance Center (kick-off: 13:00). Felix Hirschnagl wants to use the time until then for plenty of training and a few friendly matches.

U19: Wehrbein – Vogt (80. Faust), Strößner, Kante, Kaymak – Alaze (80. König) – Hagemann (65. Gardarsson), Fahrenhorst – Najdi (65. Adje), Burkhardt, Hoy

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