U19 stay top after 1:1 at Fortuna Düsseldorf | OneFootball

Squad

After the 2:3 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 XI. 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 named on the bench. Top scorer Bjarki Gardarsson was included in the squad for the first time again after a lengthy illness and came on for Hagemann in the 65th minute.

Match proceedings

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

The longer the match went on, the scrappier Dortmund’s play became. Numerous turnovers allowed Fortuna back into the game. One lapse in concentration eventually led to a controversial penalty 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 had a slight edge in possession and territory, but hardly created any clear chances to finish the match with all three points.

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Outlook

The U19 competitive schedule is suspended until 14 October due to the international break. Next up is the first away match in the UEFA Youth League at Bodø/Glimt. The second half of the DFB youth league season begins on Saturday, 17 October. BVB will then host Rot-Weiß Oberhausen at the Brackel youth performance centre (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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