BVB U23 make amends, beat SV Rödinghausen 3-2 | OneFootball

Three days after the 1-2 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach II, which ended a run of four straight wins, Borussia Dortmund II produced a strong response and beat SV Rödinghausen 3-2. With FC Schalke 04’s second team losing 3-1 to SSVg Velbert at the same time and Gladbach’s reserve side not in action until Sunday, BVB’s U23s climbed to third place in the table, at least for one night.

Compared to Wednesday, BVB made four changes to the starting lineup, with Bennedikt Wüstenhagen, Mampasi-Joseph Boyamba, Elias Benkara and Jonas Feddersen coming in for Luca Reggiani, Kevin Mutove, Babis Drakas and Ayman Azhil.

Wüstenhagen also gave Borussia their first real threat after a quarter of an hour, after BVB goalkeeper Silas Ostrzinski had already had to be alert at the other end. But BVB were now fully awake and took the lead in the 20th minute through an own goal by Rödinghausen’s Manuel Reutter, forced by Almugera Kabar, before making it 2-0 just two minutes later when Wüstenhagen finished from an Arne Wessels assist.

Rödinghausen hit back from a corner through Maximilian Hippe (31), but just six minutes later Wüstenhagen once again justified his selection with a fine solo effort, making it 3-1, which was also the halftime score.

BVB made to sweat until the end

There was initially little action in front of either goal in the second half. After Kabar twice came close to putting the game to bed, Rödinghausen pulled it back to 3-2 in the 69th minute through Ansgar Kuhlmann, again from a corner, and then took control. Thanks to a strong Ostrzinski, who tipped an Eduard Probst effort onto the post, BVB managed to see out their narrow lead.

Photo: IMAGO / Thomas Bielefeld

Speaking on the club website after the match, Daniel Rios was slightly frustrated that his side failed to score a fourth goal after the break: “If we score that one, things go in the right direction. Then we concede to make it 3-2, and after that it’s clear things get a bit wilder,” said the BVB coach, who was by no means unhappy overall: “Still, huge compliments to the team for the way we defended at the end, because they are extremely dangerous from set pieces. Luckily, we managed to get it over the line.”

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