Preuß sets U23 target: "Finish above Schalke at season’s end" | OneFootball

Because Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (1:0 against VfL Bochum II) won and Sportfreunde Siegen (1:1 at Bonner SC) managed to score, Borussia Dortmund's second team slipped from fifth to seventh place in the Regionalliga West standings on Sunday. However, the joy over the 4:1 victory in the derby against FC Schalke 04 II, which dethroned them as the league leaders, was hardly dampened.

Ingo Preuß, in his role as team manager of BVB's U23, expressed his continued delight to "kicker" over the strong performance against their neighbors, even with some distance. "After the setback before the break, we won the decisive duels in the offense and played the transition situations much more purposefully," said Preuß, who had special praise for Almugera Kabar, who scored the interim 3:1: "'Almu' showed how to play in a derby. It was outstanding. He put his all into it and was rightly rewarded."

Five Points Behind the Top of the Table

Despite all the praise for the successful derby performance, Preuß also made it clear that the displayed performance should serve as a benchmark for the future, accompanied by a clear announcement or target regarding the rest of the season: "This must not be a one-time thing. The boys should realize what is possible when they put in such effort – and to be honest: I expect us to be ahead of Schalke at the end of the season."

This goal is not unrealistic, as the gap to Schalke and the new league leader Fortuna Köln is only five points.

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