2-0 at FC Copenhagen: BVB U19 celebrate second Youth League win | OneFootball

A few hours before the professionals kicked off, Borussia Dortmund’s U19 team managed to win their first encounter with FC Copenhagen. On the third matchday of the Youth League, BVB’s youth squad claimed a 2-0 victory in Denmark and, now with six points, has a good starting position in the race to reach the knockout stage.

Without Niklas König, who was suspended after receiving a yellow-red card in the home match against Athletic Bilbao (0:4), BVB initially focused on controlling the game—a goal they largely achieved in the first half, aside from a few moments. “We were always able to calm the game down. That was very important on a pitch that was difficult to play on,” coach Felix Hirschnagl revealed on the club’s website, indicating that the rather modest attacking display in the goalless first 45 minutes was to be expected.

Pharell Kegni opens the scoring

After the break, BVB got off to a flying start and took the lead in the 47th minute through Pharell Kegni, who was set up by Samuele Inacio, left his opponent looking helpless, and finished coolly. Borussia continued to be the more dangerous side, but only delivered the final blow to their opponents in the fifth minute of stoppage time. In a co-production by two substitutes, Tom Faust finished off a pass from Ahmad Najdi to make it 2-0.

Since the defense withstood the hosts’ attempts to apply pressure throughout the entire match, coach Hirschnagl was able to draw a very satisfied conclusion: “Given the circumstances—weather, pitch, travel—it was a very tough away game. We had to suffer in many phases, but we absolutely wanted to bring the win home. Huge compliments to the boys.”

The road to the knockout stage is still long, but a solid foundation has been laid. For now, however, the focus shifts back to the DFB Youth League, which presents a major challenge this weekend against Bayer Leverkusen.

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