BVB U23 draw 1-1 with Siegen in secret friendly, U19s impress | OneFootball

Before the Regionalliga West continues next Saturday with a home game against SSVg Velbert, Borussia Dortmund’s U23s played a friendly behind closed doors yesterday, Friday. As in the 2-2 draw in early August in the competitive match, there was no winner against league rival Sportfreunde Siegen.

Coach Daniel Rios used the match to give many players game time and, in particular, to give some talents from the club’s own academy the chance to showcase themselves. With Mathias Albert, Samuele Inacio and Tim Degner, three players from the U19s were given a run-out; they had already trained with the team in the days before and were now able to draw attention to themselves under competitive conditions. The 16-year-old Mussa Kaba, who recently made a brief appearance in the 2-2 draw at Fortuna Köln, was also on the pitch.

Albert prevents a defeat

“We want to introduce them step by step. They did well in training, and they implemented what we discussed and worked on there well today,” commented coach Rios on the trio’s appearances.

Albert in particular left a lasting impression with one action: it was the German-American, also just 16 years old, who prevented a defeat shortly before the end with his excellent strike to make it 1-1. After 30 minutes, Siegen had taken the lead through a penalty caused by Ben Hüning and converted by Andre Dej.

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