4-1 after going 0-1 down: BVB U23 beat Fortuna Düsseldorf II | OneFootball

In their sixth game after the winter break, Borussia Dortmund II secured their second victory. However, the duel with Fortuna Düsseldorf’s second team on Friday evening was not as clear-cut as the final score of 4:1 might suggest.

In front of 1,109 spectators at the Stadion Rote Erde, BVB started, compared to the 1:1 draw at FC Gütersloh, with winter signing Kevin Mutove in place of Mathis Albert and otherwise an unchanged lineup. Coach Daniel Rios’ team began determinedly and created several early chances, but all went unused. Instead, Fortuna struck clinically on the other side through Deniz Bindemann, who, shortly after making it 0:1 in the 22nd minute, even had the chance for a brace but was denied by Dortmund goalkeeper Silas Ostrzinski.

Until halftime, BVB then struggled against compact, counter-attacking guests, but after the break, it took less than three minutes for Mutove to break the deadlock after an assist from Babis Drakas, scoring his first goal for BVB to equalize. Borussia now wanted more and rewarded their greater commitment with a header goal from Michael Eberwein (59’) following a corner.

Wessels puts the finishing touch

Also with a header after a corner, Almugera Kabar made it 3:1 in the 75th minute, before Arne Wessels (84’) sealed the 4:1 final score after strong work from Tony Reitz and substitute Patrick Göbel.

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Afterwards, coach Rios made no secret on the club homepage that he was only partially satisfied with the first 45 minutes: “We had many chances. But that absolute will to decide the game for us was missing in the first half. The hunger for success was missing.” At the same time, the BVB coach had praise for the second half: “That was much better and clearer in the second half. In the second half, we stepped it up a notch. You could see in every single player on the team that they wanted it.”

At least for one night, BVB climbed to fourth place in the Regionalliga West, whose 27th matchday will see them travel to Bonner SC next Saturday.

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