New boss Rios narrowly loses friendly with BVB U23 against RWE | OneFootball

Daniel Rios is the successor to Mike Tullberg as head coach of Borussia Dortmund's U23 team. Yesterday, Rios, who was Tullberg's assistant coach for many years with other BVB teams, made his debut as coach, which took place behind closed doors and resulted in a loss. However, considering the narrow 0-1 defeat against Rot-Weiss Essen, a team playing in a higher league, Rios likely wasn't too dissatisfied.

The WAZ reports on the course of the test match, conducted at BVB's training ground, primarily from the perspective of the guests from Essen. However, the lineups and substitutions made by coach Daniel Rios are also revealed. As is often the case in such tests, the U23 team of BVB was completely changed during the break.

Until then, the Dortmund team had defended a 0-0 against the higher-class opponent. It wasn't until the 71st minute that RWE scored through Nils Kaiser. A minute earlier, an RWE player had been injured, leaving them a man down. This was equalized when Anas Mahjoubi was also injured in the 77th minute, making it impossible for him to continue.

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BVB Creates Numerous Chances Against RWE

The Essen team was likely highly motivated, having to shake off a 2-3 home defeat against Alemannia Aachen from the previous weekend. Accordingly, their performance was indeed dominant, as their coach Uwe Koschinat assessed for the first 15 to 25 minutes. After that, the tide turned slightly, and BVB's U23 gained more possession. However, neither side managed to score.

In the second half, the one goal that made RWE the winner was scored. Overall, Daniel Rios was satisfied. The WAZ quotes the new head coach: "That was a very good test. The boys improved minute by minute. Especially in the second half, we played the way we want to stand for." They found good solutions with the ball and created numerous chances against a nominally stronger opponent.

Whether they can bring this quality to the pitch in the Regionalliga West will be seen on September 13, when BVB's second team will visit Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. Currently, they are in 10th place in the table with a record of 2-2-2. RWO has had an even worse start to the new season and is in 15th place. For RWE, the next match is away against Jahn Regensburg on Friday.

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