Premier League International Cup: BVB U23 fall to Manchester United | OneFootball

Three days after their 3-0 opening victory in York against Leeds United, Borussia Dortmund suffered their first defeat in the Premier League International Cup. The BVB’s mix of U23 and U19 players lost 0-2 to Manchester United at the legendary Old Trafford, but by no means delivered a disappointing performance.

The coaching team of Daniel Rios (U23) and Felix Hirschnagl (U19) opted for rotation and, compared to Tuesday, brought in five new players: Jonas Feddersen, Tony Reitz, Samuele Inacio, Arne Wessels, and Pharell Kegni. Almugera Kabar, Ayman Azhil, Babis Drakas, Nick Cherny, and Taycan Etcibasi initially remained on the bench.

The newly formed BVB starting eleven began quite promisingly, but still fell behind early in the seventh minute through Gabriele Biancheri. Unfazed by this, Borussia pushed for the equalizer, which Tony Reitz and Ben Hüning narrowly missed. Both before and after the break, BVB dominated the game and created further chances. The closest to making it 1-1 was again Reitz, who hit the crossbar with a free kick from 25 meters.

Even when Man United, once again through Biancheri, finished one of their counterattacks in the 70th minute to make it 2-0, BVB did not give up, but were unable to score a consolation goal in the final stages.

Next Matches in January

Although the result was not in their favor and disappointment was therefore present, Coach Rios was anything but dissatisfied with the performance: “We had phases in the first half where we were really good in the game. In the second half, we stepped it up again, controlled the match, and created scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, we failed to score a goal. And it was exactly in this phase that we conceded the 0-2, which of course hurt. Nevertheless, the team showed a good reaction. We continued to create chances, but unfortunately did not reward ourselves.”

The BVB youth team now heads into a short winter break. In January, the remaining group matches against West Ham United (13.01.) and AFC Sunderland (21.01.) will decide whether they advance to the knockout stage of the Premier League International Cup.

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