U19 win derby against Schalke, U17 triumph in Bochum | OneFootball

Felix Hirschnagl had to do without several key players in the clash with Schalke: Jan-Luca Riedl and Enzo dos Santos were with the senior team, while Fadi Zarqelain and Luke Fahrenhorst were part of the U23 squad. In addition, Ahmad Najdi, Johann Lasse Jaensch, Peniel Poba and Hamzath Mohamadou were sidelined through injury. As a result, the coach largely stuck with the starting XI that had won the opening match in Oberhausen 4-2. Luis Alaze came into midfield for Najdi, while Liam Kante replaced Lenni Strößner in defense.

BVB started confidently, moved the ball around well and capped their promising opening with the 1-0 in the eighth minute. The move was started by Tom Faust, who sent Justin Hoy through with a diagonal pass. The captain’s cross was turned over the line by Schalke defender Lasse Deutschmann ahead of the lurking Bjarki Gardarsson. The Black and Yellows dominated the game and created more chances, but Justin Hoy in particular, who stood out, lacked luck and precision in front of goal (16th, 26th minute). Luis Alaze was unlucky too: after a mistake by goalkeeper Kyrylo Khadesevych, he shot from 16 meters, but Amir El Abdouni headed the ball clear of danger (44th).

Schalke coach Norbert Elgert had reacted early, making personnel and tactical changes in the 36th minute. They had an immediate effect after the restart. Switzerland’s Timo Wiesner first failed in a one-on-one against BVB keeper Julien Froese, who reacted brilliantly, before curling a free-kick from 18 meters against the outside of the post (51st/52nd). Schalke were much more present and active in the second half. Mika Brocks hit the post after 72 minutes, while at the other end it was mainly Justin Hoy who provided the spark and hit the bar with a free-kick in the 70th minute. All in all, it was a deserved derby win for Borussia.

“After the break, it was a bit of youthful madness. But overall we put a lot into it, and maybe that’s why we were rewarded. I always believe in karma,” summed up coach Felix Hirschnagl, who recalled last year’s unfortunate 3-3 in the main round: “We didn’t seal the derby win at the decisive moment then, but this time we did.”

BVB now face two away matches, on Sunday (23/08, 11 a.m.) at VfL Osnabrück and on Wednesday (26/08, 6 p.m.) at MSV Duisburg.

Froese – Vogt, Ritter (62. König), Kante (59. Strößner), Adje (88. Kaymak) – Alaze (59. Hagemann) – Kostoglou, Faust (88. Burkhardt) – Mirza, Gardarsson, Hoy

U17 had already gone 3-0 up in Bochum

U17 coach Karsten Gorges fielded exactly the same starting XI in Bochum that had beaten Wuppertaler SV 7-0 in the league opener. Later on, Hamzath Mohamadou and Athanasios Grammozis made their first appearances after long injury layoffs.

The Black and Yellows began the match on the grass pitch at the Ruhrstadion fully focused. Jonas Maurice Chowaniec put BVB 1-0 up after five minutes following excellent work from Ilyas Arzini. Bochum responded, and an intense derby developed with chances at both ends.

The Borussians came out better after the break than their opponents, earning a handball penalty and a red card for the hosts after some fine combination play. Arzini converted the spot-kick to make it 2-0 (47th), and Niclas Goldberg added the third (56th). After the two substitutions, BVB lost their structure and, despite having a numerical advantage, also lost their rhythm. Bochum pulled it back to 3-2 late on (Jonas Simon, 83rd; Wail Akkouh El Moussa, 88th). In the end, Bennet Birtner preserved the win. “For an hour it was a really good performance from us, then we became careless and made too many passing errors. All in all, it was a deserved win,” said Karsten Gorges.

Next Saturday (22/08), the U17 travel to MSV Duisburg.

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