Strong start: BVB U19 win away at Juventus | OneFootball

Even before the professional team’s opening match in the Champions League at Juventus Turin, Borussia Dortmund’s U19s made a successful start to the Youth League at the Italian record champions. On the artificial turf pitch at the Juventus training center, BVB narrowly prevailed 3-2 after an intense 90 minutes.

Borussia delivered a tremendously strong performance in the first half and was already leading after just over half an hour thanks to goals from Mathis Albert (7’), Samuele Inacio (13’), and Pharell Kegni (35’), all of which were impressively created. First, Albert scored from an Inacio assist, before the same duo reversed roles to make it 2-0. Inacio then also set up the third goal, which was the result of a strong solo effort by Kegni.

Keeper Julien Froese saves the lead

However, Inacio then missed the chance to make it 4-0 and Kegni had to leave the pitch injured just before halftime. After the break, Juve appeared transformed, took command, and quickly closed the gap to 2-3 with a double strike from Diego Pugno (57’) and Francisco Crapisto (61’). Afterwards, an outstanding Julien Froese in the BVB goal, who stood in excellently for the injured regular keeper Aaron Held, became the man of the match.

Even though full-back Niklas König also had to be carried off the field after 69 minutes, presumably with a serious injury, BVB held on to their narrow lead and left behind a proud coach Felix Hirschnagl: “We’re growing together more every day and growing into our task. The challenge at BVB is a huge amount of fun,” the club website quotes the U19 coach, who was visibly thrilled with the first half and then praised the energy shown in the second: “We had to endure and suffer. But we accepted the fight and invested a lot of passion.”

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