Team news
Head coach Daniel Rios made four changes to his starting XI following the last-minute win over SG Wattenscheid 09. Kevin Mutove, Luca Reggiani, Enzo Duarte dos Santos and Daniel Sumbu came into the line-up in place of Nanitonda Quiala, Fadi Zarqelain, Samuele Inacio and the injured Mussa Kaba.
Match report
Dortmund took the initiative early on. Mutove had a shot blocked in the 13th minute, but six minutes later BVB took the lead. Ayman Azhil sent Arne Wessels down the left with a long ball. His cross found an unmarked Dos Santos, who headed home the opener (19). BVB soon added a second. Once again, Azhil started the move with a precise pass to Sumbu. The forward flicked the ball on with his head to Mutove, who also headed home to make it 2-0 (24).
SC Wiedenbrück then pulled a goal back out of nowhere. In the 29th minute, Marius Zentler received the ball after a passing move down the right and fired emphatically into the near corner to make it 2-1. At the other end, Mutove narrowly missed out on Dortmund's third following a shot from Finn Fuchs. Instead, Wiedenbrück equalised: after Dortmund lost possession while building from the back, the hosts broke quickly. Niklas Tuppeck spotted Silas Ostrzinski off his line and lobbed the Dortmund goalkeeper to make it 2-2 in the 36th minute.
The first notable chance of the second half fell to Emre Aydinel, whose shot Ostrzinski saved comfortably. In the 78th minute, substitute Zarqelain drove into the penalty area from the right and was brought down. The referee pointed to the spot. Azhil stepped up and confidently converted into the bottom-right corner to restore the lead at 3-2 (79). Shortly afterwards, Malik Hodroj was denied by Wiedenbrück goalkeeper Lukas Kasparek with the next good chance.
The closing stages were packed with drama: Tim Degener was sent through by a long ball, prompting Kasparek to rush out of his goal and head clear. In doing so, the goalkeeper caught the Dortmund player in the face with his knee and was shown a red card. The Black & Yellows were unable to capitalise on the resulting free-kick.
BVB finally sealed the win in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Wiedenbrück threw everyone forward once more, but Dortmund countered calmly down the left. Wessels tried to play the ball into the middle, only for Furkan Yilmaz to unfortunately deflect the cross into his own net. That secured a 4-2 away win and a fourth successive victory.
Reaction
Daniel Rios: “We were up for the contest from the very first minute, controlled the opening 30 minutes very well and deserved our 2-0 lead. Something can always happen out of nowhere to turn a game on its head. We addressed that and regained control of the game in the second half. Even so, we struggled to create chances. Too often, the final pass was missing. In the end, we got our reward for a good performance and deserved to win.”
Looking ahead
BVB's U23s face their next Regionalliga West challenge this coming Friday (23 October, live on LEAGUES). Rios' side will host Bonner SC at Stadion Rote Erde, with kick-off at 19:30.
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