In front of a record 9,999 crowd at the ‘sold-out’ “Roten Erde” stadium, Borussia’s Under23s celebrated their second win of their 3rd division campaign and climbed to fourth in the table. In a game which they dominated from first to last, the BVB youngsters thrashed Jahn Regensburg 5-1 (3-1).

 

Boris Rupert reporting

The venerable Rote Erde stadium which once held over 40,000 now has a limit of 10,000 and just like in times gone by, today many people climbed fences and walls to get a view of the action, and boy, under hot summer skies, were they rewarded for their efforts.

Borussia Dortmund simply refused to let their guests into the game in the first half. Alomerovic, in the home goal, didn’t touch the ball until the 25th minute. Indeed, just nine minutes later, Regensburg actually scored courtesy of a Lienhard header. Sadly for them, that goal only made it 1-3!

At the other end, it could so easily have been six in that first half. Gyau opened the scoring with a deflected shot on 8 minutes, then Jordanov saw a shot blocked on the line after 19 minutes before the same player drove into the box only to be brought down. Referee Schwermer happily played the advantage allowing Solga to slip in Harder who precisiely slotted home to make it 2-0. Less than a minute later, Gyau skipped a few challenges to nail a third before Harder and Gyau (again) were denied by Bergdorf. It could have been so many more at the interval.

The second half started with a penalty which Solga duly converted to re-establish the three-goal lead. Later, just after the hour mark, Marouka slalomed his way to confront Bergdorf only to see the ‘keeper claw his lob wide of the goal. The Japanese then had more luck a couple of minutes later when he latched onto a rebound to round of the 5-1 win.

BVB: Alomerovic – Narey, Hornschuh, Stankovic (45. Zimmermann), Güll – Nyarko (67. Amini), Solga (73. Derstroff) – Gyau, Maruoka, Jordanov – Harder

Goals: 1:0 Gyau (8.), 2:0 Harder (20.), 3:0 Gyau (21.), 3:1 Lienhard (34.), 4:1 Solga (47., penalty), 5:1 Maruoka (65.)