"We'd been hoping for a better performance," said Edin Terzic after the 3-1 friendly victory away to Lüner SV. But the BVB coach went on to add: "You have to give the guys credit after a tough week of training and with a lot of young guys, for whom it was the first time training and playing at this level. In that respect, it was a good friendly."

A number of senior players missed the first friendly, with many youth players handed minutes in their stead. "We had so many U19 champions on the pitch. Now we have the opportunity to give the lads a chance to get to know us better and to get to know them better. This period is very good in that respect."

Watching from the sidelines, Terzic felt he had seen a "decent spell at the start of second half. We were composed on the ball and immediately on hand to win it back after we'd lost it. I liked that, but I'd been hoping to see that from the first second and until the end." (cr)