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Over the next two years the 20 year old midfielder moved his way up through the U-19s, eventually signing his first professional contract, and joining Union’s squad for the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League. For the second half of last season, the right-footed Schneider was loaned to Kuopion PS in Finland, where he made a total of four appearances (one of which for the 2nd team.) An injury during his time there prevented more playing time.

The 19-year-old started against Bournemouth in midfield,

Like the day before, players from the U23s and the U19s made up the numbers in training – the internationals are only set to return to Dortmund in mid-July. Felix Nmecha, who was signed at the start of the week, also could not take part in team training. “He came into pre-season carrying an ankle injury from last season. That will definitely last a few more days,” said Sebastian Kehl. The sporting director is hoping that Nmecha will be back on the pitch with his new team-mates next week. “He’s already running individually and working intensively.”

Any number games in the tactical formations are of secondary importance for Tuchel — he has played everything from 3-4-3 to 4-1-4-1 in his career and also bases his choice of staggering on his strengths and weaknesses of his players.

RBL head coach Marco Rose, Emil Forsberg and Yussuf Poulsen talk about the emotional 3-1 win over Hoffenheim

Reaction is both demanded and encouraged

His behaviour was heavily compared with that of Martin Keown, who was famously enthusiastic during an altercation with Ruud van Nistelrooy.

During his vacation, Marco Reus decided to step down as captain after five years in the role. He subsequently informed the Borussia Dortmund management of his decision. “I think it’s a sign of greatness. The fact we’re transferring leadership is in all of our interests,” said Sebastien Kehl on Friday. But the sporting director will continue to hold the former captain accountable: “Marco will nonetheless retain responsibility. He was captain for many years; he’s an unbelievably important player for Borussia Dortmund and has produced great performances. He’ll also want to build on that again this year.” 

Ermedin Demirović: “We played well for the whole 90 minutes today. We wanted to give all the fans in the stadium an early Christmas present and managed that with the point. It was a really open game and there were lots of chances for both sides. A draw is a fair result in the end, even though it felt like we could have won after creating so many opportunities against a top team.”