Rot-Weiss Essen is under pressure on Friday evening at Borussia Dortmund II. RWE will go into the match with this eleven.
Two heavy defeats in a row, suspension of the captain. No question, Rot-Weiss Essen would like to write other headlines on Friday evening (7 pm, RS ticker) away against Borussia Dortmund II. Sporting and positive ones.
To ensure that this succeeds, RWE coach Christoph Dabrowski has changed his team in four positions compared to the 0:5 ignominy against SC Verl. Partly out of necessity.
For Felix Bastians, who was released during the week, Mustafa Kourouma moves into central defense. The captain’s armband is taken by Vinko Sapina, who has cured his neck injury. He starts in midfield for Björn Rother, who has to serve the first of his three-game suspension. Eric Voufack starts at right-back – Andreas Wiegel has to miss out due to thigh problems. For the first time, Leonardo Vonic will start from the beginning. He starts at forward.
Dabrowski will also have to do without Felix Götze (abdominal muscle strain), Fabian Rüth (cruciate ligament tear), Ekin Celebi (groin problems) and Thomas Eisfeld (syndesmosis ligament tear) at Signal-Iduna-Park.
BVB II makes two changes to the starting eleven after the 2-2 draw against Arminia Bielefeld. Guillermo Bueno López replaces Hendry Blank in defense, Rodney Elongo-Yombo starts for Paul-Philipp Besong in attack.
This is what the coaches said before the game.
BVB II coach Jan Zimmermann expects a “two-fight intensive game” from “motivated” Essen players. He is not interested in the turbulent weeks of the opponent: “We had it similar in Bielefeld that the opponent had a few problems of their own. Of course, we try to prepare ourselves as best we can, but we are primarily concerned with our own routines. After all, it’s also a derby of sorts and they certainly want to redeem themselves a bit for the last two games.”
RWE coach Christoph Dabrowski: “There are no easy tasks in the 3rd division, we have seen that. Dortmund is a young, up-and-coming team that has already picked up its points in the season. They have a lot of pace on offense and a good switching game. It’s a challenge for us, but I’m convinced that the team will put everything into it and play a good game. We’re confident of that. “