In a friendly match that ended on Saturday, Borussia Dortmund was reversed 1-2 by third-division team Düsseldorf. Yellow and Black coach Kovač spoke to the media after the game.

As the national team players who participated in the World Cup have not yet returned to training, Kovač fielded many young academy players in this match. Kovač said: "Today we found that the pace of training in the second week has accelerated, and the players' legs felt very heavy. The first half performance was acceptable, but the endurance in the second half did not reach the level I expected. However, we don't want to over-interpret this. We fielded a very young team, everyone gave their best, but it just wasn't enough to win."

"Of course, we still have a lot of areas to improve. But these young lads have only trained with us for two weeks, so I won't over-interpret this defeat; they tried their best."

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