Gennaro Gattuso Makes His Sweet Debut With Valencia, Borussia Dortmund Is Crushed 3-1

JAKARTA - Gennaro Gattuso made a sweet debut as Valencia coach. He successfully gave victory to his team in the pre-season test match against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, July 19 early morning of GMT+7 (Western Indonesian Time or WIB).

Valencia's duel against Dortmund took place at the Schnabelholz Stadium, Austria. El Che managed to silence Die Borussen with a landslide score of 3-1.

Borussia Dortmund had some good chances early in the game. However, Valencia took the lead when Castillejo provided an assist from the right and it was finished with Gonçalo Guedes' deflected shot in the 40th minute.

Marco Reus then converted a penalty to equalize in the 51st minute after Jamie Bynoe-Gittens had been brought down in the box. Valencia then rose with goals from Marcos Andre in the 58th minute and Guedes in the 62nd minute.

"We feel we played well. We did what we have been doing all week. We see a very good Valencia out there with very great players," said Valencia's Samu Castillejo.

This defeat made Die Borussen's record in pre-season immediately tarnished. They lost for the first time after always picking wins in previous matches.

Dortmund has always won in pre-season matches against Lunar SV, Dresden, and Verl. Edin Terzic's squad even won 2-0 over Dresden and crushed Luner with a score of 3-1.

In addition to the slick pre-season record ending, this defeat was also a bitter gift for a number of new Dortmund players who had just debuted. Among them Nicklas Sule, Karim Adeyemi, and Nico Schlotterbeck.

In this match, Terzic gave his debut for Schlotterbeck who played from the first minute. Meanwhile, Sule, who had just been brought in from Bayern Munich, was introduced to the field as a substitute.