New signing Paul Seguin scored for Union in the 35th minute (stock photo) Photo: picture alliance / contrastphoto
From BZ/dpa
Union Berlin won a test match against the Czech first division club Dynamo Budweis 1-0 (1-0).
New signing Paul Seguin (35th minute) scored the winning goal for the Berlin Bundesliga club on Friday afternoon with a low shot. The game took place at the hotel complex in Neukirchen am Großvenediger in Salzburger Land. The Köpenicker are still there in the training camp until the middle of next week.
The Iron missed a higher victory in numerous opportunities. After all, coach Urs Fischer’s team did not concede a goal for the first time in the fifth test game of the current preparation. On Wednesday, the tenth in the Czech league won 1-0 against Union Bundesliga opponents FC Augsburg.
Fischer used 16 players in front of around 350 Union fans. Also in the starting XI were signings Lennart Grill, Danilho Doekhi, Seguin, Milos Pantovic and Jamie Leweling, as well as returnees Rick van Drongelen and Tymoteusz Puchacz.
Attacker Sven Michel, who had slightly injured his right foot in training on Wednesday, was not available for action on his 32nd birthday. The other Union pros not in the squad against Budweis, such as goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow, Robin Knoche, Rani Khedira, Sheraldo Becker and Jordan Siebatcheu, trained in the morning.
Most of them are likely to take part in the next test match on Saturday. At 3.15 p.m. the comparison with the Italian first division club Udinese Calcio will kick off in the Dolomitenstadion in Lienz. It is the second and last test match during the ten-day stay in Austria. On the following Saturday, Nottingham Forest comes to the Stadion an der Alten Försterei in Berlin for the season dress rehearsal.