BVB U23’s new boss: I won’t pretend to be someone I’m not | OneFootball

The announcement was explosive when it was revealed that coach Mike Tullberg will leave the BVB U23 team. Borussia Dortmund will even receive a seven-figure compensation for the young coach, who had also temporarily coached the professionals in the previous season. His successor knows the U23 team well but is considered to have a completely different temperament than the departing Dane.

With FC Midtjylland, Mike Tullberg will now play not only in the Danish league but also in European competitions. His new club has just successfully qualified for the Europa League. It is more than understandable that Mike Tullberg did not want to miss this possibly unique opportunity to work at a very high level in professional football. FC Midtjylland is reportedly paying more than a million euros to BVB to buy Tullberg out of his current contract.

Yesterday, Tullberg coached the U23 team for the last time, suffering a 1-2 defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach's U23. At his side yesterday, as for years, was assistant coach Daniel Rios, who is now being promoted to Mike Tullberg's successor without much ado. Since 2016, the native of Dortmund has been an assistant coach for various BVB teams below the professional level, and now he is being promoted to head coach.

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Daniel Rios, five years as Mike Tullberg's assistant

Reviersport listened to what Daniel Rios had to say about his new role. First of all, he is very excited to have this opportunity to be the head of the BVB U23 team. He wants to "carry forward the energy" that his predecessor Tullberg exuded.

However, according to Reviersport, Rios is a different type than his predecessor. While Tullberg often appeared emotional and impulsive, Rios is considered factual and analytical. And he intends to keep it that way, as he informed the public. "I am Daniel Rios. I will do it the way I think is right. I don't want to pretend."

Rios also values the fact that he is from Dortmund and knows what the club is about, although it remains unspecified what this means in detail. However, Rios plans to change little to nothing in the playing style that Mike Tullberg preferred. The current record of the BVB U23 in the Regionalliga West of 2-2-2 is not overly positive.

At least Rios now has some time to get to know his new role, as the next competitive match for Borussia Dortmund's U23 is not for another two weeks. Then BVB will play against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen – with Daniel Rios as the new head coach on the sidelines.

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