News summary
Dortmund's under-21s went behind to a Jose Sani header inside five minutes at Motspur Park, then took their opponents apart. It finished 4-1.
Mathis Albert set up Fadi Zarqelain for the equaliser, then curled one in himself from distance. Jesper Verlaat headed in the third from a Takato Yamamoto corner.
Lerma made it four soon after, then pulled up holding his right thigh. He came off six minutes later.
Rios called it a deserved win from a side that "controlled the match for 90 minutes". Luca Reggiani played the whole night at centre-back, an audition that could shape his next move.
Most of the senior squad had dinner at an Italian restaurant in Hombruch on Wednesday. The coaching staff were not invited.
Nico Schlotterbeck arrived at the restaurant early despite his injury, though nobody made an entrance like Julian Ryerson at the wheel of an old Mercedes convertible.
Gregor Kobel got there late from a club talk show in Lünen. "Our team evenings are not as exciting as the ones at a lot of other clubs," Kobel said.
The Champions League draw is in Monaco this evening. Dortmund go in from pot two.
Bayern Munich are in pot one but cannot be drawn against Dortmund, because no German club faces another. Eight opponents follow, four home and four away.
Transfer news
Héctor Fort has chosen Real Sociedad. Dortmund sent people to Barcelona to argue their case, though the promise of minutes settled it in San Sebastián.
Transfermarkt puts Fort at ten million euros. Barcelona have settled for around €8m.
A 50 percent sell-on clause goes with him to San Sebastián, though Barcelona also kept a buyback set at twenty million.
Julian Ryerson is the only senior right-back left at Brackel.
The window shuts on Monday.
Next up
The league starts on Saturday evening, when Hamburger SV come to Signal Iduna Park. Dortmund have not lost in seven meetings against them.
Their last win here came in October 2014.
Only one opening day has gone against Dortmund since Jürgen Klopp left.
BVB Buzz opinion
Three right-backs have now said no to Dortmund inside one window.
Sky Germany named the shortlist last week. Josh Acheampong stayed at Chelsea because the clubs never agreed on a loan.
The shortlist also had Marcus Pedersen on it, though he already queues behind Ryerson for Norway.
Only Fort actually wanted the move.
Four of this summer's arrivals were 18 or younger, but a right-back was not among them.
Lars Ricken has spent the summer selling a youth-first plan and there is plenty to like in it. A specialist position still sits empty.
Kovac has four days left in the window to do something about the right side. Dortmund open in Europe in under a fortnight.
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