Borussia Dortmund's penultimate pre-season friendly ended in defeat against Villarreal in Austria after goals in either half from Gerard Moreno and Samuel Chukwueze.

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Dortmund: Meyer – Süle, Hummels, Schlotterbeck – Meunier, Bellingham, Brandt, Guerreiro – Malen, Adeyemi, Reus (c)
Subs: Lotka, Morey, Hazard, Wolf, Moukoko, Passlack, Kamara, Bynoe-Gittens, Coulibaly, Fink
Out: Haller (medical), Özcan (knock), Reyna (match fitness)
Coach: Edin Terzic

Villarreal: Rulli - Foyth, Mandi, Torres, Estupinan - Yeremy, Parejo, Coquelin, Baena - Moreno, Danjuma
Subs: Reina, Gianni, Morlanes, Albiol, Capoue, Iborra, Chukwueze, Trigueros, Dia, Jackson, Morales, Pedraza, Cuenca, Dela
Out: -
Coach: Unai Emery

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New Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic has promised to ease Reyna back to action following the 19-year-old's injury-hit campaign in 2021/22, so there's no sign of him in his side's fifth-pre-season test. The Villarreal game is Dortmund's second friendly of the week in Altach against Spanish opposition, with Marco Reus getting a consolation goal in Monday's 3-1 loss against Valencia. The club have been rocked by the news that new striker Sebastien Haller is set for a spell for a sidelines through illness, with Terzic since revealing that he was informed of the setback just before their last game. Football was difficult to concentrate on as a result, but the Dortmund coach nonetheless said his team had taken "a lot of lessons" from the Valencia encounter. Villarreal will represent a similar challenge, so summer signings Nico Schlotterbeck and Karim Adeyemi get further chances to integrate after their first outing for Dortmund on Monday.

UEFA Europa League winners in 2020/21 and UEFA Champions League semi-finalists last season, Villarreal got their first win of pre-season against PSV Eindhoven last week. Unai Emery's team, who finished seventh in Spain last term, won 2-1 thanks to goals from youngsters Yeremy Pino and Nicolas Jackson. There's a familiar face in their squad in the form of forward Paco Alcacer, who moved from Dortmund to Villarreal two years ago, but Danjuma was their top goalscorer last season with 16 in all competitions. The Dutch attacker starts in attack again with wily Spain international Gerard Moreno, while the Yellow Submarine should be strong at the back with the likes of the rugged Raul Albiol and Pau Torres. Villarreal have also recently added 39-year-old former Bayern Munich goalkeeper Pepe Reina to their ranks.

Watch: Highlights of Dortmund-Valencia

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• Reyna got two goals and one assist in 10 Bundesliga matches last season but missed over 30 matches through injury.
• Reus is Dortmund's leading goalscorer in pre-season so far with three. Youssoufa Moukoko and summer signing Prince Aning both have two.
• This is BVB's final friendly before competitive action begins with a trip to third-tier 1860 Munich in the DFB Cup on 29 July.
• One of Danjuma's six Champions League goals in 2021/22 came in a win over Bayern in the quarter-finals.
• Alcacer got 26 goals in 47 appearances in all competitions for Dortmund from summer 2018 to January 2020, including 18 in 26 matches during the 2018/19 Bundesliga season.
• New Villarreal goalkeeper Reina played three Bundesliga matches for Bayern Munich in the 2014/15 campaign during his one season in Germany.