Overview

• U21 coach Antonio Di Salvo named Ilyas Ansah for the first time and again selected Aljoscha Kemlein and Tom Rothe for the European Championship qualifying opener.
• Baumgart said the nominations show the club’s environment yields talent and reflect a marked improvement in youth development at Union.
• He described Kemlein and Rothe’s inclusion as unsurprising, while Ansah’s call-up pleased him given the forward had been on the national radar since last year.
• Ansah scored a spectacular brace on his Bundesliga debut against Stuttgart last weekend and has remained calm in training, according to Baumgart.
• The remarks were made before Union’s league visit to Borussia Dortmund on Sunday, scheduled for 17:30 on DAZN.