VfB beat Sion in friendly

After an uneventful first half in an attacking sense, Wataru Endo and Silas combined to release Guirassy down the right channel and the forward finished coolly to make it 1-0 (46’). VfB doubled their lead nine minutes later, Nartey converting from inside the area after fine link-up play between Tiago Tomas and Guirassy.

Kastanaras completes scoring

Bruno Labbadia’s team weren’t tested much defensively against the Swiss top-flight side but continued to cause their opponents problems in the final third. That said, Sion almost pulled a goal back 14 minutes from time but Nartey was able to scramble Filip Stojilkovic’s effort off the line. Kastanaras then made it 3-0 shortly before the final whistle, finishing off a flowing counterattack involving Naouirou Ahamada and Juan Perea.

“We’ll be back in Bundesliga action in a fortnight and we wanted to approach this game accordingly,” said Labbadia, who wasn’t entirely satisfied with his players’ on-pitch communication and decisiveness in attack but was pleased with VfB’s overall display. “The goals were very well-worked, and the result and clean sheet were good too because we need a sense of achievement in this period. With the goals in particular, you could see what we want to do.”