Thomas Tuchel says that Saturday's friendly win over Juventus proves that Borussia Dortmund are heading in the right direction.
BVB failed to qualify for this season's Champions League after finishing seventh in the Bundesliga last term, with a strong conclusion to the campaign unable to make up for a dismal start.
Jurgen Klopp stood down as coach at the end of 2014-15 and was promptly replaced at the helm by Tuchel.
Dortmund have enjoyed an encouraging pre-season campaign under their new boss and he believes that they have taken another significant step forward with their 2-0 victory over Italian champions Juve, which came courtesy of goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus.
"I am very, very pleased with the way we played," he told reporters. "We made great progress and played with a lot of courage today.
"The way we played so compact was pretty much exactly how we want to play.
"We have only achieved a minor aim but we are on our way."
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan was just as enthused by the way in which BVB hassled and harried last season's Champions League runners-up into submission.
"You can be very satisfied with a 2-0 win against Juventus," the Germany international added.
"Especially with the way we won the ball back and pressured Juve.
"We created so many chances and we took them brilliantly."
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