Uttigteiger 2 - 4 Mxc (384992936)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Stade de Beurnevésin saw a crowd turnout of 26083. Norbert 'The Coach' Veurink was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jaak Hint and Erik Lysdal. Uttigteiger decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Devinsu - Green, de Hondt - Lauridsen, Peters, Matri, Ghezal, Schmitz - García, van Eupen, Zioni.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Mxc. The following players took the field: Hänggli - Calmy-Rey, Matty, Bukowski - Meixner, Löw, Bunka, Russenberger, Prouteau - Stamatakis, Kotte.

Mxc tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Uttigteiger fans held their breath as M. Zioni scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! The visiting team's V. Stamatakis was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 19 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. Mxc's R. Hänggli had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 25 minutes having been played. W. Samek was the replacement. With 35 minutes played, G. Green of Uttigteiger fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Mxc had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 41 minutes allowed R. Russenberger to score for Mxc. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2. A penalty was awarded after 42 minutes, and R. Russenberger made the most of his chance to put Mxc up by another goal. 1 - 3 for the visitors. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Uttigteiger, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

With 46 minutes played, the Uttigteiger coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Chapon came on, R. van Eupen had to leave the fray. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by L. Kotte. At last, Mxc's M. Calmy-Rey was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Mxc were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. At 68 minutes into the game, Uttigteiger's Y. Peters deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 2 - 4. 68 minutes into the match, L. Kotte came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Uttigteiger's C. Schmitz found himself alone on the left side 69 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! Uttigteiger's A. Chapon was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 73 minutes. After 75 minutes, Uttigteiger switched C. Schmitz with J. Klee, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The home crowd cheered when, after 79 minutes, T. Löw's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The crowd groaned when V. Matri, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Uttigteiger. Uttigteiger enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

V. Matri performed admirably for Uttigteiger. However, A. Devinsu made a disastrous appearance. Most important Mxc player was L. Kotte. V. Stamatakis was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.