Lietsch 5 - 1 Colombia (384879936)

It had rained all day, but 47022 hardy fans still made it out to The bloody pot and beer fort. Robert Fackelmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jeremy Dorenberg and Paul Justice. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Lietsch. They fielded: Stähli - Herbaut, Hamiti, Dervos - Cho, Muhavi, von Atzingen, Immig, Venemans - Curado, Wydenkeller.

Colombia tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Pareja - Burian, Stazić, Mazza, van Teijens - Rabajda, Mikuta, Schmidt von Altenstadt, Grassia - Kalkman, D'Angelo.

Colombia clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. With 2 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as S. Muhavi flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. F. Kalkman knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 1 after 26 minutes. 28 minutes into the game, Lietsch's P. Immig surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to O. Curado who easily found the back of the net, making the score 2 - 1. Lietsch managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when C. Wydenkeller cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. O. Curado wanted to play on, but the Lietsch coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 30 minutes into the game by R. Etter. The referee showed Lietsch's G. Hamiti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A. Mazza was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Colombia's P. Zirck had to come off the bench. 37 minutes into the game, Colombia seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Lietsch claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Colombia had solid organisation. It was a bad day for the usually speedy S. Venemans. The mud seemed to slow him down. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Lietsch to 4 - 1 as G. Hamiti finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Confident in their lead, Lietsch's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. F. Kalkman had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Lietsch scored another to make it 5 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for G. Hamiti after 81 minutes. Lietsch enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

Lietsch's top performer was clearly S. Muhavi. On the other hand, A. von Atzingen's play was disheartening. Most important Colombia player was F. Kalkman. P. Zirck turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 1.