Rasensport 2 - 0 Colombia (384879944)

70000 spectators had come to Meltingpot this cloudy day. Sharif Shirazisiddiq was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hernán Del Rio and Peter Storm Jensen. Rasensport decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Crespy - Ibn-Chamid, Kurk, Mechenov - Jaskulski, Isoz, Serdil, Plata, Bruun - Imgrüth, Jakobsen.

Colombia started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Pareja - Burian, Stazić, Langagergaard, Slump - Grassia, Mazza, Mikuta, Rabajda - Kalkman, Carranza.

Colombia clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to O. Serdil, but the Rasensport player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! F. Grassia almost seemed to dance around S. Plata, his movements were so smooth. Unfortunately for Colombia, his finish ended up on the wrong side of the post. Rasensport's V. Mechenov swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. After 27 minutes, a counter attack by Colombia was converted into a decent free kick opportunity. However, the indirect free kick routine was easily anticipated by the defenders. A textbook example of how to defend a free kick - the attackers were left with few viable options. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Rasensport claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

J. Langagergaard made a run for the goal 49 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. H. Imgrüth squirmed through their central defence after 54 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Rasensport lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Rasensport put in a good effort on the right, but A. Jaskulski saw his volley fly wide of the mark 64 minutes into the game. P. Isoz unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Rasensport coach let G. Barkó replace R. Kurk after 80 minutes. V. Mechenov wanted to play on, but the Rasensport coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by Q. Abu-Khaleel. The cannonball from 35 metres by G. Barkó of Rasensport was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. Colombia's A. Mazza was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Rasensport's A. Jaskulski went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. After 85 minutes, Colombia switched M. Mikuta with H. Schmidt von Altenstadt, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The coach of Rasensport was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, G. Roncisvalle came on for O. Ibn-Chamid. With 89 minutes played, the Colombia coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Velamore came on, J. Rabajda had to leave the fray. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Colombia's J. Carranza was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 89 minutes. D. D'Angelo was given a chance to change things around. Possession in this half belonged to Rasensport, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

H. Imgrüth performed admirably for Rasensport. G. Roncisvalle was a disappointment, however. Most important Colombia player was F. Kalkman. A. Velamore on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.