jomong 0 - 9 Briddel (388887673)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at Bidaran for the match. Giuliano Focardi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sylvester Kilbride and Floriano Marighetti. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Lëtzebuerg derby and the crowd was divided evenly. jomong tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Eilenbecker - Frommen, Le Saux, Combot, Colas - Entringer, Kinnen, Rabiller, Schuller - Clemens, Bichler.

Briddel started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Frank - Renoud, Yvars, Łomża - Hensel, Audry, Glod, Kraemer, Baustert - Hensgen, Briand.

The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 9 minutes. Briddel's E. Hensgen kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. With 23 minutes played, Briddel put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was H. Yvars. After 25 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed T. Briand to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. With 30 minutes played, E. Hensgen nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. With 36 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed T. Briand of Briddel to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Briddel lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Briddel enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

Briddel increased their lead after 47 minutes when F. Łomża broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. R. Hensel increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. L. Audry was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Briddel's T. Baustert managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 0 - 7 A drive down the left side allowed L. Audry to get in close and score another goal for Briddel after 58 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 8. The home crowd was not impressed when H. Yvars came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 75 minutes. Briddel were now up 0 - 9. Briddel had most of the ball, with 75 percent of possession.

The most dominating jomong player was without a doubt C. Entringer. G. Le Saux on the other hand, had a terrible day. Briddel's best player was E. Hensgen. N. Kraemer was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 9.