kickers 1 - 8 lauw (393671543)

1166 spectators had come to Abu Simbels Great Temple of Ramses II this cloudy day. Karlo Juravić was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marceli Moczarski and Fernando Erb. kickers started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Brassac - Coelingh, Majkrzak, Berg - Dam, Tricard, van Thiel, Haj-Shadi, Aflaki - Fuchs, Petersen.

lauw decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Maione - Bijkerk, Zagarov, Scott - Vázquez, Escolar, Struikman, Żniwierski, Chiarello - Montiel, Steinbrecher.

lauw's L. Montiel gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 9 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The home keeper was stunned 20 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by Z. Żniwierski and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 2. The players of lauw now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 31 minutes into the game, lauw's A. Scott surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to M. Steinbrecher who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 3. M. Zagarov received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 37 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The lauw fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. kickers refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, F. Haj-Shadi managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 4. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to lauw, who controlled the ball 84 percent of the time.

After 49 minutes, lauw's L. Montiel burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 5. The visitors added to their lead 68 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by lauw's Z. Żniwierski slid just past the home keeper. 1 - 6. M. Zagarov was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, lauw's P. Vázquez managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 7 After 76 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for L. Montiel who increased lauw's lead to 1 - 8. By then L. Montiel had scored three goals - a hat trick! Z. Żniwierski was, after 77 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper J. Brassac made the save. lauw enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 86 percent of possession.

S. Petersen performed admirably for kickers. On the other hand, Z. Majkrzak's play was disheartening. The most dominating lauw player was without a doubt P. Vázquez. However, G. Chiarello made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 8.