Match Review: German-Swiss All Stars vs Gaelic Lions FC

• DF Takahiro Kawabata
• MD Hamza Ben Naceur Gharfane
• ST Diyar Mailepessov
• -- Victor Walz
• -- Arnaud Houles
• -- Nico Bretzinger
• -- Joe Giani
• -- Bastian Keller
• -- Bastian Wolff
• -- Jan Wiechmann
• -- Mark Leonhardt

• DF Laurent Brutsch
• DF Marius Teich
• MD Nick Hennies
• ST Leandro Schütte

Excellent game from GSAS (after the 1:0...)

Excellent game from GAS, after totally oversleeping the first 20 minutes. Gaelic Lions started dangerous with two free kicks hitting the post, after unnecessary fouls of GAS. Best chance for Diyar with a direct shot inside box that missed the goal by just a bit. After the water break GAS started sensational, which lead to 4 goals scored by Arnaud (twice), Hamza and Basti W; MoM Nico showing his class and precision with 3 assists. The defense of Gaelic Lions was pushing far too high and had no chance against the accurate long passes and speed of the GAS offense. 2nd half was a slower game, with joker Leandro scoring twice in his first appearance - and Gaelic Lions striking the consolation goal. Thanks for the good and very fair game Gaelic Lions!

• Wilfried Lapierre DF
• Iskandar Björn Radewaldt MD
• Kazuki Sato-Brennan ST
• Matt Heslop --
• Enda Clarke --
• Neil Corrigan --
• Mike Brown --
• Rob Church --
• James Devane --
• Tadhg Lowe --
• Allan O'Donahue --

• Wilfried Lapierre DF
• Ryan McEneaney --
• Stephen Moran --
• John O'Driscoll --

WTF is going on?!

No, I am not talking about why the Lions are utter shite this season, I am talking about last week's match report getting ported into this week? I mean come on Cosmo web administration? A match report entirely in French even though we are playing the German Swiss All-Stars? It's as if one of the Cosmo website administrators plays for OG......... hmmmmmm. And what's more, it wasn't even remotely accurate as we actually conceded SIX goals as opposed to FIVE the previous week so take that! The best bit was it also tricked our league overlords and they thought I had submitted a match report on time and avoided the $50 fine! TAKE THAT GHOST OF CHALKY! Back to reality thought and the game itself. The GSAS arrived in their usual splendid brown leather trousers, a slick river of sweat pouring down each leg and onto the ground as they walked. The winds of change rustling through the leaves of Turf City which to most just sounded like leaves rustling, but not to me. Walking down the street, distant memories are buried in the past forever. But more on that later. The GSAS were at home so we did not see their new away kit, which is rumored to be all-denim this year. The game actually started well for the Lions, we created good chances down both wings and for a wee while all looked bright! We were unlucky not to go ahead with two well struck free-kicks that each hit the woodwork. I hate it when that happens. Then, during one momentary lapse of concentration for 25 minutes, the GSAS breached our defenses and scored four goal. So cool! Lions made two substitutions at the break, a tactical masterstroke as it resulted in a goal immediately. Hurrah! Again we started playing play some nice football but the defence held firm, like a large robust Rostbratwurst sausage just draped across the goal-line stopping the ball with all the gustoe of a sausage made from finely minced pork and beef and usually grilled and served with sweet German mustard and a piece of bread or hard roll. Our hands-across-the-borders blended friends scored another two goals towards the end, ending any chance the Lions had of scoring six times in a row and salvaging something in the last 5 minutes. Congratulations to the GSAS, on a well deserved win. It's also notably harder to mix German AND Swiss jokes in to the same match report so this one, granted heavily favoring jokes aimed at our German friends shall take a back seat for the reverse fixture where all of the jokes will be Swiss in nature, so buckle up for a laugh-a-minute report next time we get heavily mauled by these fine, fine men. Bis Zum Nächsten Mal!