22 September 2012
US Sandweiler 0-4 Rosport
GK: Hartert
D: Scholer, Heinz, Loose, Bernard
M: Rakic, Pazos, Leweck, Ferreira
ST: Bozic, Schiltz
We got our mojo back at Sandweiler, looking much more like the side who turned out against Alliance Äischdall than the one who traveled to Hesperange last week. Our free-flowing passing game returned, and with it came the goals.
Schiltz got it started with a well-placed strike off a nice pass from Leweck. Bozic had a brace, featuring the best goal of his Rosport career to date. He directed a beautiful long ball from Bernard into the top left corner of the net with a powerful header. Pazos, who was still fuming about the missed penalty last week, redeemed himself by firing in a direct free kick that beat the keeper high to the right side.
Bozic (9.1) was chosen Man of the Match, but it could have easily gone to Bernard (8.9), who laid on both of Anton's goals with precise long passes from the right wing. Leweck (8.8) and Loose (8.7) also had terrific evenings.
Kevin Hartert made his first appearance in goal tonight and kept a clean sheet. I hadn't wanted to sit Jeff Oster down while his streak of goal-less matches was still intact, but I wanted to give Hartert and opportunity--and he made good.
The Luxembourg American Memorial and Cemetery is located very close to the town of Sandweiler. About 5,000 Americans who died in the Battle of the Bulge are interred there, and the grave of General George S. Patton lies between the flagpoles. Patton commanded American troops at the Battle of the Bulge. He wasn't killed there--he died soon after the war ended--but he requested to be "buried with his men."
There is also a German military cemetery nearby, where almost 11,000 are buried.