13 October 2012
Mamer 0-3 Rosport
GK: Oster
D: Scholes, Loose, Heinz, Bernard
M: Rakic, Wittek, Leweck, Ferreira
ST: Bozic, Schiltz
It's hard to imagine how a side like Mondorf could frustrate us so completely, only to have us turn around the next week and control a match against a much better Mamer club. It took us 41 minutes to put one in, but after we did, we were off and running again. Then again, as you'll read in a minute, Mondorf might be tougher than any of us thought.
Both clubs were missing a player due to international commitments. In Mamer's case, the player was Naby Twimumu, a full Congo international who stands with Laurent Schiltz at the top of the list of the league's most lethal strikers so far this season. Not having to face Twimumu made our job much, much easier; we played without Christophe Pazos, who was exhausted after a U21 match, and we got about 50 very good minutes out of Billy Bernard.
Anton Bozic slotted home a nice pass from Andy Razic for our first goal, and Bernard set up Schiltz for the second. The third came via penalty, when Dan Di Carlo cut Alphonse Leweck's feet out from under him and Carlos Ferreira stepped to the spot and beat the keeper.
Only 90 people came out to watch the match, which was a shame, considering it was a battle for the top of the table. For now, the spot is ours. Mamer fell to third, because Rumelange drew with the new tough kid on the block, US Mondorf.
Mamer's town hall is a castle, built in 1830 on a site where a castle was first built almost a century earlier.