DM: No substitutions during the small break. We are to play two times 15 minutes of extra time with Golden Goal in effect. This means that if either team score, then the match is over with the scoring team winning. GL: True. Most likely this will cause both teams to play cautiously as they know there is no hope whatsoever of fighting back if the concede. DM: Farnerud with the ball here…. Good tackle by Beloufa. Good pass to Coulibaly… he finds Bernard…on to Abiven…. Ohh…. That’s a poor pass. Musella with the interception… he plays it long… Petitfrére passes to Farnerud who finds Cappa… Cappa now moving forward with the ball… what will the Argentine technician do… he has come on as a substitute and really revived his career this season… here comes the cross….. and here’s RILL… RILL….. RILL SCORES! It’s 1-0 Siegen. What a well-timed jump and what a fantastic cross! Stephan Rill, the young midfielder has done it! He’s almost played more in Europe than in the league and now he gives Siegen the win! It’s all over! Siegen 1 Auxerre 0, the Germans win the UEFA Cup. What a triumph. GL: It is amazing. Siegen had to go through the Inter-TOTO just to get here and now they’ve won the entire thing along with the German title. Manager von Mannstein has really turned some things around since coming and is rapidly becoming a new deity to the local fans. DM: This is really an amazing story. From being a club nobody outside of Germany had ever heard of they now stand with a major trophy and the spoken ambition of winning the Champions League. Question is if they can do it. GL: They might need a player or two, but I’m confident that they have a team strong enough to make an impact. We will know in a couple of months. DM: That we will. And here, with pictures of Siegen getting the trophy, this is Gary Lineker and Dave Mitchell saying thank you and goodnight.
|