Gomez stars as Germany hand UAE 7-2 trashing

STAR STRIKER: Mario Lopez scored four against the UAE in a 7-2 victory. (AFP)

Mario Gomez inspired Germany to a thumping 7-2 victory over UAE in Dubai on Tuesday night in an international friendly with a four goal haul for his first international goals in 14 months.

The four goals from the new record 30million euros Bayern Munich signing - who had a disastrous Euro 2008 finals after going into it hailed as the man to watch for Germany - allowed the Germans to end their much criticised mini Asian tour with a resounding victory.

They had been held 1-1 by China in Shanghai last Friday.

Initially it looked as if the Germans - who went on the tour without regulars such as Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings - would also struggle in this match against a side ranked a lowly 120th in the FIFA world rankings.

Manuel Neuer had shown two moments of great solo class on his debut but with no reward for it and the Germans had to wait till the 29th minute to open the score with defender Heiko Westermann hitting the back of the net.

From then on, though, the Emirates collapsed and the Germans were 4-0 up by half-time as Gomez grabbed two of his goals and winger Piotr Trochowski also scored.

Gomez - who hadn't scored for the national side in 15 appearances since March 28 last year - rounded off the victory with two more goals in the second-half with the other German goal an own goal.

The Euro 2008 finalists next international rendezvous is a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku on August 12 - the Germans presently lead their group by four points ahead of Euro 2008 semi-finalists Russia, though the Russians have a game in hand.

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Germany television
Posted by ZeTallGerman, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Thursday 4 June 2009 at 08:37 UAE time


Well, I watched some of the match again the next day online (on German TV channel's website) and the commentators had quite rightly pointed out that "it's amazing how a city with air-conditioned bus shelters and a 7 star hotel cannot manage to get a CD player working for long enough to play both national anthems."
The anthems weren't played before the match... we just started singing our anthem spontaneously... quite embarassing for Dubai that night...

Wow, a real match
Posted by Mark Flap on Wednesday 3 June 2009 at 17:30 UAE time


Interesting...normally when a big name team visits the UAE they are kind enough not to score until the last 15 minutes (or maybe it's in the contract?). Normally you see the likes of AC Milan passing the ball between themselves and looking bored until the 75th minute when they actually start taking shots on goal.

Wooopeeeh!
Posted by ZeTallGerman, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday 3 June 2009 at 08:17 UAE time

A very entertaining match and a great atmosphere last night by the overwhelming number of Germany fans in the stadium... we had a great time! And the tickets were extremely cheap :-)

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