It was like a little déjà vu. Thankful but a little embittered the Cream Team Cologne received the Bronze medal for their 3rd place in the soccer division 1. It reminded a lot of July, 10 2010 when the national team of Germany received the Bronze medal. Like the national soccer players, the Cream Team Cologne had dreamed of higher goals. “We are satisfied and were even happy about the 5:0 in the match for the 3rd place. But it was our goal to win the tournament,” says Cream Team player Anwar Jaziri. Two years ago the Cologne soccer players lost against the Stonewall Lions during the Eurogames and planned a return match for this year. In the semi-final they failed against the FC United who with it made it to the final of the Gay Games tournament. “FC United scored to lucky goals and I missed a penalty. We dominated the match for a long time, United was the lucky one in the end, “tells Jaziri.
While the German soccer players were still angry, the FC United had to play against the Stonewall Lions in the final. Those showed not only a better soccer during the first half time but had also a lot more chances to score than the players in the white tricots from FC United. The more surprising was the first goal of the games which brought the lead to the players of FC United.
A little bit of the flair of the 1. FC Cologne was spread by the stadium speaker Michael Trippel who changed his working place at the RheinEnergieStadium for the one at NetCologneStadium. As a volunteer he commented the women´s final as well as the two men´s finals of the Gay Games though he had to go back to his soccer club 1. FC Cologne short after the end of the last game. “Be part of it” also is valid for the FC of course.
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