Pre-Season Test match: SCB Viktoria Cologne vs Borussia Dortmund

There was a test match before the start of the new season yesterday. Borussia Dortmund payed a visit to 5th division team SCB Viktoria Cologne. Lots of those matches take place in the pre-season, as I might call it. Most of them are just show offs for smaller clubs, the big shots of the 1st division Bundesliga don't always play with their best team, but it is a chance to get to see your favourite every once in a while.

The stadium where this match took place is located in a park like area in Cologne which makes it very nice to go there. The weather was fine and so my father and me were looking forward to a nice game. Being from Dortmund my father always was a fan of Borussia and I tagged along when I was a child. Since then I don't really care about Cologne's big club 1.FC Cologne. I've never watched a match of the BVB before, so I was very curious about what to expect.

We arrived there early and got tickets for the main part of the stadium. We sat down at one end of the pitch, located perfectly to see all the goals of Dortmund in the first half. They started with Weidenfeller in the goal, Kringe, Brzenska, Amedick and Buckley in defense. Midfield was Aleksandrov, Federico and Petric and Valdez and Smolarek played up front. Borussia got ahead quickly 2-0 but then found themselves fooled by Viktoria striker Jonas Wendt, who scored after playing around Brzenska and then lifting the ball over the surprised Weidenfeller. From the on the BVB took over and scored goal after goal. Only Valdez didn't seem to be in the mood since he left out a lot of clear chances. If he plays on like that he won't be in the first team for a long time.

After the break Borussia made some changes and so a few young players got the chance to prove themselves with the big ones. One of them was Marco Rummenigge, son of former Borussia midfielder Michael Rummenigge who was part of the team that won the DFB-Pokal in 1989. He played really well and looked a lot like his father back in the days. Another youngster is Christopher Nöthe, who scored once and had his moments during his few minutes of play.

The absolute highlight came during halftime though. A young german singer called Diana Sorbello entertained the crowd with some of her songs. Or should I say "tried to entertain"? To be honest this was awkward. Full playback songs with some football content (e.g. a cover version of the 1974 World Cup song "Fußball ist unser Leben" (Football is our life) and some other hilarious tunes). The poor girl was walking up and down in front of the fans, trying to get at least something like a response, but somehow noone seemed interested. When I searched for her homepage (which can be found HERE) I was surprised to read that she has a university degree and is even trying to get an even higher degree at the moment. I will never understand why they play such music at football matches...