On Thursday, the Lebanon and Australia completed a lackluster friendly match. Highlight of the evening was a power failure of the game for ten minutes to the succumb brought.

Thursday evening, September. Place Saida, Lebanon. Today, the Lebanese national team playing a pre-season game against the "Socceroos" from Australia. It is not an unknown opponent. in 2006, she made it to the knockout stage of the World Cup and were superior to the weak auftretenden Italians. From an unjustified penalty, the Italians were then still in the quarter-finals schummelten. The rest is history. Football is not fair.

At least fair, it should be today. 7000 Fans have gathered at the Rafik Hariri Stadium. In a football backdrop: The stadium is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea. In the short run, the game was moved from Beirut to Saida, the lawn should supposedly be infected by a virus. Only for 22600 fans is half as much as in the Beirut's main stadium in Saida. This is sufficient for the game against Australia. The tickets cost between 2.50 and 7.50 euros. The army provided security from outside, kept up but also while playing mainly at the gates. The Lebanese fans have brought equal to the Beirut to Saida road noise from the capital. Dozens Stadium cans horns provide a loud backdrop. Who needs there sold out ranks. The soccer mood in the country is already for a year on the rise. The country makes hopes for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil to qualify. For the first time in the history of the small country of Lebanon for the fourth and decisive round qualifies. But to May to Brazil, have produced some victories. Nor are they a point last in their group. On Tuesday, a regional soccer heavyweight for the next qualifier in the country comes with the Iran. The friendlies against the internationally experienced "Socceroos" is therefore a welcome test.

Dodo sitting hurt on the bench

20:45 - Kick-off. Theo Bücker uses the game to try out in the lineup. Youssef Mohamed had to remain on the bench. He injured the foot during training two days earlier. For him, Hassan Mazher ran up in defense. With the 17-year old striker Philip Paoli, he ventured another innovation on the course only in the later stages of the game.

Lebanon starts moving. The men of the German coach Theo Bücker begin to combine. Try from the midfield to build pressure against the Australians. In the first few minutes, you get hardly close to the penalty area. At the same time manage to put the Australian accents, they appear several times before goalkeeper Abbas Hassan.

Suddenly, you hear a loud muffled bang. The shining Scheinwerferlich is matt. Half of the station lighting is away in one fell swoop. The country produces only two thirds of its required electricity. The electricity is turned off at regular intervals in all parts of the country. Who can derive, has a generator. Lebanese are used to power outages. The referee does not. He interrupts the game, hoping for full lighting. The opposite happens. Total failure. The stadium with the Lebanese and australienschen Nationalsmannschaft, as well as the 7,000 fans descends into complete insanity. "Welcome to Lebanon!"