Jürgen Kohler celebrated his first home match as coach of the German U 21 with a smashing 4:1 defeat of Holland. Kevin Kuranyi of VfB Stuttgart scored the first goal after 12 minutes. 3000 spectators at Aachen's Tivoli stadium saw Kuranyi scoring again just 4 minutes later. A volley shoot of Guiseppe Gemiti, a midfielder of Udinese Calcio gave Germany a 3:0 lead after 39 minutes, but Arjen Robben of PSV Eindhoven was able to score for the Dutch just one minute later. Thomas Hitzlsperger of Aston Villa scored a beautiful goal with a shot from 18 meters distance (44.) to clear the result to 4:1 at half time. The goalless second half time was out highlights so that the 4:1. Björn Schlicke of Greuther Fürth played a souvereign match as a Central Defender. Schlicke earned his fourth cap for the German U 21.