drachtster 7 - 4 Panters (392467719)

Dark skies made the crowd of 27741 at drachtster girls Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Alex Maier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Korey Ray and Tommi Saaristola. drachtster tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Launila - Orenstål, Aydolun, Ruelle, Unterbuchner - 岸田 (Kishida), Ineichen, Łubkowski, Barbu, Vercauteren - Biró.

Panters started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: van der Meulen - Özarı, Eitorf, Leclercq, Wied - Benco, Matić, Milanesi, Simkó - Buursink, Presse.

A questionable penalty 14 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as B. Vercauteren knocked the ball home. 21 minutes into the game, Panters seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 32 minutes in, Panters appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. drachtster enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Panters had solid organisation. The unexpected cross pass from Panters's A. Presse after 61 minutes opened up the defence and was received by W. Benco who finished off for 1 - 1. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by B. Matić. At last, Panters's T. Simkó was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 2. After 85 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Panters found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. The crowd was on its feet 86 minutes into the match, as drachtster's M. Barbu found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equaliser. drachtster's 裕. 岸田 (Kishida) got himself booked for a foul. drachtster had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. The Panters players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. Still tied after extra time, the crowd was buzzing as the teams prepared for a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

drachtster's M. Biró showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalties, easily changing the score to 3 - 2. Boy, does B. Matić of Panters know how to treat a football or what?! He's curled that shot past the keeper and into the top corner of the goal - a great penalty! 3 - 3. drachtster's I. Unterbuchner appeared to lose his focus as he laid down an easy shot. L. van der Meulen's concentration wasn't any better however, as the ball passed him on the right for 4 - 3. Clearly nervous from the start, Panters's E. Milanesi took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 4 - 3. A badly laid penalty by drachtster's 裕. 岸田 (Kishida) was surrendered by L. van der Meulen, who took an equally bad dive, making the score 5 - 3. Panters's J. Buursink cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn't produce a goal. drachtster's B. Vercauteren kept his cool as he faced down L. van der Meulen. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 6 - 3. Panters's W. Benco coolly put the ball past T. Launila. 6 - 4. drachtster's G. Aydolun made no mistake. L. van der Meulen didn't have a chance. 7 - 4. A confident T. Simkó of Panters put the ball right where he wanted, but T. Launila was right there for the save. No goal. drachtster's best player was M. Biró. J. Łubkowski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Panters player was without a doubt Y. Leclercq. On the other hand, W. Benco's play was disheartening. The match ends 7 - 4.