Panthers 1 - 0 opscheppers (392741402)

The crowd of 1630 turning up at The Twilight Zone today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Guillermo Samil was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Steffen Dybdahl and Pablo Néstor Brizuela. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Panthers. The following players had been chosen: Collard - Wenz, Bassani, Pamparana - Reimers, Allenbach, Flück, Uhr - D'Aurea, Găinar, Senseman.

opscheppers had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Gadella - Vinkeles, Ionescu, Kraaijkamp, Berto, Goes - Dalhuizen, Manresa, Santiago, Puppola - Siraç.

G. Kraaijkamp received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 26 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Santiago from opscheppers a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! L. Vinkeles spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. Given a free kick close to the byline, Panthers tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let F. Bassani slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 0, 42 minutes into the game. Halftime score was 1 - 0. opscheppers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

S. Uhr of Panthers received a yellow card after 56 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. opscheppers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

The most dominating Panthers player was without a doubt F. Bassani. However, G. Reimers made a disastrous appearance. E. Puppola performed admirably for opscheppers. N. Gadella was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.