F.C. 6 - 7 REAKTOR (393232127)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 65000 to The chosen one Arena. Antoni Szarmach was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jorge Enrique Lozada and Jelle-Jan Sier. People from all over København had joined up for the derby. F.C. decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Buchheim - Carlsen, Miller, Schweigman - Pountos, Wade, Moesenbacher, Nöbel, Basır - Pamerneckas, Huynh.

REAKTOR had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Zarbo - Hernández, Kamperis - Ospina, Meisner, Møller Nielsen, Bendt, Castaldo - Soto, Cometa, Casoni.

F.C.'s C. Wade soared above the crowd, but couldn't knock the corner home 5 minutes into the match. Slack defending gave F.C. a chance to take the lead with 14 minutes played, but J. Carlsen's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. T. Bendt came close to putting the visiting team one up 29 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but O. Buchheim managed to tip the ball to a corner. A penalty was given after 41 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. T. Kamperis was the scorer. After 43 minutes, F.C.'s T. Pountos fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Halftime score was 0 - 1. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

A well placed corner kick from J. Carlsen was followed by C. Wade's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for F.C., the score now 1 - 1. The coach of REAKTOR wanted to try to change things around after 70 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. 70 minutes into the match, the REAKTOR manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a REAKTOR substitution. F. Chiodini came on for T. Kamperis. 75 minutes into the game, REAKTOR wanted to bring some new energy to their game. M. Casoni gave L. Kaasinen a quick hug as he left the field. Many thought A. Miller ought to have been awarded a penalty 83 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around S. Zarbo after a determined run through the middle. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 84 minutes, F.C. tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. L. Pamerneckas of F.C. was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. F.C. had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. There was still no winner after 30 minutes of extra time so the teams had to select a lineup for a penalty shoot-out to settle the result.

Oh, the sweet feet of technical L. Pamerneckas... His left one gave F.C. a lovely goal. 2 - 1. REAKTOR's C. Ospina drove the ball hard to the corner but couldn't get it past the outstretched arm of O. Buchheim. The score remains 2 - 1. The crowd was awed by A. Huynh's finely placed shot for F.C. making it 3 - 1. REAKTOR's B. Hernández made no mistake. O. Buchheim didn't have a chance. 3 - 2. Oooh - how unlucky! F.C.'s F. Basır attempt hit the underside of the bar, but rebounded down into the grateful arms of S. Zarbo. The score stays 3 - 2. REAKTOR's F. Chiodini was relaxed as he smoothly put the ball in the net. 3 - 3! F.C.'s H. Nöbel coolly put the ball past S. Zarbo. 4 - 3. REAKTOR's T. Bendt showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalties, easily changing the score to 4 - 4. F.C.'s T. Pountos kept his cool as he faced down S. Zarbo. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 5 - 4. REAKTOR's L. Kaasinen made no mistake. O. Buchheim didn't have a chance. 5 - 5. F.C.'s O. Buchheim was relaxed as he smoothly put the ball in the net. 6 - 5! REAKTOR's J. Soto kept his cool as he faced down O. Buchheim. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 6 - 6. F.C.'s A. Miller didn't look like he was confident as he stepped up, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of S. Zarbo. The score remained 6 - 6. There aren't many players that have the cheek to take a penalty like that! REAKTOR's R. Cometa showed he was one of them, as he made it 6 - 7. O. Buchheim performed admirably for F.C.. However, H. Nöbel made a disastrous appearance. REAKTOR's top performer was clearly L. Kaasinen. C. Ospina on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 7.