Panther 1 - 5 Monstera (393554366)

3171 punters turned up at Estadio de Celta Vigo, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Andre Scheriau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joel Honkasaari and Ulf Börjesson. Panther decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Štorch - Pomorski, Vehkaranta, Pabiszczak - Obrok, Okularczyk, Dorniak, Kubis, Hnatiuk - Kutas, Kutas.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Monstera. The following players had been chosen: Goodwin - Prince, Welsh, Whittaker - Chung, Gušić, Strauss, Seblani, Pongracz - Särkioja, Scippa.

3 minutes into the match, the visiting Monstera made the score 0 - 1 after M. Särkioja executed a perfect free kick. Monstera's E. Prince got himself booked for a foul. O. Galindo was called on to replace Panther's A. Kutas after 33 minutes following a nasty collision. Monstera came close to extending their lead as A. Gušić delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 34 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. No matter how hard he tried, G. Kubis just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 34 minutes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave B. Okularczyk from Panther a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With clinical precision, the cross from winger J. Obrok found its way to W. Hnatiuk's head, and a screaming header gave Panther the goal after 35 minutes played. 1 - 1 The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Monstera's R. Chung after 39 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. It was 1 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Monstera, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

After 51 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed O. Pongracz to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 3. 71 minutes into the game, D. Whittaker had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came A. Kaur. A drive down the left side allowed M. Särkioja to get in close and score another goal for Monstera after 72 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Monstera were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed S. Seblani of Monstera to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 5. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Kaur got himself booked. The manager of Monstera was not happy. Panther needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes J. Obrok made way for P. Svensson. Monstera claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

Most important Panther player was O. Galindo. However, M. Vehkaranta made a disastrous appearance. Monstera's top performer was clearly S. Seblani. O. Pongracz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 5.