| Date | 02 March 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Competition | ELFA League Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | a.e.t. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Match | Kempton Park - Panorama F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result | 4 - 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
1 Olaf Olgiati 1 Greg Bezuidenhout |
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| Assist |
1 Stoyan Stoychev 1 Greg Bezuidenhout |
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| Yellow Cards |
1 Stoyan Stoychev 1 Jason Kennedy |
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| Match Report |
Panorama exited the cup in the most painful way by losing 4-2 in the extra time after a long battle against the top of the league Kempton Park. It could have been a night to remember. Away, on a hostile ground, against a top team, Panorama deserved way more than Kempton in the first 90 minutes. Unfortunately, thanks so some questionable decisions made by the referee, the dream of reaching two consecutive cup finals was not meant to be. Panorama started strong from the first minute, with Bezuindenhout finding spaces and giving all sort of trouble to Kempton's back four. After having a shot saved, from a long ball on the left Bezuidenhout managed to beat the marker, and find Olgiati with a perfect pass in the area. Olgiati flicked the ball to anticipate the marker, and the keeper saved it, but beyond the goal line. Unfortunately the 1-0 didn't last long, and 5 minutes later Kempton Park scored. After underestimating Panorama in the first half, Kempton Park pushed on the accelerator and tried to score early in the second half, but thanks to some decisive saves by Jeanes, and neverdending work by the back four, they never get too close. Panorama punished again in another counter attack. Stoychev found Bezuidenhout on the left, and after once again beating the marker he managed to curl a shot that left no chance to the keeper. With the pressure getting higher and higher, Panorama struggled to keep the ball, but still managed to defend well. Unfortunately, after some misunderstanding in the back, Kempton got a chance from a corner, which was converted into the 2-2 by one of their players pushing Stoychev away in order to score with a header. Panorama expected the goal to be ruled out, but the referee crumbled under the local pressure and let the goal stay. Just before the end of the 90 minutes a golden opportunity landed on Kennedy's feet, perfectly assisted by Bezuidenhout , but his shot went too high. In the extra times Panorama struggled to keep up with the pace, after giving it all for the first 90 minutes, and Kempton scored in succession, first with the winner (that should have been ruled out since one of their players took Jeanes out of contention) and then with the final goal in the final minute, when all Panorama players were trying to score. It was a bitter sweet end of a hard semifinal. Panorama deserved more in the match, but at the end it was Kempton Park who gain access to the final... |
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