FC Walhain

On Friday night Ladies II came up against Walhain at Auderghem – whether it was the home field advantage or the hint of warmer weather, Ladies II really took control of the game to secure their highest scoring win of the season at 5-1.

Meryl made her debut as a striker and scored two fantastic goals in the first half and another in the second. Walhain creeped back early in the second half, but Irlande hammered down and scored an additional two goals in the second half, safely securing three points.

On a freezing Friday evening, our ladies travelled to the beautiful village of Walhain, to meet one of their most fierce rivals in the P1 league. The Greens have learned through experience that matches against FC Walhain always are challenging – both due to the opponents strong character and the either slippery or frozen grass pitch at the Walhain stadium.

The first minutes were shaky, and the Walhain side started aggressively from minute 1. Our ladies in green struggled to get control of the ball, and the opponents scored on a surprising through ball in the 16th minute.

This was a wake-up alarm for our FCI Ladies, who sharpened up immediately and countered with a quick attack – resulting in Alex scoring with a strong shot in the 18th minute.

The match continued with a lot of back and forth between the teams, while the natural grass got more and more frozen. The atmosphere on the pitch, on the other hand, turned into the opposite. The greens kept up a strong physical fight, while trying to ignore the attempts from the Walhain squad to get in our heads.

In the 60th minute, the fast Walhain striker managed to break through the FCI defensive line, and faced 1-1 with Mariana guarding the FCI goal. Central back Jenny had no time to think and decided to stop her with a classical Finnish move known as “Fiskarsin sakset”. The Walhanian referee was not impressed by this unconventional defense method, and decided to hand out a straight red.

One woman short, the FCI side kept an incredibly disciplined defense, all the way from attacker to goalkeeper. The strong mentality paid off, and the result remained 1-1. A challenging and well fought draw that could only be celebrated in one way – a team night at the most exclusive spa in all of Walhain, aka “Captain Marianne’s house”.

GO FCI!