Grasshopper Club Zürich - Hockey Club Olten --- 1:1 (a.P. 3:2)
After a few unexpected results, we were ready to change our mindset and come back stronger. We had a very physical and mental preparation during the past training week, and finished it with a couple of friendly matches against Wanderers Australia.
We faced Olten, the top team of the league at the moment, and a very strong one.
We started the match focused and with good energy. The first quarter we fought every ball like it was the last one, and this got us a lot of chances of goals, but unfortunately we finished it 0-0.
We kept the rhythm in the second quarter, very offensively and with high pressure. Thanks to this, Caro got a crucial ball from their buildup, gave a pass to Blandi, who passed it amazingly to Nicky leaving her one against one with the goalie and scored after a skillful move. With that we finished the first half of the match.
Olten came back from the break with a strong intensity and trying to change the result of the match. This made the third quarter really tight, with some penalties corners for both teams which led Olten to score, and we headed to the last quarter 1-1.
The last quarter was hard for both teams, we had a lot of scoring chances, and even though we kept fighting, it ended with the same result and took the game to shoot outs.
After a great performance of our goalie, Tanja, and our shooters, Lula, Lena, Nicky, Luisi and Blandi, plus Eline with the stroke, we managed to win 3-2 and got our first 2 very important points of the tournament.
Next weekend we are facing Luzern at home, and we are ready to keep fighting and looking forward to get another win!
Hopp Las Grillas 💪🏻🦗