Don't panic is the first thing. Then what you need to do is clean up the edges where it's broken, feather them so the new repair has a chance.
Then clamp the side panel gel coat face down to as smooth a surface as you can find making sure all the damaged area is over this....then gel coat the missing bits and lay up two layers of 450gm....leave it to go till it feels rubbery then trim any oddness off with sharp knife. Leave it over night and pop it off your board and bingo you have repaired your panel.
Make sure there are no gaps between the side panel and the board though as the gel coat WILL bleed through no matter how thick and gloopy it looks.
As for matching colours well that is all but impossible unless the gel used is from the same batch that was used to make it in the first place, and then that only applies to ready pigmented gel coat as mixing it yourself leads to variations.
Hope that helps in some way but like Ash said, pictures of the damage would help.
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