As the teams prepared to start the match, they both lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. Grilled clearly preferred using their extra-terrestrial ability to attack in the middle.Down the middle came Rashid bin Ahmad, making a fantastic play that nearly had Grilled take the lead after 34 minutes, but Antonio Castellsir preserved the tie.The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to Juan Francisco Valle Jiménez, but the Cigüeñas player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0!Given a free kick close to the byline, Grilled tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let Chu Xin Lee slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 1, 37 minutes into the game.A mistake by the home side's central defence after 39 minutes allowed Prokop Mottl to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2.With 40 minutes played, Chu Xin Lee nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.Cigüeñas's Edmund Rudat put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 41 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock.Grilled took the lead 42 minutes into the game, making the score 2 - 3 after some elegant movement down the middle. Islom Davlatov was the scorer.2 - 3 was the score after the first half.Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grilled, with 54 percent of the ball.
While defending the Grilled lead, Chu Xin Lee got a new role. 46 minutes in the game, his coach ordered him to change positions with Islom Davlatov.Janus Hviid showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 59 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 3 - 3 equaliser away.Cesc Moseguí gave Cigüeñas the lead with a beautiful free kick after 73 minutes. 4 - 3!Miguel Madrón was in no condition to play on. He left the field limping after 79 minutes, with his right thigh bandaged. Harm Hensen had already been warming up, and came on for Miguel Madrón.After 86 minutes, Grilled switched José Luiz Velho with Chirag Thevar, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.The Cigüeñas players could smell victory in the air. Antonio Castellsir wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Rafael Aldeondo after 89 minutes.The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 1 minute beyond the regular 90 minutes.The match ends 4 - 3.Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.
