ggttbtbyny 0 - 7 Grilled
The 12000 fans in attendance at
ggttbtbyny Arena were roasting in the hot sun.
Mahmut Baştürk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ulrich Fasching and
Ionuţ Ciocârlan. It was a sunny day and the Technical players could roll the ball around with ease. Those that had to chase after the ball found the weather less appealing, it especially stymied the game of Powerful and Quick players. The following players had been chosen by ggttbtbyny:
Raikar -
Batley,
Chao Da,
Xiong -
Chang Ah,
Yew,
Chee Da,
Chang,
Fu Choon -
Mohd Rusydi,
Sze Boon.
Grilled's lineup was:
Germanakos -
Hutter,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Khairul,
An Keng,
Ferzan -
Ming Xin,
Thoroddsen,
Tokarz.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 3-5-2 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3. The guests almost went up by a goal after 6 minutes when
Chad Thach came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. The visiting
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 27 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. ggttbtbyny's
Chiang Fu Choon set up a perfect opportunity for
Jake Chang, but the latter failed to score. The visitors'
Gústav Thoroddsen took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Grilled. The head of
Damian Hutter connected with a corner kick after 35 minutes, and the ball ended up with
Chad Thach of Grilled who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 0 - 3. 36 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as
Chad Thach finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.
46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Orest Tokarz gave
Evandro La Face a quick hug as he left the field. Had it not been for one of the home defenders,
Egemen Dinçer Ferzan would have put Grilled up another goal 47 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. It emerged that
Spencer Xiong had hurt his right foot after 61 minutes, which led him to abandon the game. The player that took his place was
Ho Kian Tong.
Evandro La Face received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 67 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 76 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
Mohd Marzuki Khairul to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. The visitors nearly scored again after 77 minutes, but a superb save by
Shankar Raikar kept
Phua Ming Xin's free kick out of the net. 78 minutes in, Grilled's
Evandro La Face received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Choo Chang Ah was unable to continue, following a severe injury to his right knee, 78 minutes into the match. The replacement for the injured player was
Tanner Vong. After 80 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Gústav Thoroddsen who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 7. As the 89 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Phua Ming Xin reluctantly made way for
Chan Ze Han on the pitch. With
Phua Ming Xin no longer on the pitch,
Chan Ze Han took over free kick duty. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Grilled substitution.
Gandhik Chitre came on for
Mohd Marzuki Khairul. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 3 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 0 - 7. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.
Raja Hakim Mohd Rusydi performed admirably for ggttbtbyny. However,
Tanner Vong made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grilled player was
Gústav Thoroddsen. On the other hand,
Damian Hutter's play was disheartening.