Grilled 4 - 1 TARANCÓN
It was a cloudy day at the stadium today. Starters:
Germanakos -
Keng Chuan,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Kwang Tse,
Khairul,
Teck Fu -
Chitre,
Ze Han,
An Keng.
Lineup:
Reina -
Baljić,
Bergkamp,
Litmanen -
Dubowski,
Revivo,
Suárez,
Modrić,
Alcántara -
Kodro,
Klose.
Grilled Birds trundled out to the pitch in a 2-5-3 formation. The visitors, U.D Tarancón, chose to start the game with a 3-5-2 lineup. Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favor of their divine (+8) (28) ability to attack in the middle.
Chan Ze Han was very close to giving Grilled the lead with an ingenious free kick routine after 4 minutes, but the ball just grazed the bar.
Aw Keng Chuan gave Grilled the 1 - 0 lead, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball at the keeper's right post – what a clinical finish!
Chad Thach had a fantastic opportunity to put Grilled up another goal 26 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Cheers filled the stadium as
Lim An Keng broke through the visitors' central defense to put away the 2 - 0 goal for Grilled. With 31 minutes played, TARANCÓN's
Jermaine Suárez received a yellow card for challenging a play with his cleats first. 32 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defense had to look on as
Lim An Keng ran straight through, knocking one home to make it 3 - 0 for Grilled. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop! With the clock showing 70 minutes, the fourth official held up the substitution board.
Aw Keng Chuan looked to see that it was his number in red, so he made his way over to the sideline and swapped out for
Teo Chuan Yong, though he would have liked to continue. 70 minutes into the game, TARANCÓN wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Meho Kodro gave
Jean Delcroix a quick hug as he left the field. As
Meho Kodro left the field, the coach signaled to
Jean Delcroix to start taking the set pieces that occurred.
Lim An Keng gave Grilled supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0 after 82 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. At that,
Lim An Keng was noted down for a hattrick! The home team's fans were upset when, after 84 minutes, the visiting
Miroslav Klose broke through the central defense and got the ball past the keeper. 4 - 1 was the score. After 85 minutes, the Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the field, waving
Chan Ze Han off.
Radovan Jaška took his place. With
Chan Ze Han no longer on the field,
Teo Chuan Yong stepped up to be the new set pieces taker. 85 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Paulino Trindade came on for
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy. 87 minutes into the game, Grilled's
Paulino Trindade tried to nail the coffin shut, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 1 minutes of added time, they welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 4 - 1. Let's go to the Twittersphere to see what the fans think of the game so far! says Grilled's best player was
Gandhik Chitre. I can't remember
Radovan Jaška ever having a worse night than he just had.
Jermaine Suárez performed admirably for TARANCÓN. Good thing
Pepe Reina isn't a horse, because he'd surely be sent to the glue factory after that performance.