Parrrots 4 - 5 Grilled
Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 4479 at
Parrrots Arena today.
Peter Hirsch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Dániel Sipos and
Lourenço Barbosa. Parrrots fielded:
Voth -
Koto,
Tiemobly -
N'Diaye,
Goudié,
Swain,
Vissers,
Braconnier -
Zouré,
Rahmé,
Lefebvre.
The following players took the field for Grilled:
Vara -
Hutter,
其材 (Qicai) -
Trindade,
Chitre,
Khairul,
An Keng,
田宮 (Tamiya) -
Kwang Tse,
Thach,
Teck Fu.
Both teams came out with a similar approach to the match, having chosen to start with a 2-5-3 formation. Parrrots displayed their supernatural (14) ability to play creatively. After some beautiful movement down the left wing,
Youm Tiemobly scored for Parrrots putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 14 minutes. With 31 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by Grilled's
Paulino Trindade reached
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya)'s head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 1 - 1.
Lim An Keng came close to putting the visiting team one up 40 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but
Chris Voth managed to tip the ball to a corner. Given a free kick close to the byline, Parrrots tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let
Moussa Koto slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 2 - 1, 41 minutes into the game. 42 minutes into the game Grilled's
Gandhik Chitre found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 2 - 2. Parrrots took the lead 43 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as
Olivier Lefebvre elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. 3 - 2 was the halftime score. Parrrots claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
After 46 minutes, the Parrrots coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Reece Swain off the field.
Josu Vähä-Ettala took his place. 46 minutes into the game, Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) gave
Mohsen El Khateeb a quick hug as he left the field.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) was coming off, and had placed his last free kick for the day. That meant that
Mohsen El Khateeb got the chance to showcase his dead ball skills. The visitors didn't give in and, after 57 minutes,
Chad Thach got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 3 - 3. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 73 minutes allowed
Chad Thach to score for Grilled. The scoreboard now read 3 - 4. The referee showed Parrrots's
Eugène N'Diaye the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Chad Thach of Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 76 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 3 - 5. By then
Chad Thach had scored three goals - a hat trick! Parrrots refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle,
Moussa Koto managed to slip the ball home for 4 - 5.
Damian Hutter would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
Radovan Jaška entered the game for Grilled as the match clock showed 80 minutes. As the 89 minute mark approached, the Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Gandhik Chitre reluctantly made way for
Teo Chuan Yong on the pitch. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 3 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 4 - 5. Parrrots had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.
Josu Vähä-Ettala performed admirably for Parrrots.
Moussa Koto on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chia Kwang Tse.
Radovan Jaška turned in a dismal performance, however.