LAVOVI 5 - 2 Grilled
We had overcast weather free of rain at the stadium today. The following players had been selected:
Pijuan -
Taravat,
Tragseil,
Torres Campo -
Filevski,
Zguro,
Boshkov,
Maltezi,
Iliev -
Runyon,
Boissevain.
Lineup:
Germanakos -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
Teck Fu,
Trindade -
Kwang Tse,
An Keng,
Khairul.
F.C. LAVOVI started the game in a 3-5-2 formation, whereas Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3. Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle, using their divine (+8) (28) ability to great effect. The visitors grabbed the lead after
Raúl Himadas's successful free kick, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. Everyone had expected a shot from the free kick 11 minutes into the game, but LAVOVI sent the ball sideways instead, giving
Gjoko Filevski a clear look at goal with no wall in his way. He sent it through the keeper's legs for 1 - 1! The visitors' central defense should have had no trouble clearing the pass to
Amir Ali Taravat, but the LAVOVI player managed to shrug them off and fire a low shot that 5-holed the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Grilled did a good job holding on to the ball, with 53 percent of possession. We'll be back after these interminable commercial messages.
66 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defense had to look on as
Haziz Zguro ran straight through, knocking one home to make it 3 - 1 for LAVOVI.
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy could've grabbed a goal for Grilled 67 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defense, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. 72 minutes into the game, Grilled's attack got through on the right, but
Mohd Marzuki Khairul couldn't control the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. Cheers filled the stadium as
Ricardo Torres Campo broke through the visitors' central defense to put away the 4 - 1 goal for LAVOVI. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their player
Chad Thach scored to make it 4 - 2 after 77 minutes, following a good pass from the right. LAVOVI's
Amir Ali Taravat was shown a yellow card after 82 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
83 minutes into the game
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy could see that the opposing goalie was out of position and tried an unexpected chip that the keeper just barely reached. The rebound went to
Chia Kwang Tse who failed to hit the target. LAVOVI added another goal to their lead as
Friso Boissevain struck home for 5 - 2 after an attack from the left set him up unmarked in front of the keeper. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a Grilled substitution.
Damian Hutter came on for
Aw Keng Chuan. It was announced by the fourth official that he estimated stoppage time to be around 3 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! The match ends 5 - 2. Now to our celebrity commentator for a hot take. Over to you, Snoop!
Friso Boissevain performed admirably for LAVOVI. I can't remember
Baldomer Pijuan ever having a worse night than he just had. The most outstanding Grilled player was without a doubt
Lim An Keng. You can tell it was nickel beer night yesterday at the local bar because
Dimitris Germanakos seemed to stumble all over the pitch.