kaloons 3 - 5 Grilled
Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 55983 to
kaloons cage.
Sigi Thöny was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ernesto Villoldo and
Adriano Piccardi. The following players had been chosen by kaloons:
Kubr -
Liras,
Yi Leong -
Abastoflor,
Decaen,
Øelund,
Galvis,
Brecht -
Cruz,
高山 (Takayama),
Griffiths.
Grilled fielded:
Germanakos -
Keng Chuan,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng,
Himadas -
Teck Fu,
Kwang Tse,
Khairul.
Both teams came out with a similar approach to the match, having chosen to start with a 2-5-3 formation. Grilled clearly preferred using their divine (+7) (27) ability to attack in the middle. Always quick and a menace to his opponents,
Jérôme Decaen was very close to getting through after 15 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. The terraces were silenced after 16 minutes when Grilled's
Mohd Marzuki Khairul put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Due to some great work on the right wing kaloons's
Diego Cruz was able to even the score after 17 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 19 minutes, Grilled's
Chia Kwang Tse made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. A drive down the left side allowed
Hwang Teck Fu to get in close and score another goal for Grilled after 23 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 3. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 24 minutes into the match.
Raúl Himadas surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.
Mohd Marzuki Khairul could have put his team up another goal 55 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. kaloons didn't give in and with 67 minutes played
正文 (Masafumi) 高山 (Takayama) was able to make the score 2 - 3 after an attack on the right. After 77 minutes,
Seow Yi Leong suffered a slight injury to his right calf muscle. However, it was not enough to stop him from continuing the game. A lovely run by kaloons's
Jérôme Decaen left his markers for dead and should have resulted in a goal, but the finish went just wide. After 79 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
Lim An Keng a chance to increase the lead for Grilled, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 2 - 4. The coach of Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes,
Paulino Trindade came on for
Raúl Himadas.
Raúl Himadas was coming off, and had placed his last free kick for the day. That meant that
Aw Keng Chuan got the chance to showcase his dead ball skills. Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 81 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Lim An Keng who increased Grilled's lead to 2 - 5. kaloons's
Seow Yi Leong was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
kaloons refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle,
Fotis Liras managed to slip the ball home for 3 - 5. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Grilled coach let
Chan Ze Han replace
Chia Kwang Tse after 89 minutes. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 3 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 3 - 5. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.
Diego Cruz performed admirably for kaloons. However,
Seow Yi Leong made a disastrous appearance. Grilled's top performer was clearly
Mohd Marzuki Khairul.
Chan Ze Han on the other hand, had a terrible day.