Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 1529 to
Rom&Tequila77 Stadium.
Riccardo Sbarretti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Carl-Fredrik Gabrielsson and
Angelo Custode.
Rom&Tequila77's lineup was:
Guzmán -
Lausten,
Jiménez,
Shukrun,
Marambio,
Benjelloune -
Dias,
Hennis,
Robinson,
Stuart -
Dalestin.
The following players took the field for
Grilled:
Germanakos -
Hutter,
El Khateeb -
Trindade,
Chitre,
Thach,
An Keng,
田宮 (Tamiya) -
Kwang Tse,
Khairul,
Teck Fu.
The teams had chosen different formations for the match. Home team
Rom&Tequila77 went for 5-4-1 while
Grilled Birds has decided to play a 2-5-3 lineup. The strategy for
Rom&Tequila77 was to use their
inadequate ability to press. The visiting
Gandhik Chitre was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 12 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. Given a free kick close to the byline,
Grilled tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let
Hwang Teck Fu slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 2, 18 minutes into the game. With 25 minutes played,
Malik Lausten of
Rom&Tequila77 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. A drive down the left side allowed
Hwang Teck Fu to get in close and score another goal for
Grilled after 28 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3.
Paco Guzmán was in no condition to play on. He left the field limping after 30 minutes, with his right thigh bandaged.
Emiro Cirilo had already been warming up, and came on for
Paco Guzmán.
Chad Thach caused mayhem in his own defensive line with some mad dribbles within his own penalty area, but
Rom&Tequila77's
Drake Stuart's shot went just wide. After 32 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed
Lim An Keng to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. With clinical precision, the cross from winger
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) found its way to
Lim An Keng's head, and a screaming header gave
Grilled the goal after 33 minutes played. 0 - 5
Lim An Keng increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. That made three goals for
Lim An Keng and he was marked down for the hat trick. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 6. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Grilled, with 69 percent of the ball.
46 minutes into the game,
Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Dimitris Germanakos gave
Dahan Bok a quick hug as he left the field. At this time in the match,
Rom&Tequila77 were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game.
Rom&Tequila77's
Gonzalo Marambio was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 77 minutes.
Azrikam Shukrun was in no condition to play on. He left the field limping after 78 minutes, with his left thigh bandaged. The player that took his place was
Rudolf Goryl. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Gandhik Chitre was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 79 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Hwang Teck Fu who increased
Grilled's lead to 0 - 7. At that,
Hwang Teck Fu was noted down for a hat trick!
Chad Thach went down after twisting his right ankle in minute 83, but was able to continue the match none the less.
Rom&Tequila77 pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times.
Damian Hutter would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
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Radovan Jaška entered the game for
Grilled as the match clock showed 89 minutes. After 89 minutes, the
Grilled coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Mohsen El Khateeb off the field.
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Teo Chuan Yong took his place. It was announced by the referee that he estimated stoppage time to be around 5 minutes. This meant there could still be an extra attack or two left in the match! The match ends 0 - 7.
Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.
Rom&Tequila77's best player was
Manuel Dalestin. Most important
Grilled player was
Hwang Teck Fu.