2375 fans braved the pouring rain at
The Cooking Pot.
Stephen King was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Érick Govin and
林 (Lin) 福威 (Fuwei). For strong, physical players the heavy rain was easy to overcome, it was even an advantage given their style of play. Others, such as the quick or technical ones, made bleaker appearances.
Grilled's lineup was:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Khairul,
Chuan Yong,
Kwang Tse,
Trindade -
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng.
The following players took the field for
IsolaLiri:
Urbinelli -
Guthrie,
Mazzolari,
Radaelli,
Pesavento -
Di Giuseppe,
Leiva,
Demeschenko,
Weisgerber -
Santisi,
Scognamiglio.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 2-5-3 formation while the visitors instead opted for 4-4-2.
Grilled used their
divine (+4) ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The coach of
IsolaLiri wanted to try to change things around after 1 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. With the match clock at 1 minutes,
IsolaLiri modified their style of play a little bit.
Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
Gandhik Chitre gave
Grilled the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0
IsolaLiri had a chance to level the scores as
Dmitriy Demeschenko suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar.
Lim An Keng increased the lead for
Grilled to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! 34 minutes in,
Rowland Guthrie made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but
Radomil Marcol refused to let the ball slip by him. The visitors replied 38 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 2 - 1, as
Severino Scognamiglio dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Grilled, with 51 percent of the ball.
As the 46 minute mark approached, the
Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
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Teo Chuan Yong reluctantly made way for
Mohsen El Khateeb on the pitch.
Raúl Himadas's curling free kick almost found the goal for
Grilled, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it.
Mohsen El Khateeb almost seemed to dance around
Ramón Leiva, his movements were so smooth. Unfortunately for
Grilled, his finish ended up on the wrong side of the post. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a
Grilled substitution.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) came on for
Paulino Trindade.
Grilled managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when
Lim An Keng cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in
Grilled's
Gandhik Chitre increasing the lead to 4 - 1. 89 minutes into the game,
Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Mohd Marzuki Khairul gave
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Bilal Mohammad Harun a quick hug as he left the field. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 1 minute as stoppage time. The match ends 4 - 1.
Grilled had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.
Most important
Grilled player was
Lim An Keng.
IsolaLiri's best player was
Ramón Leiva.