The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 62051 had shown up at
JellyHead Football Stadium for the match.
Bogdan Prusakowski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Egil Lauritzen and
Thomas Durand. The following players took the field for
JellyHead:
Cisneros -
Schlehen,
Torres,
Nizzoli -
de Rougemont,
Stoica,
Krouma,
Melki,
Chun Chi -
Tkalčić,
Rocsin.
Grilled's lineup was:
Germanakos -
Hutter,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Chitre,
Thach,
An Keng,
田宮 (Tamiya) -
Kwang Tse,
Khairul,
Trindade.
JellyHead started the game in a 3-5-2 formation, whereas
Grilled Birds lined up in a 2-5-3 formation. After 11 minutes,
JellyHead sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached
Heng Chun Chi, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 0. After 18 minutes,
Grilled's
Chad Thach surprised everyone as he managed to intercept a pass intended for the opposing keeper and flip it in, making the score 1 - 1. 1 - 2 was the score with 24 minutes played, after
Chad Thach cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for
Grilled. After 25 minutes,
Grilled's
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3.
Macoumba Krouma missed a penalty after 36 minutes, seemingly unable to stay focused for the shot. 38 minutes into the game,
Dimitris Germanakos had to leave the field due to a rib injury.
Dahan Bok had already been warming up, and came on for
Dimitris Germanakos. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
JellyHead, with 52 percent of the ball.
It took several tries, but
JellyHead managed to break through on the left after 48 minutes, getting the ball to
Roland Tkalčić who easily reduced the lead to make the score 2 - 3. 49 minutes in,
JellyHead's
Alex Rocsin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home crowd was not impressed when
Chia Kwang Tse came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 53 minutes.
Grilled were now up 2 - 4.
JellyHead reduced the lead to 3 - 4 with 59 minutes on the clock when
Azer Melki got the best of a ball floated in from the left. All credit to
Macoumba Krouma for that clever assist.
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy of
Grilled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 61 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 3 - 5. 68 minutes into the match,
Gandhik Chitre came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. A slight injury to his right calf muscle meant
Júlio Torres had to leave the match early. It happened after 70 minutes. The player that took his place was
Gumersindo Viturro. The referee announced 3 minutes of stoppage time, giving fans a slim hope that their team could get one more attack in before this was all over. The match ends 3 - 5.
Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.
JellyHead's top performer was clearly
Roland Tkalčić. The most dominating
Grilled player was without a doubt
Chad Thach.