16322 spectators arrived at
Ballota Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Giel van der Geer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Zalán Farkas and
Manfred Winterstetter. The match took place on neutral ground.
AMDK's lineup was:
Gijssel -
Jamotte,
Wijesuriya,
Mohd Khyril,
Checchinato -
Ascaso,
Obote,
Kreidl,
Verfaillie,
Stoyanov -
Güder.
The following players had been chosen by
Grilled:
Marcol -
Keng Chuan,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng,
Himadas -
Teck Fu,
Kwang Tse,
Khairul.
It was to be a contest between two different football philosophies, since the home team started the game with a 4-5-1 formation while the visitors instead opted for 2-5-3. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for
AMDK on this day, taking advantage of their
world class level with that tactic.
Grilled clearly preferred using their
divine (+6) ability to attack in the middle.
Grilled took the lead 3 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle.
Gandhik Chitre was the scorer.
Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 12 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Raúl Himadas who increased
Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for
Grilled, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity.
Lim An Keng received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 32 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The
Grilled fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Had it not been for one of the home defenders,
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy would have put
Grilled up another goal 33 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 0 - 3 was the halftime score.
Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.
With 58 minutes played,
Grilled's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to
Mohd Marzuki Khairul he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 4. As the 59 minute mark approached, the
AMDK coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Miguel Ascaso reluctantly made way for
Ramón Ismael Coria on the pitch.
AMDK almost scored after a swift counterattack 64 minutes into the game, but
Quinto Checchinato put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. After 66 minutes,
Grilled's
Aw Keng Chuan burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. After 68 minutes, the
AMDK coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving
Jean-Philippe Verfaillie off the field.
Dimitar Venev took his place.
AMDK reduced the lead to 1 - 5 with 72 minutes on the clock when
Mithat Güder got the best of a ball floated in from the left. All credit to
Christoph Kreidl for that clever assist. 74 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a
AMDK substitution.
Dani Landry came on for
Mithat Güder. At the 75 minute mark,
AMDK's
Vasil Stoyanov squeezed his left hand in a collision with another player, but was able to carry on. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time.
Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 90 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
Mohd Marzuki Khairul a chance to increase the lead for
Grilled, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 6. The match ends 1 - 6.
Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.
AMDK's top performer was clearly
Adli Mohd Khyril. The most dominating
Grilled player was without a doubt
Mohd Marzuki Khairul.