Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 17073 to
Ballota Stadium.
Thieu Fabriek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Simon Bovet and
Faes Pirot. The match took place on neutral ground.
Beng's starters:
Püren -
Mahato,
Campanella,
Ramírez,
Dörr,
Rameez -
Lehto,
Okowa,
Tanbergs -
Laa,
Szpura.
The following players had been chosen by
Grilled:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Thach,
Keng Chuan,
An Keng,
Trindade -
Teck Fu,
Chitre,
Kwang Tse.
Ah Beng FC entered the field in a 5-3-2 formation. The visitors,
Grilled Birds, chose to start the game with a 2-5-3 lineup.
Beng were relying on their
world class ability to counter-attack.
Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle, taking advantage of their
divine (+6) level with that tactic. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for
Grilled, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. After 4 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 0 - 1. After 12 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 0 - 2. With 30 minutes played,
Gandhik Chitre nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.
Hwang Teck Fu received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 31 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.
Kevin Laa went down after twisting his right ankle after 33 minutes, and had to leave the pitch. The replacement for the injured player was
György Flaisz.
Raúl Himadas increased
Grilled's lead to 0 - 4 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Fritjofs Tanbergs from
Beng a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 41 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 0 - 4 was the halftime score.
Grilled had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.
Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The visitors'
Chad Thach took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 52 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for
Grilled. After 59 minutes,
Beng used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach.
Raúl Himadas increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. 66 minutes in,
Beng appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only
weak. After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
Paulino Trindade who increased
Grilled's lead to 0 - 7.
Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
Beng were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 77 minutes into the match, but
Manuel Ramírez narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 3 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 0 - 7.
Grilled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.
Bernard Okowa performed admirably for
Beng.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Chia Kwang Tse.