Weather conditions were fairly good for football at the stadium today.
Grilled's lineup was:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Khairul,
長野 (Nagano),
Teck Fu,
Andrović -
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng.
Three fielded:
Slepička -
Mallus,
Mascre,
Visini -
Werner,
Reihl,
Hansson,
Dudinský,
Veled -
Pang,
Pop.
Grilled Birds fielded a 2-5-3 lineup. For
Three Lanka Bels, the formation of choice was 3-5-2.
Grilled tried to focus their attacks down the middle, taking advantage of their
divine (+5) level with that tactic. The guests took the lead 2 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in
Florin Pop scoring to make it 0 - 1.
Grilled were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
Chad Thach made a superb strike after 13 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Due to some great work on the right wing
Grilled's
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy was able to even the score after 30 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. The head of
Mohd Marzuki Khairul connected with a beautifully executed corner kick from
Raúl Himadas of
Grilled and blasted the ball into the net, making the score 2 - 1. The crowd was silenced 34 minutes into the match as the visiting team's
Alessandro Maria Visini came in from the left, levelling the score to 2 - 2. After 35 minutes,
Brian 'Was Born' Reddy came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 3 - 2, giving
Grilled the lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Grilled, with 52 percent of the ball.
46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a
Grilled substitution.
Aw Keng Chuan came on for
夏 (Ha) 其材 (Qicai). As the captain was no longer on the pitch,
Darko 'Donnie' Andrović took over the role of being the
Grilled captain. After 52 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after
Asser Pang made it through the middle and struck home to make it 3 - 3. The terraces were silenced after 55 minutes when
Three's
Asser Pang put the guests ahead 3 - 4, following an attack on the right. With the scoreboard clock showing 72 minutes, the inexperienced
Three team fell into disarray. The crowd chanted their encouragement as
Grilled's
Gandhik Chitre came in from the right after 75 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 4 - 4. After 79 minutes of play,
Grilled's
Chad Thach unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and
Darko 'Donnie' Andrović slotted it into the net for 5 - 4. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
Raúl Himadas from
Grilled a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 82 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 89 minutes into the game,
Grilled wanted to bring some new energy to their game.
Raúl Himadas gave
Damian Hutter a quick hug as he left the field. With
Raúl Himadas no longer on the pitch,
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) became the new set pieces taker. As the 89 minute mark approached, the
Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Darko 'Donnie' Andrović reluctantly made way for
Kendell El Khateeb on the pitch.
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) became the new
Grilled captain. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 3 minutes as stoppage time. After 90 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 5 - 5 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by
Asser Pang. At that,
Asser Pang was noted down for a hat trick! The match ends 5 - 5.
Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.
Most important
Grilled player was
Gandhik Chitre.
Asser Pang performed admirably for
Three.