65383 spectators arrived at
The Cooking Pot, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Vojtěch Volák was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
José Fernando Williams and
Peer Langgaard.
Grilled's lineup was:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Khairul,
Keng Chuan,
Kwang Tse,
Trindade -
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng.
Joker fielded:
Schimmelpfennig -
Cildermanis,
Franco -
Schumpbach,
Chun Jun,
Satishchandra,
小林 (Kobayashi),
Rehn -
Jian Jian,
Gopalakrishnan,
Fu Yew.
Both teams came out with a similar approach to the match, having chosen to start with a 2-5-3 formation.
Grilled clearly preferred using their
divine (+7) ability to attack in the middle.
Joker decided to play creatively at a
world class level. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to
Chia Kwang Tse, but the
Grilled player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! The visitors didn't give in and, after 9 minutes,
Tay 'Lucky' Fu Yew got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1.
Hans-Ulrich Rehn looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for
Joker, the ball went just barely wide.
Chia Kwang Tse caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 18 minutes. This gave
Grilled the 2 - 1 lead.
Chad Thach increased the lead for
Grilled to 3 - 1, 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! Cheers filled the stadium as
Gandhik Chitre broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to
Grilled. 33 into the match,
Grilled's
Mohd Marzuki Khairul fell flat on his chest. After a breather, he was ready to continue.
Joker fought on and, after 34 minutes,
Au Chun Jun was able to reduce the deficit to 4 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. A precise pass from
Chan 'Jayjay' Jian Jian made the goal possible. 4 - 2 was the score after the first half.
Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.
Grilled had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.
Grilled's
Chia Kwang Tse saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 62 minutes.
Raúl Himadas increased
Grilled's lead to 5 - 2 with a penalty spot cannonball. The visitors' right side was dangerous today;
Chan 'Jayjay' Jian Jian made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily scored to reduce the lead to 5 - 3 71 minutes into the match. 88 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a
Grilled substitution.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) came on for
Paulino Trindade. As the 89 minute mark approached, the
Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Raúl Himadas reluctantly made way for
Damian Hutter on the pitch. With
Raúl Himadas no longer on the pitch,
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) became the new set pieces taker. The referee decided to let play continue for an additional 3 minutes beyond the regular 90 minutes. The home team's fans were upset when, after 90 minutes, the visiting
Chan 'Jayjay' Jian Jian broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 5 - 4 was the score. A precise pass from
Mario Schumpbach made the goal possible. The referee showed
Joker's
Mario Schumpbach the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The match ends 5 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Grilled, with 55 percent of the ball.
The most dominating
Grilled player was without a doubt
Chad Thach.
Joker's best player was
Chan 'Jayjay' Jian Jian.