It was a sunny day at the stadium today. The weather was sunny, which meant perfect conditions for technical players in both teams. However, it was also quite warm, which meant quick or physically strong players were drained faster and couldn't play their best game.
Grilled fielded:
Bok -
Himadas,
Hutter -
Reddy,
Kwang Tse,
El Khateeb,
Teck Fu,
Andrović -
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng.
Word has it that the
Ivanovka squad was left without specific instructions for this match, and that a reserve match plan is being used. This could make things interesting today!
Ivanovka's lineup was:
Jibek Uulu -
Lokin,
Rakotondradany,
Nasyraliev -
Poretskiy,
Rizvi,
Kalil Uulu,
Davituliani -
Kremić,
Nurmuhammedov,
Avseevich.
Grilled Birds started the game in a 2-5-3 formation, whereas
FC Dinamo Ivanovka lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Grilled demonstrated their
divine (+1) creative tactics on the field.
Grilled's
Damian Hutter skillfully knocked a pass over the top after 3 minutes, and that was received by
Chad Thach who just managed to slot it past the opposing goalkeeper for 1 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as
Kendell El Khateeb broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to
Grilled. After 21 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as
Ivanovka found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to
passable. 23 minutes into the game,
Ivanovka had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to
weak. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of
Grilled to 3 - 0 as
Chia Kwang Tse finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. With 29 minutes played,
Herisambany Rakotondradany of
Ivanovka fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 33 minutes into the game,
Ivanovka seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
weak level of organisation. Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
Chia Kwang Tse squirmed through their central defence after 34 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0.
Petar Lokin couldn't do anything to stop the technically gifted
Gandhik Chitre as he dodged past on his way to scoring a wonderful goal for
Grilled - 5 - 0! Things were deteriorating for the away team as
Grilled scored another to make it 6 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for
Damian Hutter after 41 minutes. In a rapid move 42 minutes into the match,
Darko 'Donnie' Andrović of
Grilled lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked
Chad Thach who easily hit it home to make it 7 - 0. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! 43 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Gandhik Chitre broke through, making the score 8 - 0 for
Grilled. The teams went for the halftime break at 8 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Grilled, with 84 percent of the ball.
A review of the gameplan helped
Ivanovka get back to a
passable organisation when the referee blew his whistle again.
Chad Thach could have increased the lead after 61 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. With 63 minutes played,
Grilled put themselves up 9 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
Raúl Himadas, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 73 minutes in,
Ivanovka appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only
passable.
Grilled increased the lead as
Damian Hutter struck to make the score 10 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
Grilled put themselves up 11 - 0 when
Damian Hutter broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for
Damian Hutter.
Chad Thach increased the lead for
Grilled to 12 - 0, 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! By then
Chad Thach had scored three goals - a hat trick! As the 80 minute mark approached, the
Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Damian Hutter reluctantly made way for
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) on the pitch.
Kendell El Khateeb would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise.
冬馬 (Toma) 田宮 (Tamiya) entered the game for
Grilled as the match clock showed 80 minutes. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 5 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 12 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to
Grilled, who controlled the ball 83 percent of the time.
Grilled's best player was
Chad Thach.
Ivanovka's top performer was clearly
Afsar Rizvi.