It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd that came out to the stadium today. It was a sunny day and the Technical players could roll the ball around with ease. Those that had to chase after the ball found the weather less appealing, it especially stymied the game of Powerful and Quick players. The following players took the field for
Hertha:
Anger -
笹尾 (Sasao),
Ugoccioni,
Apfeld -
Duriz,
Milenkovski,
Santos,
Rättich,
Alsdorf -
Eschen,
Pantelić.
Grilled's lineup was:
Marcol -
Himadas,
其材 (Qicai) -
Reddy,
Kwang Tse,
Keng Chuan,
Teck Fu,
Andrović -
Thach,
Chitre,
An Keng.
Hertha SCB fielded a 3-5-2 lineup. For
Grilled Birds, the formation of choice was 2-5-3.
Grilled mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle, taking advantage of their
divine (+7) level with that tactic.
Hertha took the lead 13 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as
Christian 'apostel' Apfeld elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. The visitors didn't give in and, after 15 minutes,
Gandhik Chitre got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1.
Juancho 'El Santo' Duriz caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 24 minutes. This gave
Hertha the 2 - 1 lead. The cannonball from 35 metres by
Chad Thach of
Grilled was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net.
Hertha managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when
Christian 'apostel' Apfeld cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.
Grilled were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 41 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to
夏 (Ha) 其材 (Qicai), who smashed it home to make the score 3 - 2. It was 3 - 2 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by
Grilled, with 51 percent of the ball.
Grilled levelled the score after 52 minutes to make it 3 - 3, as
Lim An Keng struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked.
Grilled players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 57 minutes allowed
Lim An Keng to score for
Grilled. The scoreboard now read 3 - 4. With the scoreboard showing that 60 minutes had been played,
Grilled nearly put themselves up another goal after
Gandhik Chitre came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. No matter how hard he tried,
Bozhin 'The Boss' Milenkovski just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 68 minutes.
Aw Keng Chuan left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 80 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead.
元気 (Genki) 長野 (Nagano) was the replacement. The coach of
Grilled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes,
Hein Thiha Pyae Ko came on for
Hwang Teck Fu. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 81 minutes,
Grilled did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker,
Lim An Keng was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 5. At that,
Lim An Keng was noted down for a hat trick! As the 89 minute mark approached, the
Grilled coach decided it was time for a substitution.
Gandhik Chitre reluctantly made way for
Mohd Marzuki Khairul on the pitch. The players were tired, but when the referee announced that there would be 2 minutes of added time they, nonetheless, welcomed the extra opportunity to make an impact. The match ends 3 - 5. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.
The most dominating
Hertha player was without a doubt
Christian 'apostel' Apfeld.
Lim An Keng performed admirably for
Grilled.