Grilled 2 - 1 Retired
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 83235 to The Cooking Pot.
Ewout van der Lubbe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Jérôme Menuet and
Dan Blicher. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Fredgård, Bona - Jie Siong, Han Kok, Kek-Tjiang, Paullin, Spirig - Martinsson, Simon.
Retired tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Guardiola - Chan-San, Ashworth, Mönkhof - Van-Phuoc, Hultander, Jacobsson, Siu-Yue, Myllykoski - Avramidis, Po sun.
Grilled seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.
Lee Jie Siong knocked the corner to
Lorenz Paullin who had the whole net open before him, but his attempt hit the post. 6 minutes into the game,
Yin Van-Phuoc almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 19 minutes into the game,
David Ashworth was a hair's breadth away from giving Retired the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman saved the home team that time.
Gao Po sun's speed was clear to see after 30 minutes as he darted past his marker and struck an opening pass to
Nikos Avramidis who scored the 0-1 goal.
Dani Spirig looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball back to
Dimitri Simon. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who missed the perfect opportunity. With 41 minutes played,
Ola Martinsson went down in a suspected penalty situation after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee, having a good line of sight, signalled to keep playing. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 56 percent of possession.
Nikos Avramidis was, after 61 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman made the save. Grilled put pressure on the visitors' central defence 70 minutes into the game, but
Lee Jie Siong couldn't find an opening. 80 minutes in, Grilled's
Sylweriusz Zywczyn received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The crowd roared in delight as
Ola Martinsson finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Grilled 82 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. Grilled took the lead 85 minutes into the game by 2 to 1, as
Dani Spirig elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.
Grilled's top performer was clearly
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman. However,
Lee Jie Siong made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Retired player was without a doubt
Jorge Guardiola.
Gao Po sun on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.