Thailand 6 - 1 Grilled
irly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 8110 to Rom-kaw51.
Tommi Santala was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Fredrik Pihlblad and
Henk Kadijk. Thailand decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Surowy - Galili, Shavit, Sami, Terra - Campana, Widerstad, Thairung, Gronsdorf, Gill - Lundager.
Grilled decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Siu-Cheung - Chuan Jing, Jie Siong, Kek-Tjiang, Swee Pheng, Ødegaard - bin Yaacob, Hjortlind.
The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Grilled's
Lee Jie Siong after 27 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Thailand were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by
Folkert Gronsdorf after 29 minutes, but
Hang Bao-Tam made a great save, tipping it to a corner. With a shot floated in from just outside the penalty area after 39 minutes played,
Jes Lundager of Thailand evened the score to 1 - 1. After 40 minutes,
Sören-Bent Terra came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to put away the 2 - 1 goal, giving Thailand the lead. Thailand added another goal to their lead as
Jes Lundager struck home the 3 - 1 goal after an attack from the left set him up unmarked in front of the keeper. It was 3 - 1 at the break. This half belonged to Thailand, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.
Jes Lundager should probably have put his team up another goal after 47 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by
Hang Bao-Tam kept the visitors in the game.
Jes Lundager gave Thailand supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1 after 59 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. By then
Jes Lundager was a three time scorer - a hat trick! With 60 minutes played, Thailand put themselves up 5 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
Folkert Gronsdorf, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The structure of the game started to change as Thailand decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half.
Mohd Firdaus bin Yaacob seems to have an uncanny ability to make unusual plays, unfortunately for his Grilled his shot went just wide this time.
Folkert Gronsdorf gave Thailand supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 1 after 70 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. A great save by keeper
Hang Bao-Tam after 75 minutes kept the visitors in the game after
Giulio Campana struck from the left with a real cannonball. Thailand held the ball, with a clear 76 percent of possession.
Most important Thailand player was
Jörgen Widerstad.
Darek Surowy on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Shen Kek-Tjiang performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
Kau Siu-Cheung's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 1.