Grilled 3 - 0 Bluedragon
e to an all-day shower, 34285 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at The Cooking Pot.
Erik Scheiber was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Javier Mallada and
Sicco Nap. People from all over had joined up for the derby. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Tuan-Mu, Pakpao, Dewilde - Dai-Lin, Ju-Hau, Tellskär, Kek-Tjiang, Noor Yadah - Hjortlind, Kearney.
Bluedragon started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Dussler - Eyal, Wennborn, Geurden - Geoghegan, Delgado del Rincon, Rolandsson, Åhlner - Irvan, Manaf, Wai-Ming.
Grilled used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Bluedragon's
Mercé Delgado del Rincon got himself booked. Grilled were very close to putting themselves one up after 6 minutes as
Zhan Ju-Hau got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Grilled pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times.
Ulf Hjortlind gave Grilled the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Grilled's
Shen Kek-Tjiang got himself booked. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 59 percent of possession.
Wilson Kearney almost managed to score another goal for Grilled, coming from the right, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors' keeper. After 77 minutes,
Ulf Hjortlind put Grilled ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side. The referee showed Bluedragon's
Frangky Manaf the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Wilson Kearney dashed through, knocking home 3 - 0 for Grilled. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.
The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt
Daniel Tellskär.
Nui Pakpao on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Bluedragon player was without a doubt
Frangky Manaf. However,
Dieter Dussler made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.