Vaca 1 - 3 Grilled
ather conditions were fairly good for football, and Mugetul Arena saw a crowd turnout of 9898.
Arnaud Calvez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Wilhelm Jeelof and
Claudio Bastarrica. Vaca had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Quiroga - Helo, Avangour, Thyner - Seedorf, Coughlin, Luongo, Fletsas - Comas, Mesot, Apostel.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Fredgård, Bona - Swee Pheng, Paullin, Abd Hamid, Spirig, van Liere - Ødegaard, Simon.
15 minutes in, Grilled's
Allan Ødegaard received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The player down was
Jacob Helo. The Vaca bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a wondrous free kick after 24 minutes, but
Humberto Quiroga made a beautiful one-handed save. The visiting
Lorenz Paullin was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 37 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. Some fine manoeuvring on the left led to a Grilled goal after 40 minutes, making it 0 - 2.
Bukhari Abd Hamid was noted down as the scorer. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Grilled's
Dimitri Simon a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 41 minutes into the game. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Vaca held the ball, with a clear 60 percent of possession.
The referee showed Vaca's
Waldemar Apostel the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Sylweriusz Zywczyn's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Grilled, he bravely continued in the match. A thrilling play through the middle 63 minutes into the match gave Grilled's
Allan Ødegaard a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3.
Dimitri Simon knew he was in trouble after pulling back an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Grilled player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. Unfortunately for Vaca,
Jacob Helo was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field.
Francisco Río replaced him. Vaca supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to
Adolfo Avangour who reduced the visitors' lead after 86 minutes to 1 - 3. Vaca claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.
Vaca's top performer was clearly
Adolfo Avangour. On the other hand,
Rens Seedorf's play was disheartening. Grilled's best player was
Hidde van Liere.
Qiu Swee Pheng on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.