Grilled 5 - 1 Herzliya
79 fans braved the pouring rain at The Cooking Pot.
Alexandre Roulier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Abundio Martínez and
Cristian Martin. Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Abed-Sulaiman - Alcántara, Zywczyn, Bona - Chuan Jing, Jie Siong, Swee Pheng, Abd Hamid, Ødegaard - Martinsson, Hjortlind.
A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Herzliya. The following players had been chosen: Chandler - Gur, Mohammed, Zaremba, Peretz, Aharon - Israel, Jones, Boulange, Domb - van Hemert.
Herzliya clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could.
Allan Ødegaard 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. Cheers filled the stadium as
Qiu Swee Pheng broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 2 - 0 goal for Grilled. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Herzliya's
Shalev Peretz got himself booked. 36 minutes into the game, Herzliya seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
inadequate.
Paulis Zaremba seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in the 2-1 goal for Herzliya after a corner kick that was nicely executed by
Edmond Boulange. 38 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
Sylweriusz Zywczyn dashed through, knocking home 3 - 1 for Grilled. Grilled put themselves up 4 - 1 when
Qiu Swee Pheng broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. After this, Grilled lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.
Allan Ødegaard's lightning pace was too much for
Liad Gur who could only look on as the Grilled player blasted one home. 5 - 1. It was 5 - 1 at the break. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.
Herzliya's coach took some time during the break to go over his strategy, which raised Herzliya's organization to
solid. With 52 minutes played,
Ola Martinsson could have brought this one home for Grilled as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. A long pass from the defence of Herzliya resulted in a counterattack that set
Leon Domb free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save.
Qiu Swee Pheng's lack of experience almost gave Herzliya a goal after 70 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms.
Ola Martinsson could have put Grilled up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 71 minutes. Grilled's
Lee Jie Siong was shown a yellow card after 78 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 78 minutes into the game, Herzliya seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
solid. 85 minutes into the game, Herzliya seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
passable. This half belonged to Grilled, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman performed admirably for Grilled.
Luis Alcántara turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Herzliya player was without a doubt
Paulis Zaremba.
Shay Aharon turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 1.