Matracas 4 - 2 Grilled
64 spectators arrived at Mario Cancinos Padre, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Carlos Ligresti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Hayo Raskin and
Enzo Héctor García. Matracas had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Seung-Han - Sanz, Binmöller, Cubas - Granados, DÃaz, Sandoval, Rangel, Manchego - KubeÅ‚, Stuart.
Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Bona, Alcántara - Chuan Jing, Han Kok, Swee Pheng, Abd Hamid, Ødegaard - Simon, Hjortlind.
The wings were the focus of most of Matracas's attacks on this day. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Grilled on this day. Matracas's
Juan Alberto Sandoval tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Matracas made it 1-0 as
Pedro Cubas knocked the corner kick to
Guillermo Rangel who whipped a low drive in off the far post. After 37 minutes,
Pedro Cubas put Matracas ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side. By now, Matracas were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased Matracas's lead to 3 - 0 as
Rysiek Kubeł finished it off competently, firing from an acute angle. Cheers filled the stadium as
Dante Stuart broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 4 - 0 goal for Matracas. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Matracas held the ball, with a clear 73 percent of possession.
After 74 minutes
Allan Ødegaard made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to
Ulf Hjortlind who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 4 - 1. Grilled caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 80 minutes into the match.
Dimitri Simon was able to finish off the move - 4 - 2. Matracas's
Aker Sanz got himself booked for a foul. Matracas held the ball, with a clear 76 percent of possession.
Most important Matracas player was
Guillermo Rangel.
Pedro Cubas turned in a dismal performance, however.
Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman performed admirably for Grilled. On the other hand,
Lim Chuan Jing's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.